Hernán Cortés

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colonial administrator conquistador explorer human military leader

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under Spanish rule in the early 16th century.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cortés	5
Cortes	1
Hernan Cortes	1
Hernán	1
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrator ⓘ conquistador ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ
ally	La Malinche ⓘ Nahua ⓘ surface form: Tlaxcalans
birthDate	1485 ⓘ
birthPlace	Extremadura ⓘ surface form: Extremadura, Spain Medellín, Crown of Castile ⓘ
burialPlace	Hospital de Jesús Nazareno, Mexico City ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pleurisy ⓘ
child	Catalina Cortés ⓘ Luis Cortés ⓘ Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) ⓘ Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ⓘ surface form: Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca María Cortés ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile ⓘ
deathDate	1547-12-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	Castilleja de la Cuesta, Crown of Castile ⓘ near Seville, Spain ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Salamanca ⓘ
era	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Spanish ⓘ
familyName	Hernán Cortés self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cortés
founded	Veracruz ⓘ Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz ⓘ
fullName	Hernán Cortés self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano
givenName	Hernán Cortés self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hernán
knownFor	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish conquest of Mexico bringing central Mexico under Spanish rule ⓘ conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ overthrow of Moctezuma II ⓘ
languageSpoken	Spanish ⓘ
militaryRank	captain-general ⓘ
monarch	Charles I of Spain ⓘ Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
nobleTitle	Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ⓘ
notableEvent	La Noche Triste ⓘ Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Siege of Tenochtitlan (1521)
notableWork	Cartas de Relación ⓘ
occupation	conquistador ⓘ governor ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opponent	Cuauhtémoc ⓘ Cuitláhuac ⓘ Moctezuma II ⓘ
participantIn	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ expedition to Honduras (1524–1526) ⓘ expedition to Mexico (1519–1521) ⓘ exploration of Baja California ⓘ
positionHeld	Captain General of New Spain ⓘ Governor of New Spain ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Catalina Suárez Marcaida ⓘ Juana de Zúñiga ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cempoala → alliedWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Tlaxcala → alliedWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Cortes of Spain → alternativeName → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cortes

La Noche Triste → associatedPerson → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

La Malinche → associatedWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Luis Cortés → associatedWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) → associatedWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Quiahuiztlán → associatedWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés → author → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

subject surface form: Cartas de Relación

Cartas de Relación → author → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Medellín, Crown of Castile → birthplaceOf → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Hospital de Jesús Nazareno, Mexico City → burialPlaceOf → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

subject surface form: Hospital de Jesús Nazareno

Cuauhtémoc → capturedBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Battle of Otumba → commander → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

La Noche Triste → commander → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

expedition to Honduras (1524–1526) → commander → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Pánfilo de Narváez → conflictWith → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Aztec Empire → conqueredBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hernan Cortes

Tenochtitlan → conqueredBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Texcoco polity → conqueredBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Tlatelolco → conqueredBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Mexica → defeatedBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés → describesPerson → Hernán Cortés ⓘ

subject surface form: Cartas de Relación

Catalina Cortés → familyName → Hernán Cortés ⓘ