Martin de Goiti

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Martín de Goiti († 1574 in Manila ) was a Spanish conquistador and the city founder of Manila.

Goiti was a Mexican- born conquistador of Basque descent who accompanied Miguel López de Legazpi in the conquest of the Philippines from 1565 . In 1569 he led an expedition to Manila on behalf of Legazpis, where he became involved in battles with the Muslim king Rajah Sulayman and subjugated his Tagalog empire.

After Goiti went ashore in the Bay of Manila on Luzon on May 8, 1570 and an alliance with local Muslim leaders had failed, he marched with his 300-man force, which consisted mainly of Tlaxcalteks , to Tondo , where he was overwhelmingly superior defeated Muslim troops. Most of the prisoners were massacred unless they accepted Spanish rule.

Together with Juan de Salcedo he crossed the Pasig and conquered Manila on June 6, 1570, which he burned down to the foundations. The indigenous people withdrew and subsequently fought a guerrilla war against the Spaniards . Goiti holed up for more than ten months in the fortress Fuerza de Santiago , the foundation walls of which can still be seen in Intramuros today. After Legazpi had also arrived in Manila, he negotiated a peace treaty in 1571.

Goiti's conquest laid the foundation stone for today's capital, Manila, and made a Spanish settlement of the Philippines possible. From 1571 to 1573 he explored Pampanga and Pangasinan and founded numerous cities on Luzon. He arranged for his sister to marry into the leading local family Dula and is therefore considered a relatives of the bearers of the common Filipino family name Dulay, which can be traced back to this connection.

In 1574 the Fuerza de Santiago was besieged by 3,000 Chinese pirates led by Lim ah Hong . Goiti was killed defending the city. It was not until 1575 that Juan de Salcedo was able to recapture the city and drive the Chinese pirates from the Philippines.

His final resting place is in the San Agustín Church in Intramuros, Manila.

credentials

  • Morga, Antonio de. (2004). The Project Gutenberg Edition Book: History of the Philippine Islands - 1521 to the Beginning of the XVII century . Volume 1 and 2.
  • Legazpi, Don Miguel López de. (1564-1572). Cartas al Rey Don Felipe II: sobre la expedicion, conquistas y progresos de las islas Felipinas . Seville, España.

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