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Leaving a garrison in Tenochtitlán of 80 Spaniards and a few hundred Tlaxcaltecs commanded by his most reckless captain, Pedro de Alvarado, Cortés marched against Narváez, defeated him, and enlisted his army in his own forces. On his return, he found the Spanish garrison in Tenochtitlán besieged by the Aztecs after Alvarado had massacred ...

Meanwhile, back in Tenochtitlan, Cortes had left his lieutenant Pedro de Alvarado in charge of about 160 Spanish reserves. Hearing rumors that the Mexica planned to slaughter them at the Festival of Toxcatl, Alvarado decided on a pre-emptive strike. On May 20, he ordered his men to attack the unarmed Aztec nobles assembled at the festival.

Juan Núñez Mercado, Rodrigo de Evia, Alonso Pérez de Zamora, Diego de Salamanca, Jorge and Gómez de Alvarado, Pedro de Aragón, and Sancho de Barahona were also in their twenties. The youngest were between ages 16 and 18, such as Diego de Colio, García del Pilar, Pedro de Mafla, Miguel López, Rodrigo de Castañeda, and Juan Cano.

Pedro de Alvarado, famous conquistador. 1st wife Fransisca de Cueva, 2nd - her cousin Beatriz de la Cueva. Both childless. But more so than his wives his vital companion was Luisa de Tlaxcala (also called Xicoténcalt or Tecubalsi, her original names after Catholic baptism), an Indigenous noblewoman, daughter of the Tlaxcaltec Chief Xicotenga.

Alvarado Settlers in United States in the 19th Century. Juan De Alvarado, who landed in America in 1811 ; Alfonso de Alvarado, who accompanied Pizarro to Peru, later continued on to the Río de la Plata and was named Captain General of that region; Pedro Alvarado, aged 25, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1825

De cualquier manera, el daño fue mortal y falleció el 4 de julio de 1541, no sin antes pronunciar sus últimas disposiciones terrenales. La nota breve "Pedro de Alvarado" del autor Gerardo Díaz se publicó en Relatos e Historias en México, número 113. RHM 113 Biografía Biografías Pedro de Alvarado Conquista.

Tras su retorno del Perú, Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras se dedicó a la administración del Reino de Guatemala, así como a ordenar diversas misiones militares para aplacar y conquistar a los pueblos lencas en los territorios al oriente de sus dominios, así como a limitar los avances de las tropas de Pedrarias Dávila, gobernador de Panamá y Nicaragua.

Pedro de Alvarado is a Hispanic dissident who is well aware of the realities of race from his experience living throughout Latin America and in the States. As a native of lands conquered by brave Spaniards but later subverted by centuries of multiracial trickery and despotic governance, Pedro offers clear warnings to Americans about the perils ...