Cholulan nobles

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indigenous elite nobility social class

The Cholulan nobles were the indigenous elite leaders of the important Mesoamerican city of Cholula, many of whom were infamously killed during the Spanish-led Massacre at Cholula in 1519.

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Label	Occurrences
Cholulan nobles canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous elite ⓘ nobility ⓘ social class ⓘ
associatedWith	Cholula temple complexes NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Pyramid of Cholula NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Hernán Cortés NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish conquistadors NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Cholula NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Mesoamerican culture ⓘ
dateOfEvent	1519 ⓘ
economy	control of trade routes through Cholula ⓘ tribute collection ⓘ
ethnicGroup	indigenous peoples of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceStructure	councils of nobles and priests ⓘ
governed	Cholula urban population ⓘ surrounding rural communities of Cholula ⓘ
hasRole	administrators of Cholula ⓘ landholding class in Cholula ⓘ political leaders of Cholula ⓘ religious elites of Cholula ⓘ
historicalImpact	example of Spanish violence against indigenous elites ⓘ shift in power from indigenous nobility to colonial regime ⓘ
historicalRegion	Central Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
killedIn	Massacre at Cholula NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Nahuatl (likely dominant elite language) ⓘ
locatedIn	Cholula NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Massacre at Cholula NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy	Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ allied indigenous forces of the Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Cholula city-state NERFINISHED ⓘ Cholula polity NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem	city-state governance ⓘ
powerBase	control of land ⓘ control of temples ⓘ control of tribute ⓘ
regionallyImportantFor	interregional trade in Central Mexico ⓘ religious pilgrimage to Cholula ⓘ
relatedTo	Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Tlaxcalan allies of the Spanish ⓘ
religion	Mesoamerican polytheism ⓘ
socialStatus	hereditary elite ⓘ
sourceType	documented in early colonial chronicles ⓘ
successor	colonial indigenous cabildo elites of Cholula ⓘ
timePeriod	Postclassic Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ early 16th century ⓘ
victimOf	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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massacre at Cholula → victims → Cholulan nobles ⓘ

subject surface form: Massacre at Cholula