Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

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Spanish conquistador colonial governor human politician

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar was a Spanish conquistador and colonial governor of Cuba who played a pivotal role in organizing early expeditions that led to the conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar canonical	16
Velázquez	1
Velázquez de Cuéllar	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish conquistador ⓘ colonial governor ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointedBy	Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
birthDate	circa 1465 ⓘ
birthPlace	Crown of Castile ⓘ Cuéllar ⓘ Segovia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile ⓘ
deathDate	June 12, 1524 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cuba ⓘ Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
employer	Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
era	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Spaniard ⓘ
familyName	Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ
founded	Baracoa ⓘ Bayamo ⓘ Camagüey ⓘ Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana Sancti Spíritus ⓘ Santiago de Cuba ⓘ Trinidad, Cuba ⓘ
givenName	Diego ⓘ
languageSpoken	Spanish ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
monarch	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
name	Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	Spanish colonization of Cuba ⓘ conflict with Hernán Cortés ⓘ early stages of the conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ sponsorship of expeditions to the Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
notableWork	organization of early expeditions to Mexico ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ conquistador ⓘ
participantIn	Spanish conquest of Cuba ⓘ early Spanish expeditions to Mexico ⓘ
positionHeld	Adelantado mayor ⓘ surface form: Adelantado of Cuba Governor of Cuba ⓘ
religion	Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
sentExpedition	Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ Hernán Cortés ⓘ Juan de Grijalva ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire → hasKeyFigure → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar → name → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar self-link ⓘ

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar → familyName → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Velázquez

Pánfilo de Narváez → servedUnder → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Pánfilo de Narváez → wasSentBy → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Santiago de Cuba → foundedBy → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

conflict with Hernán Cortés → authorizedBy → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Cuba → commander → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Bayamo → foundedBy → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

de Cuéllar → hasPart → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Velázquez de Cuéllar

de Cuéllar → hasNotableBearer → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Baracoa → founder → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Juan de Grijalva → employer → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Juan de Grijalva → relative → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Juan de Grijalva → servedUnder → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba → contemporaryOf → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba → expeditionSponsoredBy → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ

Trinidad, Cuba → foundedBy → Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ⓘ