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Sebastián de Belalcázar (1479 or 1480 to 1551) was a Spanish conquistador
Conquistador

Conquistador is the name given to the Spaniards soldiers, leaders, List of explorers, and adventurers involved in the conquest of the Americas following the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492....
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as born Sebastián Moyano in the province of Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain

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, Spain
Spain

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, in either 1479 or 1480. He took the name Belalcázar or Benalcázar as that was the name of the castle-town near to his birthplace in Córdoba.






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Sebastián de Belalcázar (1479 or 1480 to 1551) was a Spanish conquistador
Conquistador

Conquistador is the name given to the Spaniards soldiers, leaders, List of explorers, and adventurers involved in the conquest of the Americas following the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492....
.

Biography

He was born Sebastián Moyano in the province of Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain

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, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, in either 1479 or 1480. He took the name Belalcázar or Benalcázar as that was the name of the castle-town near to his birthplace in Córdoba. According to various sources, he may have left for the New World with Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
 as early as 1498, but Juan de Castellanos
Juan de Castellanos

Juan de Castellanos was a poet, soldier and Catholic priest.He travelled to America before 1545 as a cavalry soldier, and acquired some property on the Pearl Coast....
 wrote that he killed a mule
Mule

In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.Mules are classified as an F1 hybrid.The term "mule" was formerly applied to the infertile offspring of any two creatures of different species....
 in 1507, and fled Spain for the West Indies due to fear of punishment, and as a chance to escape the poverty in which he lived.

He entered Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
 with Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua)

Francisco Hern?ndez de C?rdoba is usually reputed as the founder of Nicaragua, and in fact he founded two important Nicaraguan cities, Granada, Nicaragua and Le?n, Nicaragua....
 in 1524, and became the first mayor of the city of León
León, Nicaragua

Le?n is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. It was founded by the Spaniards as Santiago de los Caballeros de Le?n and rivals Granada, Nicaragua, in the number of historic spanish colonial homes and churches....
 in Nicaragua. He remained there until 1527, when he left for Honduras
Honduras

Honduras is a democratic republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras ....
 as a result of internal disputes among the Spanish governors. Briefly returning to León, he sailed to the coast of Peru
Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, where he united with the expedition of Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro Gonz?lez, 1st Marqu?s de los Atabillos was a Spain conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru....
 in 1532.

In 1534, after having helped Pizarro battle native tribes, he set off to conquer Quito
Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito, is the Capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains....
 in Ecuador
Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....
, using funds obtained as compensation from his previous campaigns. Quito had been the northernmost city of the Inca Empire, but before Belalcázar could take it, Inca general Rumiñahui
Rumiñahui (Inca warrior)

Rumi?ahui, or alternatively Rumiaoui, born late 15th century, died June 25 1535, was an Inca warrior who, after the death of Emperor Atahualpa's, led the resistance against the Spanish in the northern part of the Inca Empire in 1533....
 sent the treasure in the city deep into the Andes and then burned the city. Belalcázar founded the new city of Quito with Diego de Almagro
Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro , also known as Adelantado and El Viejo , was a Spain conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro....
, honoring Pizarro by naming it in full "San Francisco de Quito".

Moving northward into present day Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
 in search of El Dorado
El Dorado

El Dorado is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water....
 in 1535, he entered the Cauca River Valley
Cauca River

The Cauca River is a river in Colombia that lies between the Cordillera Occidental, Colombia and Cordillera Central, Colombia cordilleras. Born in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popay?n, it joins the Magdalena River just south of Santa Cruz de Mompox....
, founding the southwestern Colombian cities of Santiago de Cali
Calì

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 in 1536, and Pasto
Pasto

Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto, is the capital of the Departments of Colombia of Nari?o, located in southwest Colombia. The city is located in the "Atriz Valley", on the Andes mountain range, at the foot of the Galeras volcano, at an altitude of 8,290 feet above sea level....
 and Popayán
Popayán

Popay?n is a municipality and def. is a capital city of the Colombian departments of Colombia of Cauca Department, with a population of about 215,000 people....
 (next in importance after Quito
Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito, is the Capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains....
) in 1537.

Crossing overland to the Magdalena River Valley
Magdalena River

The Magdalena River , also called Yuma River is the principal river of Colombia, flowing northward about 1,540 kilometres through the western half of the country....
, he entered the highlands of central Colombia, which had also been reached by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jim?nez de Quesada, known as the "Knight of El Dorado" was a Spain explorer and conquistador in Colombia. While successful in many of his exploits, acquiring massive amounts of gold and emeralds, he ended his career disastrously; he has been suggested as a possible model for Cervantes' Don Quixote....
 and Nikolaus Federmann
Nikolaus Federmann

Nikolaus Federmann was a Germans adventurer and conquistador in the colonies of Venezuela and Colombia. He worked in the service of the Welser....
, a German, in 1539. The three presented their dispute before King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
. The King granted Belalcázar rule of the area with the title of governor of Popayán
Popayán

Popay?n is a municipality and def. is a capital city of the Colombian departments of Colombia of Cauca Department, with a population of about 215,000 people....
 and the honorary title of adelantado
Adelantado

Adelantado was a military title held by some Spain Conquistadors of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Adelantados were charter directly by the Monarch the right to become governors and judge of a specific region, which they charged with conquering, in exchange for funding and organizing the initial explorations, settlements and pacif...
 in May 1540. As so often happened among the conquistadors, land squabbles developed again, this time between Belalcázar and Pascual de Andagoya
Pascual de Andagoya

Pascual de Andagoya was a Spain Basque people conquistador. He was born in the village of Andagoya, in the valley of Cuartango, , in Spain....
 (1495-1548), who also claimed the governorship of Popayán. Belalcázar successfully defended his lands, and took over some of Andagoya's. He then intervened in a disagreement between supporters of the families of Pizarro and Almagro in Perú. In 1546, he ordered the execution of Jorge Robledo
Jorge Robledo (conquistador)

Jorge Robledo was a Spanish conquistador. He traveled in Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru.He founded the cities of Santa Ana de los Caballeros , Carthage, Valle del Cauca and Santa Fe de Antioquia ...
, who governed a neighboring province in yet another land-related vendetta. He was put to trial in absentia in 1550, convicted and condemned to death for the death of Robledo, and other offenses pertaining to his constant involvement in the various wars between other conquistadors. A victim of his own ambition, he died in 1551 before he could begin the voyage back to Spain to appeal the decision, in Cartagena
Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia and capital of Bol?var Department. The metropolitan area has a population of 1,240,000, and the city proper 1,090,000 ....
, Colombia.

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