Lautaro Military person

Lautaro (Mapudungun: Lef-Traru "swift hawk") (1534?–April 29, 1557) was the young Mapuche military commander in the 300-year Arauco War (Araucanian War) in Chile. His people undertook to expel the Spanish colonizers. The army under Lautaro's command inflicted crushing defeats and huge death tolls on Spanish forces despite having far inferior weaponry. He was close to final victory when he was killed in battle at around 23 years of age.

Personal facts

Lautaro
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1534
Birth place
Chile , Treguaco
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1557
Place of death
Chile , Maule Region

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Military person

allegianceMapuche
military operations
Battle of Tucapel

Topical connections

Francisco de Aguirre Politician
Ceferino NamuncuráSaint
Benito JuárezPresident
José María MeloPolitician

Lautaro on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://es.wikisource.org/wiki/La_Araucana
  2. http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/cronicas/contextos/11498.htm
  3. http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/FichaObra.html?Ref=1102&portal=157
  4. http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/13582842323460728544424/index.htm
  5. http://www.xs4all.nl/~rehue/art/far1.html