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Line 1: '''~~Diriangen~~Diriangén''' was a native Nicaraguan king who controlled land from [[Diriamba]] in [[Carazo Department\|Carazo]] to the [[List of rivers of Nicaragua\|Ochomogo river]] in [[Rivas Department\|Rivas]], outside the boundaries of [[Nicarao (cacique)\|Nicarao's]] kingdom. It is possible that Diriangen belonged to the Chorotega<small>[[:es:Chorotega\|[es]]]</small> people.▼ ~~{{Under construction\|section=\|placedby=Bug2266}}~~ ▲'''Diriangen''' was a native Nicaraguan king who controlled land from [[Diriamba]] in [[Carazo Department\|Carazo]] to the [[List of rivers of Nicaragua\|Ochomogo river]] in [[Rivas Department\|Rivas]], outside the boundaries of [[Nicarao (cacique)\|Nicarao's]] kingdom. It is possible that Diriangen belonged to the Chorotega<small>[[:es:Chorotega\|[es]]]</small> people. == Etymology == ~~Diriangen's name~~Diriangén was a portmanteau of the words ''Dirian'' ("people of the hills"), -- the tribe that he ruled, -- and ''gen'', an honourific title in the [[Oto-Manguean languages]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Molina\|first=Héctor Octavio Argüello\|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Caciques_y_conquistadores_en_Diriamba.html?id=iSDWvQEACAAJ\|title=Caciques y conquistadores en Diriamba\|date=2007\|publisher=Editorial Herbal\|year=\|isbn=\|location=\|pages=49\|language=es}}</ref> == Biography == ~~<br />~~ ==== Early life ==== Diriangén was born in 1497. His mother encouraged him to learn swordsmanship and war tactics throughout his childhood.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|last=Urtecho\|first=Mario\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111043753/http://www.diriamba.info/Diriangen.htm\|title=Diriangén, Caique de Diriamba\|date=20 April 2002\|work=El Nuevo Diario\|access-date=8 March 2020\|url-status=live}}</ref> == Rebellion == Spanish explorer [[Gil González Dávila]] had arrived in Nochari in April of 1523 with a fleet of soldiers, with whom he converted the Nahuatl people of Ochomogo, Gotega, Mombacho, Morati, and Nandapia to Catholicism. In response to this, Diriangén arrived in Gotega with an entourage of five trumpeters, five flutists, five hundred men bringing ducks, and sixteen women with golden hatchets and plates. When the Spanish demanded Diriangén and the then subservient chiefs of Nicaragua and Nicoya to be baptized and to renounce their pagan beliefs, Diriangén refused and promised to return in three days. In three days time, he returned with four thousand Dirian and Nagrandano soldiers and forced the Spanish troops to flee southwards. The Spanish regrouped soon after, and destroyed Diriangén's rebel army in less than a day.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.nicaraguasc.org.uk/about-nicaragua/history-to-1979/\|title=About Nicaragua: History up to 1979\|website=www.nicaraguasc.org.uk\|access-date=2020-03-09}}</ref> == Martyrdom == Diriangén remains a popular figure in Nicaraguan nationalism and anti-colonialism.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Briceño\|first=Don Carlos\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404031914/http://www.diriamba.info/progreso_pagina_5.htm\|title=Dirianghen Símbolo de Patriotismo\|date=11 Nov 1954\|work=PROGRESO\|access-date=8 March 2020\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==See also== *[[Spanish conquest of Nicaragua]]

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