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.

Aliases (1)

Velázquez ×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 Crown →
era	Age of Discovery → Spanish colonization of the Americas →
ethnicGroup	Spaniard →
familyName	Velázquez → de Cuéllar →
founded	Baracoa → Bayamo → Camagüey → 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 →
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 of Cuba → Governor of Cuba →
religion	Catholicism →
residence	Santiago de Cuba →
sentExpedition	Francisco Hernández de Córdoba → Hernán Cortés → Juan de Grijalva →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ("Velázquez") →	familyName
Santiago de Cuba →	foundedBy
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire →	hasKeyFigure
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar →	name
Pánfilo de Narváez →	servedUnder
Pánfilo de Narváez →	wasSentBy