Jorge Robledo (1500 – 5 October 1546) was a Spanish conquistador. He traveled in modern-day Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru and was executed by decapitation by order of
Sebastián de Belalcázar
Sebastián de Belalcázar (; 1479/1480 – 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. De Belalcázar, also written as de Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Ca ...
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Biography
Jorge Robledo was born in the year 1500 in
Úbeda
Úbeda (; from Iberian ''Ibiut'') is a town in the province of Jaén in Spain's autonomous community of Andalusia, with 34,733 (data 2017) inhabitants. Both this city and the neighbouring city of Baeza benefited from extensive patronage in the ...
,
Jaén,
Andalusia
Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...
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Spain
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, with unknown parents.
Banco de la República
The Bank of the Republic ( es, Banco de la República) is the central bank of Colombia. It was initially established under the regeneration era in 1880. Its main modern functions, under the new Colombian constitution were detailed by Congress ...
He is first mentioned in the historical chronicles as soldier in the army of
Lorenzo de Aldana, who was sent north by
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru.
Born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, Pizarro chose ...
in 1539 towards the newly founded province of
Popayán
Popayán () is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between the Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range. It has a population of 318,059 people, an area of 483 km2, is locate ...
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[ He founded the cities of Santa Ana de los Caballeros (present-day Anserma, Caldas) on July 26, 1539,][ Cartago, Valle del Cauca (as Arma) in 1540, and ]Santa Fe de Antioquia
Santa Fe de Antioquia is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. The city is located approximately north of Medellín, the department capital. It has a population of approximately 23,000 inhabitants.
History
Founded in 1541 by ...
in 1541, beating the Nutabe. After this, he spent three years in Spain where he married María de Carvajal y Mendoza, called ''La Mariscala''. His wife was also from Úbeda. Robledo returned to the New Kingdom of Granada with his spouse and many relatives.[ Jorge Robledo was executed by decapitation on October 5, 1546, by founder of Popayán ]Sebastián de Belalcázar
Sebastián de Belalcázar (; 1479/1480 – 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. De Belalcázar, also written as de Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Ca ...
, in whose expedition he was a captain, over a dispute of the Governorship of these towns.[Jorge Robledo]
- Geni His widow Mariá de Carvajal later remarried first Pedro Briceño and later president of the '' Audiencia'' Francisco Briceño
Francisco Briceño, natural de Corral de almagüer. (died 30 Jul 1571) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the sixth Bishop of Almería (1571). .[Rodríguez Freyle, 1979 (1638), p.88]
Gallery
File:Escudo del Mariscal Jorge Robledo.svg, Shield of Jorge Robledo
File:Firma de Jorge Robledo.svg, Signature of Jorge Robledo
File:Monumento al Mariscal Robledo, Parque La Isleta. Cartago, Valle, Colombia..JPG, Statue of Jorge Robledo in Cartago, Valle del Cauca
File:Estatua del Mariscal Jorge Robledo-SFA.jpg, Statue of Robledo in Santa Fe de Antioquia
See also
* Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations
Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations refers to the conquest by the Spanish monarchy of the Chibcha language-speaking nations, mainly the Muisca and Tairona that inhabited present-day Colombia, beginning the Spanish colonization of the Amer ...
* List of conquistadors in Colombia
This is a list of conquistadors who were active in the conquest of terrains that presently belong to Colombia. The nationalities listed refer to the state the conquistador was born into; Granada and Castile are currently part of Spain, but were s ...
References
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1500 births
1546 deaths
Spanish conquistadors
Andalusian conquistadors
People of the Italian Wars
History of Antioquia Department
16th-century executions by Spain
Spanish people executed abroad
Executed military personnel
16th-century Spanish people
People from Úbeda