MILITARY PERSONNEL

Pedro de Valdivia

1497 - 1553

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Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe βalˈdiβja]; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command. In 1540, Valdivia led an expedition of 150 Spaniards into Chile, where he defeated a large force of indigenous warriors and founded Santiago in 1541. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro de Valdivia has received more than 398,730 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Pedro de Valdivia is the 272nd most popular military personnel (down from 218th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Spain (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

Pedro de Valdivia was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition to Chile in 1540. He was the first governor of Chile and founder of Santiago.

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  • 400k

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  • 64.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Pedro de Valdivia ranks 272 out of 2,058. Before him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Pedro de Alvarado, Erich Hoepner, Orda Khan, Robert Nivelle, and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. After him are Hasso von Manteuffel, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Svetozar Boroević, and Okita Sōji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Pedro de Valdivia ranks 4. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Philip Melanchthon, and Beyhan Sultan. After him are Emperor Go-Nara, Mōri Motonari, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Canova da Milano, Jean Fernel, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1553, Pedro de Valdivia ranks 7. Before him are François Rabelais, Şehzade Mustafa, Edward VI of England, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Michael Servetus, and Şehzade Cihangir. After him are Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Girolamo Fracastoro, Sinan Pasha, Lucrezia de' Medici, and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro de Valdivia ranks 209 out of 3,355. Before him are Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Urraca of León (1081), Alfonso IX of León (1171), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), and Jacinto Benavente (1866). After him are Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Alfonso the Battler (1073), Pomponius Mela (15), Federico Bahamontes (1928), and Eulalia of Mérida (290).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Pedro de Valdivia ranks 3. Before him are Roland (736), and Pedro de Alvarado (1485). After him are 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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