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Cristóbal de Olid (
1487-
1524) was a
Spanish adventurer,
conquistador and
rebel who played a part in the conquest of
Mexico and
Honduras.
Born in
Zaragoza, Olid grew up in the household of the governor of
Cuba,
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. In
1518 Velázquez sent Olid to relieve
Juan de Grijalva, but en route a
hurricane destroyed Olid's ship and he returned to Cuba. On
January 10,
1519, Olid sailed with
Hernán Cortés' fleet, and took an active part in the conquest of Mexico. He fought at the
Battle of Otumba on
July 8, and also took part in the campaign against the
Tarascans, who proved difficult foes due to their use of
iron weapons, which the
Aztecs lacked.
During the siege of
Tenochtitlán, Olid squabbled with
Pedro de Alvarado, and refused to assist him in an assault on the
causeways leading into the city. This refusal lead to a resounding Spanish defeat, and Olid fled to
Coyohuacan. While in Mexico, he married a
Tlaxcalan woman.
In
1523, Cortés made Olid the leader of an expedition to conquer Honduras, but while resupplying in
Havana, Olid (at a suggestion by Velázquez) declared his independence from Spain and set out to conquer Honduras for himself. Landing at
Puerto Caballos, it wasn't long before all of Honduras was under Olid's control. On
May 3,
1524, he founded the settlement of
Triunfo de la Cruz. When Cortés learnt of Olid's rebellion, he sent
Francisco de Las Casas against Olid with two warships. Despite the fact that both these ships were destroyed in a
storm and many of his soldiers defected to Olid, Las Casas defeated Olid in battle and captured him.
Accounts of how Olid died vary;
Bernal Díaz del Castillo asserts in his
Verdadera Historia de la Conquista de Nueva España that Las Casas had him
beheaded at
Naco, while
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas wrote that Olid's own soldiers rose up against and then
murdered him.
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