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

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 ⓘ

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

Catalina Cortés → notableRelative → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
María Cortés → notableRelative → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc → opponent → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Cuitláhuac → opponent → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Moctezuma II → opponent → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Triple Alliance → overthrownBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
La Malinche → partner → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Captain from Castile → portrays → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Bernal Díaz del Castillo → servedUnder → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Catalina Suárez Marcaida → spouse → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Juana de Zúñiga → spouse → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Cempoala → visitedBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
Pánfilo de Narváez → wasDefeatedBy → Hernán Cortés ⓘ
La Malinche → workedFor → Hernán Cortés ⓘ