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Sebastin De BelalczarSebastin de Belalczar was a Spanish conquistador. He was born Sebastin Moyano in the province of Crdoba, Spain in 1479 (1480?). Took the name Belalczar or Benalczar as that was the name of castle-town nearest to his birthplace in Crdoba. According to various sources, he may have left for the New World with Columbus as early as 1498, but Jos de Castellanos wrote that he killed a mule in 1507, and fled Spain for the West Indies due to fear of punishment, and as a chance to escape the poverty in which he lived. What is known for certain is that he entered Nicaragua with Hernandez de Crdoba in 1524, and became the first mayor of the city of Len. He remained there until 1527, when he left for Honduras as a result of internal dispute among the Spanish governors. Briefly returning to Len, he sailed to the coast of Peru, where he united with the expedition of Francisco Pizarro in 1532. In 1534, after having helped Pizarro battle native tribes, he set off to conquer the valley of Quito in Ecuador, using funds obtained as compensation from his previous campaigns. He founded the city of Quito with Diego de Almagro, honoring Pizarro by naming it in full San Francisco de Quito. Moving northward into present day [-in-search-of-[[El-Dorado]-in-1535,-entered-the-Cauca-River-Valley,-founding-the-southwestern-Colombian-cities-of-Pasto,-[Popayn]-(next-in-importance-after-Quito)-and-Santiago-de-title="Colombia[[ in search of [[El Dorado] in 1535, entered the Cauca River Valley, founding the southwestern Colombian cities of Pasto, [Popayn] (next in importance after Quito) and Santiago de Colombia[[" title="[Cali">Colombia[[">in search of [[El Dorado] in 1535, entered the Cauca River Valley, founding the southwestern Colombian cities of Pasto, [Popayn] (next in importance after Quito) and Santiago de [[Cali in 1536 and 1537. Crossing overland to the Magdalena River Valley, he entered the highlands of central Colombia with Gonzalo Jimnez de Quesada and Nicolas Federmann, a German, in 1539. Carlos the Fifth granted Belalczar the governorshiop of Popayn and an honorary title (adelantado) in May 1540. As so often happened amongst the conquistadores, land squabbles developed between Belalcazr and a neighboring province governed by Pascual de Andagoya. Belalczar successfully defended his lands, and took over some of Andagoya. He then intervined in a disagreement between supporters of the families of Pizarro and Almagro in Peru. In 1546, he ordered the execution of Jorge Robledo, who governed a neighboring province in yet another land vendetta. He was put to trial in abesentia in 1550, convicted and condemned to death for the death of Robledo, and other offenses pertaining to his constant involvement in the various wars between conquistadores. A victim of his own ambition, he died before he could begin the voyage back to Spain to appeal the decision, in Cartagena, Colombia. Belalczar, Sebastin de
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