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Also known as Caupolican

Caupolicán (meaning 'polished flint' (queupu) or 'blue quartz stone' (Kallfulikan) in Mapudungun) was a toqui or war leader of the Mapuche people, who led the resistance of his people against the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the territory of today's Chile during the sixteenth century. His rule as Toqui lasted roughly from 1553–1558 AD.

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Key facts

Person.name
Caupolican
Person.image
Caupolicán.jpg
Person.image_size
225
Person.caption
Caupolican
Person.birth_date
Unknown
Person.birth_place
Pilmaiquén, Chile
Person.death_date
1558
Person.death_place
Cañete, Chile
Person.death_cause
Capital punishment
Person.predecessor
Lincoyan (1551–1553)
Person.successor
Lemucaguin or Caupolican the Younger (1558)
Person.children
Lemucaguin or Caupolican the Younger

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Biography
  • First years
  • Battle of Lagunillas
  • Election as Toqui
  • Battle of Millarapue
  • Battle of Cañete Fort
  • Death
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources

Caupolicán (meaning 'polished flint' (queupu) or 'blue quartz stone' (Kallfulikan) in Mapudungun) was a toqui or war leader of the Mapuche people, who led the resistance of his people against the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the territory of today's Chile during the sixteenth century. His rule as Toqui lasted roughly from 1553–1558 AD.

==Biography== According to the poetic work La Araucana the primary known wife of Caupolican was Fresia, although she is also named Gueden or Paca by other authors. His only known child was named Lemucaguin, or Caupolican the younger. According to tradition and the writings of Fernando Alegria, Caupolican was of a grave countenance and was blind in one eye from childhood.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caupolicán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.