Jorge Robledo (c. 1500,
Úbeda
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,
Spain
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– 5 October 1546,
La Merced, Caldas -
New Kingdom of Granada
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) was a Spanish
conquistador
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. He traveled in modern-day Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru and was executed by decapitation by order of
Sebastián de Belalcázar
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.
Biography
Jorge Robledo was born around 1500 in
Úbeda
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,
Jaén,
Andalusia
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,
Spain
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, with unknown parents.
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He is first mentioned in the historical chronicles as soldier in the army of
Lorenzo de Aldana
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, who was sent north by
Francisco Pizarro
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Born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Trujillo, Spain, to a poor fam ...
in 1539 towards the newly founded province of
Popayán
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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
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History
Founded in 1541 by Jorge Robled ...
in 1541, beating the Nutabe. After this, he spent three years in Spain where he married MarÃa 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 Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (; c. 1490 – April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar. He is known as the founder of important early virreinal cities in the northw ...
, 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.[RodrÃguez 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
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* List of conquistadors in Colombia
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References
Bibliography
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1500 births
1546 deaths
Spanish conquistadors
Andalusian conquistadors
People of the Italian Wars
16th-century executions by Spain
Spanish people executed abroad
Executed military personnel
16th-century Spanish explorers
People from Úbeda