Diego de Almagro
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| Born |
c. 1475 Almagro, Crown of Castile |
| Died | July 8, 1538 (aged 62–63) Cuzco, New Castile, Spanish Empire |
| Nationality | Castilian |
| Other names |
El Adelantado El Viejo |
| Occupation | Conquistador |
| Known for |
Exploration of the Kuna Conquest of Peru Discovery of Chile |
| Spouse(s) | Ana Martínez Mencia |
| Children |
Diego de Almagro II (son) Isabel de Almagro (daughter) |
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Diego de Almagro, (c. 1475 – July 8, 1538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro. He participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru and is credited as the first European discoverer of Chile.
Almagro lost his left eye battling with coastal natives in the New World. In 1525 he joined the Pizarro brothers and Hernándo de Luque at Panama for the conquest of Peru.
Diego de Almagro was born and raised in Almagro, Ciudad Real, Spain with parents Juan de Montenegro and Elvira Gutiérrez. He married twice; with Ana Martínez and Mencia and got two children; son Diego de Almagro II wih Ana Martínez and daughter Isabel with Mencia.
Diego de Almagro arrived in the New World on June 30, 1514, under the expedition that Ferdinand II of Aragon had sent under the guidance of Pedrarias Dávila. The expedition had landed in the city of Santa María la Antigua del Darién, Panama, where many other future conquistadors had already arrived, among them Francisco Pizarro.
There are not many details of Almagro's activities during this period, but it is known that he accompanied various sailors who departed from the city of Darien between 1514 and 1515. De Almagro eventually returned and settled in Darien, where he was granted an encomienda. He built a house and made a living from agriculture.
De Almagro undertook his first conquest on November 1515, commanding 260 men as he founded Villa del Acla, named after the Indian place. Due to illness he had to leave behind this mission to the licenciate Gaspar de Espinosa.
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