Cristóbal de Olid
Cristóbal de Olid (* 1487 in Saragossa , † 1524 in Naco , Honduras ) was a Spanish adventurer, conquistador and rebel .
As one of the captains of Hernán Cortés , he played a major role in the conquest of Mexico and Honduras . Cristóbal de Olid grew up in the household of the governor of Cuba , Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar . In 1518 Velázquez sent Cristóbal de Olid to relieve Juan de Grijalva . But a hurricane damaged Olid's ship, and so he returned to Cuba.
The conquest of Mexico
In 1519 he set sail again with Hernán Cortés' fleet and took part in the conquest of Mexico . Together with Cortés he fought at Cempoala against the overwhelming power of Pánfilo de Narváez and was one of the survivors of the Noche Triste .
He took part in the Battle of Otumba on July 14, 1520. He was wounded several times during the siege of Tenochtitlán . Cortés then appointed him Quartermaster General. As he had proven himself very well in the fighting, Cortés sent him to the provinces after the fall of Tenochtitlán . There he successfully put down local uprisings.
Honduras
After marrying a Portuguese lady, Cortés made Cristóbal de Olid the guide of a voyage of discovery to Honduras in 1523 . On his journey he stopped in Havana , where he met his old employer Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. Velázquez and Olid agreed that they wanted to conquer Honduras together and then seek governorship from the emperor. Cristóbal de Olid had been completely devoted to Cortés as long as he had lived in Mexico. Now he listened to Velázquez, declared his independence from Cortés and began to conquer Honduras for himself. He landed on May 3, 1523 in the Bay of Honduras in what is now the port of Puerto Caballos and founded the city of Triunfo de la Cruz, now Tela .
Rebellion and death
When Cortés learned of the Olid rebellion, he sent Francisco de Las Casas with two ships to Honduras to capture Cristóbal de Olid. With luck, Olid was able to escape this capture and took Las Casas prisoner in turn. But during a peaceful gathering, Las Casas drew a dagger and severely wounded Cristóbal de Olid, arrested him and had him beheaded in the market square of Naco.
literature
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo : The True Story of the Conquest of Mexico (edited and edited by Georg Adolf Narziss). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-458-32767-3
- Hermann Homann: The captain of the white god: Deeds and adventures of captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo in Mexico . Union Verlag, Stuttgart 1964 ( The captain of the white god: Deeds and adventures of captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo in Mexico ( memento of October 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on February 18, 2013]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernal Díaz del Castillo The True Story of the Conquest of Mexico p. 337
- ↑ Bernal Díaz del Castillo The True Story of the Conquest of Mexico, pp. 616/617
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olid, Cristóbal de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish adventurer, conquistador and rebel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1487 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaragoza |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1524 |
| Place of death | Naco , Honduras |