Gonzalo Pizarro

Gonzalo Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and younger brother of Francisco Pizarro. He led a rebellion against the Spanish Crown in Peru and was executed in 1548.

Battle of Jaquijahuana: A 1548 battle near Cuzco in which royal forces defeated Gonzalo Pizarro’s rebel army. This defeat ended his rebellion and led to his capture.
Francisco Pizarro: The Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Inca Empire and founded Spanish rule in Peru. As Gonzalo’s elder brother, Francisco helped establish the family’s power in Peru.
Hernando Pizarro: A Spanish conquistador and brother of Francisco and Gonzalo Pizarro, imprisoned in Spain after the conquest of Peru. His absence from Peru left Gonzalo as the most powerful Pizarro brother there.
Royal Audiencia of Lima: A high court and governing body established by Spain in Lima in 1543 to administer justice and royal authority. Its officials initially enforced the New Laws, helping trigger Gonzalo’s revolt.
New Laws of 1542: Spanish legislation intended to curb Indigenous enslavement and limit encomenderos’ hereditary control. Gonzalo’s revolt began in opposition to enforcement of these laws.
Conquest of the Inca Empire: The Spanish-led overthrow of the Inca Empire, beginning with Francisco Pizarro’s capture of Atahualpa in 1532. Gonzalo’s status and wealth arose from the conquest and its aftermath.
Diego de Almagro: A Spanish conquistador who disputed power in Peru with Francisco Pizarro and was executed in 1538. The earlier Pizarro–Almagro conflict set the pattern of factional violence Gonzalo inherited.
Spanish colonization of the Americas: Spain’s establishment of political, economic, and religious control across much of the Americas from the late fifteenth century onward. Gonzalo’s revolt was one struggle over how conquest would become colonial government.
Pedro de la Gasca: A Spanish royal envoy and cleric who defeated Gonzalo Pizarro’s rebellion in Peru. La Gasca assembled the royal coalition that overcame Gonzalo’s forces.
Encomienda: A Spanish colonial grant assigning Indigenous communities’ tribute and labor to an encomendero, who owed them protection and Christian instruction. The New Laws threatened the privileges on which Gonzalo and other conquistadors relied.

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