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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| López de Legazpi | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
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colonial governor ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| arrivalPoint |
Cebu
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Philippines ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1502-11-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Basque Country
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Crown of Castile ⓘ Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Crown of Castile
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Spain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1572-08-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Manila
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Philippines ⓘ |
| departurePoint |
Navidad, New Spain
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Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ |
| employer |
Crown of Castile
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Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Basque ⓘ |
| expedition | 1564 expedition from New Spain to the Philippines ⓘ |
| familyName |
Miguel López de Legazpi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
López de Legazpi
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| founded |
Spanish city of Manila
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first permanent Spanish settlement in Cebu ⓘ |
| givenName | Miguel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing colonial government in the Philippines
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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 self-link ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Adelantado of the Philippines ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Spanish conquest of the Philippines
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establishment of Spanish rule in the Philippines ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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conquistador ⓘ governor ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
Spanish colonization of the Philippines ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor-General of the Philippines
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first Governor-General of the Philippines ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Manila
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Mexico City ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Viceroyalty of New Spain
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surface form:
New Spain administration
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| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
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López de Legazpi