biography
pronunciation:
[alvarahthoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1485–1541)
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| biography:
| Conquistador, a companion of Cortés during the conquest of Mexico (1519–21), born in Badajoz, SW Spain. He became governor of Tenochtitlán, where the harshness of his rule incited an Aztec revolt. He was sent by Cortés on an expedition to Guatemala (1523–7), during which he also conquered parts of El Salvador. He returned to Spain, and in 1529 was appointed governor of Guatemala. |
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