Diego de Montemayor

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Spanish conquistador city founder colonial official human

Diego de Montemayor was a Spanish conquistador and colonial official best known as the 16th-century founder and first leader of the city of Monterrey in present-day Mexico.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish conquistador → city founder → colonial official → human →
continentOfBirth	Europe →
continentOfDeath	North America →
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile → Spain →
date	1596 →
dateOfBirth	1530 → circa 1530 →
dateOfDeath	1611 → circa 1611 →
ethnicGroup	Spaniard →
founded	Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey → Monterrey → city of Monterrey in Nuevo León →
hasHonorificTitle	Capitán →
knownFor	founder of Monterrey →
legacy	considered a founding figure of the state of Nuevo León → recognized as the founder of Monterrey in Mexican historiography →
name	Diego de Montemayor →
nativeLanguage	Spanish →
notableEvent	third and definitive founding of Monterrey in 1596 →
notableWork	founding of Monterrey →
occupation	colonial administrator → conquistador →
participantIn	Spanish colonization of the Americas → Spanish conquest of northern New Spain →
partOf	Spanish Empire →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of León → Spain →
placeOfDeath	Monterrey → Nuevo Reino de León → Viceroyalty of New Spain →
positionHeld	alcalde mayor → governor of Nuevo Reino de León →
regionOfActivity	northern New Spain → present-day northeastern Mexico →
religion	Catholicism →
residence	Monterrey → New Spain → Nuevo Reino de León →
role	first governor of Monterrey → first leader of Monterrey →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Monterrey →	foundedBy
Diego de Montemayor →	name