Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi

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Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi was a Spanish colonial governor and military leader best known for leading the 1697 campaign that ended the last independent Maya kingdom at Nojpetén.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial official
colonial governor
human
military leader
birthPlace Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED
Navarre NERFINISHED
birthYear 1653
causeOfFame subjugation of the last independent Maya polity
centuryOfActivity 17th century
18th century
commanded Spanish forces in the conquest of Nojpetén
countryOfCitizenship Spain
deathYear 1715
endTimeOfPositionHeld_GovernorOfThePhilippines 1715
endTimeOfPositionHeld_GovernorOfYucatán 1708
ethnicGroup Basque
familyName Arizmendi NERFINISHED
Ursúa NERFINISHED
givenName Martín NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era in the Americas
Spanish colonial era in the Philippines
militaryConflict 1697 Nojpetén campaign NERFINISHED
Spanish conquest of the Itza NERFINISHED
militaryRank general
nobleTitle Spanish nobleman
notableFor ending the last independent Maya kingdom at Nojpetén
leading the 1697 campaign against the Itza Maya
notableWork conquest of Nojpetén
occupation colonial administrator
soldier
partOf Spanish Empire NERFINISHED
positionHeld Governor of Yucatán
Governor of the Philippines
regionOfActivity Petén Basin NERFINISHED
Philippines NERFINISHED
Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
startTimeOfPositionHeld_GovernorOfThePhilippines 1709
startTimeOfPositionHeld_GovernorOfYucatán 1692

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Itza Maya conqueredBy Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi