Pedro de Alvarado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pedro de Alvarado

Spanish conquistador, explorer and condottiero

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1486

Place of Birth: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1541

Profession: conquistador, condottiero, explorer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (Spanish pronunciation: ['peð?o ðe alßa'?aðo]; Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, ca.
1485 – Guadalajara, New Spain, 4 July 1541) was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala.
He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Juan de Grijalva's exploration of the coasts of the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, and in the conquest of Mexico led by Hernán Cortés.
He is considered the conquistador of much of Central America, including Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Although renowned for his skill as a soldier, Alvarado is known also for the cruelty of his treatment of native populations, and mass murders committed in the subjugation of the native peoples of Mexico.Historiography portrays that indigenous people, both Nahuatl-speakers and speakers of other languages, called him Tonatiuh, meaning "sun" in the Nahuatl language.
Yet he was also called "Red Sun" in Nahuatl, which allows a variety of interpretations.
Whether this epithet refers to Alvarado's red hair, some esoteric quality attributed to him, or both, is disputed.