Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizzaro Gonzalez, Marquess (in Spanish, Francisco Pizarro González) (1471 or 1476 - 26 June 1541) was a Spanish Conquistador, and a Marquess, a European title of nobility, whose conquests reached South America and the Incan Empire of Peru, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.

Pizzaro arrived in Peru in late 1532 with a small band of fellow conquistadors, ostensibly to find gold. In mid-November of that year, Pizzaro and his men arrived at the outskirts of the Incan city of Cajamarca.

After being rebuked trying to be diplomatic with the Inca Emperor Atahualpa, who was staying in the city, Pizzaro decided to attack the Incas the next day. His ambush was a devastating success; the Incas were mostly Atahualpa's courtiers and officials as well as civilians who carried no weapons, and the soldiers that were there were completely unarmed. Pizzaro captured Atahualpa, after which he ordered the former Emperor strangled to death.

After taking the rest of the Incan Empire, Pizzaro soon faced enemies from within his own ranks, mostly from another conquistador, Diego de Almagro II and his brothers. On 25 June 1541, he was assassinated by members of the Assassin Order in his Palace which is now the Government Palace of Peru.

Source

 * Assassin's Creed II
 * Francisco Pizarro Wikipedia Page