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For the Spanish painter, see Diego Velázquez.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (
1465,
Cuéllar,
Spain – ca.
June 12,
1524,
Santiago de Cuba) was a Spanish
conquistador. He conquered and governed
Cuba for Spain.
Diego Velázquez was born in Cuéllar, in the
Segovia region of Spain. He first visited the
New World with the crew of
Christopher Columbus in
1493. He settled in
Hispaniola, then was active in leading the conquest of
Cuba in
1511 under orders from
Diego Columbus. He founded a number of new Spanish settlements and cities on the island, most notably
Santiago de Cuba in
1514 and
Havana in
1515.
Velázquez was appointed governor of Cuba. However he convoked a general
cabildo (council) which duly authorized to deal directly with Spain and remove authority from Columbus, his nominal superior. It was a precedent that would come back to haunt him with the Mexican adventures. Noting the weakness of the Indians Velázquez authorized the importation of black slaves in 1513. He authorized various expeditions to explore lands further west, including the
1517 Francisco Hernández de Córdoba expedition to
Yucatán (
see: Spanish Conquest of Yucatán). In
1518 he was made the 1st
Adelantado (
Governor-General) of Cuba with jurisdiction over the former Governship of the Indies. He initially backed
Hernán Cortés's famous expedition to
Mexico, but when Cortés tried to seize and claim Mexico for himself, Velázquez charged Cortés with exceeding his authority and ordered
Pánfilo de Narváez to arrest him. Narvaez's troops were defeated by Cortés in a surprise attack and the survivors were persuaded to join Cortés. Thus Velázquez saw none of the riches which came from Mexico. A further attempt to obtain redress in Spain led a bitter loss to the Cortés faction. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar died in
Santiago de Cuba in 1524. The Indies were therefore subjected to the
Viceroyalty of New Spain.
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