Miguel López de Legazpi

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Miguel López de Legazpi was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial governor who led Spain’s first successful expedition to the Philippines and established its earliest permanent settlements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
colonial governor
explorer
human
arrivalPoint Cebu
Philippines
birthDate 1502-11-12
birthPlace Basque Country
Crown of Castile
Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
Spain
deathDate 1572-08-20
deathPlace Manila
Philippines
departurePoint Navidad, New Spain
Viceroyalty of New Spain
employer Crown of Castile
Spanish Empire
ethnicGroup Basque
expedition 1564 expedition from New Spain to the Philippines
familyName López de Legazpi
founded Spanish city of Manila
first permanent Spanish settlement in Cebu
givenName Miguel
knownFor establishing colonial government in the Philippines
founding Manila as a Spanish city
founding the first permanent Spanish settlements in the Philippines
leading Spain’s first successful expedition to the Philippines
languageSpoken Spanish
militaryBranch Spanish colonial forces
monarch Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED
name Miguel López de Legazpi
nobleTitle Adelantado of the Philippines
notableWork Spanish conquest of the Philippines
establishment of Spanish rule in the Philippines
occupation colonial administrator
conquistador
governor
participantIn Age of Discovery
Spanish colonization of the Philippines
positionHeld Governor-General of the Philippines
first Governor-General of the Philippines
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Manila
Mexico City
servedIn New Spain administration
timePeriod 16th century


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