Battle of Huarina

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Huarina


caption=
partof=the Spanish conquest of Peru
date=October 20 1547
place=Huarina, present-day Peru
result=Decisive victory for Nueva Castilla
combatant1=Viceroyalty of Peru
combatant2=Nueva Castilla
commander1=Diego Centeno
commander2=Francisco de Carvajal
strength1=Unknown
strength2=Unknown, could be as high as 1,200
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=Unknown

After sending away royal appointed governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru, Blasco Núñez Vela and later defeating and killing him in the battle of Añaquito, Gonzalo Pizarro assembled an army of 1,200 men to press claims for the rule over Peru, once belonging to him and his brothers. The new viceroy, Pedro de la Gasca, landed in Peru in 1547, and a contingent of his troops, led by Diego Centeno, was severly defeated at Huarina by Francisco de Carvajal (dubbed the "Deamon of the Andes", for his treatment of native Peruvians in his quest for glory and power.)

Centeno, however, remained successful in retreating in order and later united with the main force under de la Gasca. Ultimately, the viceroy managed to win the cause of most of Gonzalo Pizarro's officers and men, and on April 9 1548, the pizarrists were finally overthrown in the battle of Jaquijahuana.

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