Francisco de Montejo the Elder
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Francisco de Montejo the Elder was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the protracted and brutal campaign to conquer the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francisco de Montejo | 3 |
| Francisco de Montejo the Elder canonical | 2 |
| Francisco de Montejo the Younger | 2 |
| Francisco de Montejo el Adelantado | 1 |
| Francisco de Montejo y Álvarez de la Cámara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T967605 — 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.
Target entity: Francisco de Montejo the Elder Context triple: [Spanish conquest of Guatemala, commander, Francisco de Montejo the Elder]
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A.
Blasco Núñez Vela
Blasco Núñez Vela was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator and soldier who became the first viceroy of Peru and was killed in conflicts over enforcing the New Laws that limited the power of encomenderos.
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B.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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C.
Gaspar de Quesada
Gaspar de Quesada was a Spanish navigator and officer who took part in Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation expedition in the early 16th century.
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D.
Hernán Cortés
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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E.
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Francisco de Montejo the Elder Target entity description: Francisco de Montejo the Elder was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the protracted and brutal campaign to conquer the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.
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A.
Blasco Núñez Vela
Blasco Núñez Vela was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator and soldier who became the first viceroy of Peru and was killed in conflicts over enforcing the New Laws that limited the power of encomenderos.
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B.
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado was a Spanish conquistador best known for his brutal campaigns in Mexico and Central America and his role as a leading lieutenant of Hernán Cortés.
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C.
Gaspar de Quesada
Gaspar de Quesada was a Spanish navigator and officer who took part in Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation expedition in the early 16th century.
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D.
Hernán Cortés
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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E.
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ explorer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Francisco de Montejo the Elder
ⓘ
surface form:
Francisco de Montejo el Adelantado
Francisco de Montejo the Elder ⓘ
surface form:
Francisco de Montejo y Álvarez de la Cámara
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| attemptedConquestOf | Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Salamanca ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1479 ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 16th century ⓘ |
| child |
Francisco de Montejo the Nephew
ⓘ
surface form:
Francisco de Montejo the Younger
Juan de Montejo ⓘ |
| colonialOffice | Governor of Yucatán (nominal) ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Council of the Indies ⓘ |
| conflictType | conquest warfare ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Spain ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Seville ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1553 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupConfronted | Maya peoples ⓘ |
| family | Montejo family ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Capitulation for the conquest of Yucatán from the Spanish Crown ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campaigns in the Yucatán Peninsula
ⓘ
conquest of Yucatán ⓘ role in Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| ledCampaign |
first Spanish entrada into Yucatán (1527–1528)
ⓘ
second Spanish entrada into Yucatán (1531–1535) ⓘ third phase of the conquest of Yucatán with his son ⓘ |
| legacy |
initiated Spanish domination over Maya polities in Yucatán
ⓘ
remembered for prolonged and brutal campaigns against the Maya ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| name |
Francisco de Montejo the Elder
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Francisco de Montejo
|
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| occupation |
conquistador
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
ⓘ
expeditions to Central America ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form:
New Spain
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Hernán Cortés ⓘ |
| spouse | Beatriz de Herrera ⓘ |
| title |
Adelantado mayor
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surface form:
Adelantado of Yucatán
Governor of Yucatán ⓘ |
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Subject: Francisco de Montejo the Elder Description of subject: Francisco de Montejo the Elder was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the protracted and brutal campaign to conquer the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 16th century.
Referenced by (9)
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