Francisco Pizarro González (c. 1471 or 1476 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire.Pizarro González was born in Trujillo Spain the illegitimate son of Gonzalo Pizarro an infantry colonel and Francisca González a woman of poor means. His exact birth date is uncertain but is believed to be sometime in the 1470s probably 1471. Scant attention was paid to his education and he grew up illiterate. He was a distant cousin of Hernán Cortés.
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active years end date
1541-06-26
active years start date
1529-07-26
battle
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
birth place
Trujillo Cáceres, Crown of Castile
country
Spanish Empire
death date
1541-06-26
death place
Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, Governorate of New Castile
LCCN Id
n/50/82729
monarch
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor
order in office
Governor of New Castile, Captain General of New Castile
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