Hernán Pérez de Quesada
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Hernán Pérez de Quesada, sometimes spelled as Quezada,[7] (c. 1515 – 1544) was a Spanish conquistador. Second in command of the army of his elder brother, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Hernán was part of the first European expedition towards the inner highlands of the Colombian Andes. The harsh journey, taking almost a year and many deaths, led through the modern departments Magdalena, Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Huila of present-day Colombia between 1536 and 1539 and, without him, Meta, Caquetá and Putumayo of Colombia and northern Peru and Ecuador between 1540 and 1542.
Hernán Pérez de Quesada | |
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Born | c. 1515 |
Died | 1544 |
Cause of death | Lightning strike |
Nationality | Castilian |
Occupation | Conquistador |
Years active | 1536–1542 |
Employer | Spanish Crown |
Known for | Spanish conquest of the Muisca Quest for El Dorado |
Title | Governor of New Kingdom of Granada |
Term | 1539–1542 |
Predecessor | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1538–1539) |
Successor | Luis Alonso de Lugo (1542–1544) |
Criminal charge(s) | • Mistreatment of indigenous people • Murders of Tisquesusa, Sagipa & Aquiminzaque |
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Relatives | Gonzalo Jiménez (brother) Francisco Jiménez (brother) Melchor Jiménez (brother) Andrea Ximénez (sister) Catalina Magdalena (sister) Isabel de Quesada (half-sister) |
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Hernán founded Sutatausa, Cundinamarca, and aided in the conquest of various indigenous groups, such as the Chimila, Muisca, Panche, Lache, U'wa, Sutagao and others. Under the command of Hernán Pérez de Quesada the last independent Muisca ruler; hoa Quiminza was publicly decapitated. As second in command under his brother, in the previous years psihipquias Tisquesusa and Sagipa and Tundama of Duitama had suffered a similar fate. After returning from his expeditions to the south reaching Quito, where he reunited with his younger brother Francisco, both De Quesadas went back to Santafé de Bogotá. Hernán was tried and imprisoned there for the murders of the Muisca rulers by the governor of the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada. In 1544, en route to Cartagena with his brother Francisco, their ship was hit by lightning off the coast of Cabo de la Vela in the Caribbean Sea killing Hernán and Francisco and wounding several other conquistadors.
Knowledge of the life and expeditions of Hernán Pérez de Quesada has been provided by his brother Gonzalo and scholars Pedro de Aguado, Juan Freyle, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Joaquín Acosta and Liborio Zerda.[8][9][10][11][12][13]