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Pizarro family

Every case in the archive that involves the Pizarro family, best-known first.

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Cases
3
Years
1527 to 1541
Countries
Peru
Subjects
Explorers, Native nations and islands, Latin America
Updated
30 October 2026
Francisco Pizarro: French: François Pizarre, conquistador (1475-1541) Francisco Pizarro, conqueror (1475–1541)title QS:P1476,fr:"François P1541 · Lima, PeruPizarro's daughter and heir married her imprisoned uncle, his skull was found in a lead box in 1977, and Spain reissued his marquisate in 2019Francisca Pizarro, daughter and heir of Francisco Pizarro, married her uncle Hernando Pizarro, then a prisoner, in 1552, joining the brothers' fortune.Charles V made Francisco Pizarro a marquis on 10 October 1537. In 1538 his brother Hernando executed Pizarro's former partner, Diego de Almagro, at Cuzco.Boletín Oficial del Estado and 5 moreHp inka12: Hp_inka12.jpg1527 · Cuzco, PeruAtahualpa's captains hanged Huáscar's wives and children on the Cuzco road, burned a dead king's mummy, and killed Huáscar so Pizarro could not free himFrancisco Pizarro held Atahualpa prisoner when Atahualpa's captains killed Huáscar, and then had Atahualpa executed.Huayna Capac died of smallpox near Quito in 1527. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa records that Cuzco raised his son Huáscar as Inca. Another son, Atahualpa, stayed in the north and said his father had left him poor and dishonoured.Internet Archive and 3 moreDiego Velázquez de Cuéllar: DiegoVelazquezCuellar1538 · Cuzco, PeruDiego de Almagro willed his governorship of New Toledo to his mestizo son, Pizarro ignored the will, and the son's followers killed PizarroFrancisco Pizarro ignored Diego de Almagro's will and was killed by the son's followers; his brother Hernando Pizarro had executed Almagro in 1538.Diego de Almagro was Francisco Pizarro's partner in the conquest of Peru. In May 1534 the Crown granted him the right to conquer and settle the lands 200 leagues south of Pizarro's territory, the governorship of New Toledo.revista.agn.gob.pe and 2 more

The Pizarros: from a killing in Lima to a title granted in 2019

One fortune, step by step. Every fortune followed through time

26 Jun 1541Francisco Pizarro and his half-brother Francisco Martín de Alcántara killed in Lima
1541–1561Hernando Pizarro held in La Mota castle, Spain
20 Nov 1542New Laws bar inheriting encomiendas; partly revoked 1545
10 Apr 1548Gonzalo Pizarro beheaded; his estates and Potosí mines confiscated; his Lima house razed
1552Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui marries her uncle Hernando; the fortune moves to Trujillo, Spain
1628–1631Marquis of the Conquest title created for a descendant; sources differ on the year
2019Title granted to María Pérez de Herrasti y Urquijo