Jean de Béthencourt

E547447

Jean de Béthencourt was a French nobleman and explorer best known for leading the early 15th-century conquest and colonization of the Canary Islands under the Castilian crown.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman
explorer
human
activityEnd early 15th century
activityStart late 14th century
allegiance Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France
associatedWithPlace Canary Islands NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
birthDate c. 1362
birthPlace Grainville-la-Teinturière NERFINISHED
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
Normandy NERFINISHED
category French explorers
French nobility
History of the Canary Islands NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Gadifer de la Salle NERFINISHED
conqueredTerritory El Hierro NERFINISHED
Fuerteventura NERFINISHED
Lanzarote NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
deathDate 1425
deathPlace Grainville-la-Teinturière NERFINISHED
employer Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
era Late Middle Ages
expeditionStartYear 1402
familyName de Béthencourt NERFINISHED
financedBy Gadifer de la Salle NERFINISHED
givenName Jean NERFINISHED
hasWrittenAccountBy Le Canarien NERFINISHED
knownFor conquest of the Canary Islands
early 15th-century colonization of the Canary Islands
serving as vassal of the Crown of Castile in the Canary Islands
languageSpoken Old French
mainExpeditionDestination Canary Islands NERFINISHED
militaryConflict conquest of the Canary Islands
name Jean de Béthencourt NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Lord of Béthencourt NERFINISHED
Lord of Grainville-la-Teinturière NERFINISHED
notableWork conquest and colonization of El Hierro
conquest and colonization of Fuerteventura NERFINISHED
conquest and colonization of Lanzarote NERFINISHED
obtainedTitle King of the Canary Islands NERFINISHED
obtainedTitleFrom Henry III of Castile NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
subjectOf Le Canarien NERFINISHED
usedShipsFrom La Rochelle NERFINISHED
vassalOf Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
Henry III of Castile NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admiral of France positionHeldBy Jean de Béthencourt
Betancuria namedAfter Jean de Béthencourt
Betancuria foundedBy Jean de Béthencourt