Lope García de Castro
E100045
Lope García de Castro was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator who served as interim viceroy of Peru, overseeing governance and exploration in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lope García de Castro canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T832074 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lope García de Castro Context triple: [Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, relative, Lope García de Castro]
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A.
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca was a Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator who served as viceroy of New Spain during the Mexican War of Independence, leading efforts to suppress the insurgent movement.
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B.
José Ruiz y Blasco
José Ruiz y Blasco was a Spanish painter and art teacher best known as the father and early artistic mentor of Pablo Picasso.
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C.
José de la Serna e Hinojosa
José de la Serna e Hinojosa was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who presided over the final phase of Spanish rule in Peru during the Latin American wars of independence.
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D.
Ramón José Castellano
Ramón José Castellano was an Argentine Roman Catholic archbishop best known for ordaining Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, to the priesthood.
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E.
Diego de Montemayor
Diego de Montemayor was a Spanish conquistador and colonial official best known as the 16th-century founder and first leader of the city of Monterrey in present-day Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lope García de Castro Target entity description: Lope García de Castro was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator who served as interim viceroy of Peru, overseeing governance and exploration in the region.
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A.
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca
Juan Ruiz de Apodaca was a Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator who served as viceroy of New Spain during the Mexican War of Independence, leading efforts to suppress the insurgent movement.
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B.
José Ruiz y Blasco
José Ruiz y Blasco was a Spanish painter and art teacher best known as the father and early artistic mentor of Pablo Picasso.
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C.
José de la Serna e Hinojosa
José de la Serna e Hinojosa was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who presided over the final phase of Spanish rule in Peru during the Latin American wars of independence.
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D.
Ramón José Castellano
Ramón José Castellano was an Argentine Roman Catholic archbishop best known for ordaining Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, to the priesthood.
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E.
Diego de Montemayor
Diego de Montemayor was a Spanish conquistador and colonial official best known as the 16th-century founder and first leader of the city of Monterrey in present-day Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial administrator
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Crown of Castile
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Spain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1516 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1576 ⓘ |
| employer |
Council of the Indies
ⓘ
Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ |
| endTime | 1569 ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
colonial governance
ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ law ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| monarch | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
governing Peru after the fall of the first viceroyalties
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implementing royal policies in the Andes ⓘ serving as interim viceroy of Peru ⓘ |
| notableWork |
promotion of exploration in the Viceroyalty of Peru
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regulation of encomiendas in Peru ⓘ reorganization of colonial administration in Peru ⓘ strengthening of royal authority in Peru ⓘ support for Pacific exploration from Peru ⓘ support for expeditions toward Chile ⓘ support for expeditions toward Tucumán ⓘ support for expeditions toward the Amazon region ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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judge ⓘ royal official ⓘ |
| officeContested | Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Crown of Castile
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Valladolid ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Madrid
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Spain ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
interim viceroy of Peru
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member of the Council of the Indies ⓘ oidor ⓘ president of the Audiencia of Lima ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| residence |
Lima
ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ |
| startTime | 1564 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lope García de Castro Description of subject: Lope García de Castro was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator who served as interim viceroy of Peru, overseeing governance and exploration in the region.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Francisco de Toledo