Diego de Aguero
Diego de Agüero y Sandoval (* 1511 in Deleitosa , † 1544 in Lima ) was a Spanish conquistador .
Life
Agüero was the son of García González de Agüero and María de Sandoval. He went to Peru with Francisco Pizarro after he had signed the Toledo surrender . De Agüero took part in the Tumbes landing , in the founding of San Miguel de Tangarará , in the march on Cajamarca and in the capture of Atahualpa .
De Aguero was an explorer of the Collao plateau and the islands of Lake Titicaca , and supported Diego de Almagro in the conquest of Quito , where Aguero managed to get Pedro de Alvarado to agree to the surrender of his army to Pizarro and only demand compensation of 100,000 pesos .
literature
- John Lockhart: Los de Cajamarca. Un estudio social y biographical de los primeros conquistadores del Perú . Milla Batres, Lima 1987
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| SURNAME | Aguero, Diego de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agüero y Sandoval, Diego de (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish conquistador and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1511 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deleitosa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1544 |
| Place of death | Lima |