Philipp von Hutten. Portrait by an unknown artist (posthumously, c. 1600)

Philipp von Hutten (* 1510; † 1546 in Tocuya, Venezuela), German knight, was a relative of Ulrich von Hutten and passed some of his early years at the court of the emperor Charles V. Image File history File links Philipp-von-Hutten. ... Image File history File links Philipp-von-Hutten. ... 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523) was an outspoken critic of the Roman Catholic Church and adherent of the Lutheran Reformation. ... Charles (February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519-1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516-1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V (Carlos Quinto or Carlos V) in Spain and Latin America. ...

Later he joined the band of adventurers, under Georg von Speyer, who sailed to Venezuela, or Venosala as Hutten calls it, with the object of conquering and exploiting this land in the interests of the Augsburg family of Welser. The party landed at Coro in February 1535 and Hutten accompanied von Speyer on his long and toilsome expedition into the interior in search of treasure (El Dorado). In December 1540, after the death of von Speyer in June 1540, he became governor (captain-general) of Venezuela. Georg von Speyer (* 1500 in Speyer, Rhineland; † 11 June 1540 in Coro, Venezuela) was a German conquistador in New Granada, now Venezuela and Colombia. ... The German colonization of the Americas consisted of a failed attempt to settle Venezuela in the 16th century. ... Welser is the surname of an important German banking and merchant family, originally from Augsburg. ... The city of Santa Ana de Coro was founded in 1527 by Spanish colonists. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... El Dorado (sometimes spelled Eldorado) is a mythical city of gold (sometimes called the Lost City of Gold) which was thought to be located somewhere in the Americas, more specifically South America. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ...

Soon after this event he vanished into the interior, returning after five years of wandering to find that a Spaniard, Juan de Carvajal, had been appointed governor in his absence. With his travelling companion, Bartholomew Welser the younger, he was seized by Carvajal in April 1546 and the two were afterwards put to death.

Hutten left some letters, and also a narrative of the earlier part of his adventures, this Zeitung aus India Junkher Philipps von Hutten being published in 1785.

In 1983, Venezuelan author Francisco Herrera Luque (1927-1991) published a novel named La Luna de Fausto (Faust´s Moon) where he narrates the adventures of von Hutten (called Felipe de Utre in old spanish accounts) since he traveled from Europe to Coro, by that time, the only city Venezuela had, until beheaded by Juan de Carvajal over a power dispute. According to the legend, his death was prophetized by Dr. Faust himself, who told him he was going to die under a "red moon". Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust (approximately 1480-1540). ...

References

• von Hutten, Philipp Zeitung aus India Junkher Philipps von Hutten 1785.
• Chapman, Walker The Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis 1967.
• Luque, Francisco Herrera La Luna de Fausto 1983.
• Richter, Erich Die Welser landen in Venezuela W. Goldmann 1938.

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