Diego de almagro biography for kids
Diego de almagro biography for kids
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Diego de Almagro II facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Diego de Almagro II | |
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| Born | c. 1520 |
| Died | September 16th, 1542 (aged 21–22) Lima, New Castile |
| Nationality | Panamanian |
Diego de Almagro II (1520 – September 16, 1542), called El Mozo (the lad), was the son of Spanish conquistador Diego de Almagro and Ana Martínez, a native Panamanian Indian woman.
Peru
In 1531 El Mozo accompanied his father on the expedition to Peru, which encompassed the north of the Inca Empire.
Together with his father, they led about 100 Spanish soldiers while Francisco Pizarro, the leader of the expedition, went south, capturing the Sapa IncaAtahualpa in a surprise attack, the so-called Battle of Cajamarca.
El Mozo and his father, Diego, went to Cajamarca in 1533, but they received no gold for the capture and pressed to get the Incas executed, which finally happened on July 26.
Almagro then accompanied Pizarro to Cuzco and conquered the Inca capital. In 1535, he then went south whil