Pedro de la Gasca

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Pedro de la Gasca was a Spanish bishop, diplomat, and royal envoy best known for restoring Spanish crown authority in Peru by peacefully dismantling Gonzalo Pizarro’s rebellion in the mid-16th century.

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Pedro de la Gasca canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish bishop ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
royal envoy ⓘ
allegiance Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
appointedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
King Charles I of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Charles I of Spain
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1493 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1567-11-13 ⓘ
education University of Salamanca ⓘ
endTime as president of the Audiencia of Lima: 1550 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork canon law ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
implementedPolicy revocation of the most onerous provisions of the New Laws in Peru ⓘ
knownFor peaceful negotiation with rebel encomenderos ⓘ
re-establishing the authority of the Spanish Crown in Peru ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
militaryConflict Battle of Jaquijahuana ⓘ
monarchServed Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
notableFor defeating Gonzalo Pizarro’s rebellion ⓘ
pacification of Peru ⓘ
restoring royal authority in Peru ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
royal envoy ⓘ
opponent Francisco de Carvajal ⓘ
Gonzalo Pizarro ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile ⓘ
Navalcarnero ⓘ
placeOfDeath Crown of Castile ⓘ
Sigüenza ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
President of the Royal Audiencia of Lima ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime as president of the Audiencia of Lima: 1546 ⓘ
title Bishop of Palencia ⓘ
Bishop of Sigüenza ⓘ
Licentiate ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gonzalo Pizarro → foughtAgainst → Pedro de la Gasca ⓘ
Alonso de Mendoza → servedUnder → Pedro de la Gasca ⓘ
Alonso de Mendoza → appointedBy → Pedro de la Gasca ⓘ
Pizarro–Almagro civil wars → opponent → Pedro de la Gasca ⓘ