MILITARY PERSONNEL

Pedro de Alvarado

1485 - 1541

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Pedro de Alvarado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe alβaˈɾaðo]; c. 1485 – 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 the Aztec Empire led by Hernán Cortés. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro de Alvarado has received more than 700,710 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Pedro de Alvarado is the 267th most popular military personnel (down from 248th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Spain (down from 184th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador who was most famous for his role in the conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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  • 700k

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  • 64.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pedro de Alvarado ranks 267 out of 2,058. Before him are Omar Bradley, Baiju, Zhang Liao, Nikolai Vatutin, Erwin von Witzleben, and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby. After him are Erich Hoepner, Orda Khan, Robert Nivelle, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Pedro de Valdivia, and Hasso von Manteuffel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Pedro de Alvarado ranks 7. Before him are Hernán Cortés, Catherine of Aragon, Dragut, Thomas Cromwell, Giovanni da Verrazzano, and Sebastiano del Piombo. After him are Clément Janequin, Joos van Cleve, Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, and Wolf Huber. Among people deceased in 1541, Pedro de Alvarado ranks 5. Before him are Paracelsus, Francisco Pizarro, Margaret Tudor, and Johann Georg Faust. After him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Francysk Skaryna, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Bernard van Orley, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro de Alvarado ranks 204 out of 3,355. Before him are Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Amaro Pargo (1678), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Matilde Camus (1919), and Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482). After him are Urraca of León (1081), Alfonso IX of León (1171), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), and Brunhilda of Austrasia (543).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Pedro de Alvarado ranks 2. Before him are Roland (736). After him are Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Juan Pujol García (1912), John of Austria the Younger (1629), José Sanjurjo (1872), Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), Antonio Tejero (1932), Inés Suárez (1507), Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), Serena (365), and José Miaja (1878).

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