- Gaspar de Rodas
Gaspar de Rodas (1518-1607) was a Spanish administrator in the area that now comprises the present-day departments of
Antioquia , Caldas,Quindío and Risaralda, in what is nowColombia . He was the first governor of Antioquia, part of theNew Kingdom of Granada . [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/historia/ilustre/ilus22.htm Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango ] ]Born in
Trujillo, Cáceres , he was the son of Florencio de Rodas and Guiomar Coello. He arrived atQuito in 1540 and in 1531, he traveled toPopayán withSebastián de Belalcázar , entrusted with the task of relocating the settlement ofSanta Fe de Antioquia . He was not successful in this, as he was arrested by the forces of the governor ofCartagena de Indias . However, he was liberated by the marshal Jorge Robledo and Rodas returned to Santa Fe de Antioquía.Alter the execution of Robledo in 1546, Rodas was named governor of Antioquía. This was confirmed again in 1576 by the Real Audiencia de Santa Fe de Bogotá upon the death of
Andrés de Valdivia .The first mission entrusted to Rodas was to punish the tribes who had assassinated Valdivia. Having completed this mission, Rodas founded Cáceres in 1576 and returned to Antioquia. He also attempted to pacify the indigenous peoples at
Marequita and at the valley ofAburra . In 1581, he founded Zaragoza de las Palmas.ources
*”La epopeya de la raza extremeña en India”, Vicente Navarro del Castillo, ISBN 84-4005359-2
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