Gaspar de Rodas

Gaspar de Rodas (1518–1607) was a Spanish administrator in the area that now comprises the present-day departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda, in what is now Colombia.

[1] Born in Trujillo, Cáceres, he was the son of Florencio de Rodas and Guiomar Coello.

He was not successful in this, as he was arrested by the forces of the governor of Cartagena de Indias.

However, he was liberated by the marshal Jorge Robledo and Rodas returned to Santa Fe de Antioquia.

Having completed this mission, Rodas founded Cáceres in 1576 and returned to Antioquia.