Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga
E292552
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a 16th-century Spanish soldier and epic poet best known for writing "La Araucana," a foundational work of Spanish Golden Age literature about the Spanish conquest of Chile and the Mapuche people.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga canonical | 4 |
| Alonso de Ercilla | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2731439 — 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: Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga Context triple: [Colocolo, portrayedBy, Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga]
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A.
Garcilaso de la Vega
Garcilaso de la Vega was a seminal 16th-century Spanish poet whose adaptation of Italianate forms and themes helped shape the lyric poetry of the Spanish Renaissance.
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B.
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.
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C.
Garcí Manuel de Carbajal
Garcí Manuel de Carbajal was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for establishing the city of Arequipa in present-day Peru.
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D.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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E.
Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador notorious for his brutal rebellion against the Spanish Crown during a doomed expedition in search of the legendary El Dorado in South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga Target entity description: Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a 16th-century Spanish soldier and epic poet best known for writing "La Araucana," a foundational work of Spanish Golden Age literature about the Spanish conquest of Chile and the Mapuche people.
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A.
Garcilaso de la Vega
Garcilaso de la Vega was a seminal 16th-century Spanish poet whose adaptation of Italianate forms and themes helped shape the lyric poetry of the Spanish Renaissance.
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B.
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.
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C.
Garcí Manuel de Carbajal
Garcí Manuel de Carbajal was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for establishing the city of Arequipa in present-day Peru.
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D.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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E.
Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador notorious for his brutal rebellion against the Spanish Crown during a doomed expedition in search of the legendary El Dorado in South America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish Golden Age writer
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Spanish poet ⓘ epic poet ⓘ human ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1533-08-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Madrid ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Madrid ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1594-11-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Madrid ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Spanish royal court ⓘ |
| employer | Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| era | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | classic of Spanish literature ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork |
first part of La Araucana
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second part of La Araucana ⓘ third part of La Araucana ⓘ |
| influenced |
Spanish colonial literature
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later epic poets in Spanish ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical epic poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| movement |
Renaissance literature
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Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | knight of the Order of Santiago ⓘ |
| notableWork | La Araucana ⓘ |
| occupation |
courtier
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poet ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Arauco War
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Spanish conquest of Chile ⓘ |
| portraysInWork |
Mapuche leaders
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Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| positionHeld | gentleman of the chamber to Philip II of Spain ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
historical epic narrative
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sympathetic portrayal of indigenous people ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Spanish Army
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surface form:
Spanish army
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| spouse | María de Bazán ⓘ |
| workDescribedAs | foundational work of Spanish Golden Age literature ⓘ |
| workSetIn |
La Araucanía Region
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surface form:
Araucanía
Chile ⓘ |
| writingStyle | octava real ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Mapuche people
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Spanish conquest of Chile ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga Description of subject: Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga was a 16th-century Spanish soldier and epic poet best known for writing "La Araucana," a foundational work of Spanish Golden Age literature about the Spanish conquest of Chile and the Mapuche people.
Referenced by (6)
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