zaque

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hereditary ruler pre-Columbian political office title

The zaque was one of the two paramount hereditary rulers of the Muisca Confederation in pre-Columbian central Colombia, governing the northern territories from his seat at Hunza (present-day Tunja).

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zaque 1
zaque canonical 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary ruler ⓘ
pre-Columbian political office ⓘ
title ⓘ
abolishedBy Spanish conquest of New Granada ⓘ
surface form: Spanish conquest of the Muisca
associatedDeity Bochica ⓘ
Sué ⓘ
authorityScope military authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
capital Hunza ⓘ
present-day Tunja ⓘ
category Indigenous American monarchs ⓘ
Muisca rulers ⓘ
Pre-Columbian titles ⓘ
civilization Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca Confederation
coRulerRegion southern territories of the Muisca Confederation ⓘ
coRulerTitle zipa ⓘ
country pre-Columbian central Colombia ⓘ
culture Muisca ⓘ
ethnicGroup Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca people
governedTerritory northern territories of the Muisca Confederation ⓘ
governmentForm chiefdom ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance key leadership institution of the Muisca Confederation ⓘ
languageOfTitle Muysccubun ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Boyacá Department ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
modernLocationOfSeat Tunja ⓘ
overlordOf local caciques in northern Muisca territory ⓘ
partOf Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca Confederation
politicalCenter Hunza ⓘ
politicalStatus paramount ruler ⓘ
supreme chief ⓘ
predecessorInstitution earlier Muisca chieftaincies ⓘ
rank one of two paramount rulers of the Muisca Confederation ⓘ
region Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
religionContext Muisca religion ⓘ
selectionMethod dynastic succession ⓘ
societalRole head of northern Muisca polity ⓘ
succession hereditary succession ⓘ
timePeriod before Spanish conquest of the Muisca ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
titleUsedBy Muisca elite ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Muisca → mainRulerTitle → zaque ⓘ
Hunza → associatedWithTitle → zaque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zaque