Juan Ortiz de Zárate (Conquistador)

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Juan Ortiz de Zárate (* 1521 in Orduña , Basque Country , † January 26, 1576 in Asunción , Paraguay ) was a Spanish conquistador .

Zárate came to South America at a very young age and participated in the Conquista of Peru through Diego de Almagro . As a 14-year-old he was present at the founding of Lima and the capture of the Inca chiefs. In April 1538 he fought in the Battle of Las Salinas on the Almagros side. After his arrest and execution on April 26, 1538, he joined his son of the same name Diego de Almagro "el Mozo" against Francisco Pizarro . When he was beaten and executed in 1546, he fled to Charcas .

In 1567 Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco nominated him as governor of the colony of Río de la Plata . In 1569 he took up the post, but was replaced by Martín Suárez de Toledo after a turbulent brief tenure . He went to Spain, where he was commissioned by Philip II in 1572 to lead 500 Spanish families and a group of Franciscans - including Alonso de San Buenaventura and Luis de Bolaños - to South America. After a loss-making journey, he founded the city of Zaratina de San Salvador with them in 1574 on the banks of the Río Paraná . In 1575 he went to Asunción, where his nephew Juan de Garay held a political office in order to take over his post as governor again. After his death, de Garay was his successor.

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SURNAME Ortiz de Zárate, Juan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish conquistador
DATE OF BIRTH 1521
PLACE OF BIRTH Orduña
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1576
Place of death Asunción