Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca

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Spanish noble title hereditary noble title title of New Spain

The Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a hereditary noble title in New Spain granted by the Spanish Crown to conquistador Hernán Cortés, giving him vast estates and significant political influence in colonial Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish noble title ⓘ hereditary noble title ⓘ title of New Spain ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Juana de Zúñiga ⓘ surface form: Doña Juana de Zúñiga Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) ⓘ surface form: Martín Cortés (son of Hernán Cortés)
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
createdFor	services in the conquest of Mexico ⓘ
governedBy	mayorazgo (entailed estate) ⓘ
grantedBy	Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
grantedTo	Hernán Cortés ⓘ
hasAssociatedTerritory	Coyoacán ⓘ Cuernavaca NERFINISHED ⓘ Oaxaca NERFINISHED ⓘ Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ surface form: Tehuantepec Tlalpan ⓘ Toluca Valley ⓘ
hasEstateLocation	Mexico ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Oaxaca Valley ⓘ surface form: Valley of Oaxaca
hasFeudalCharacter	yes ⓘ
hasFirstHolder	Hernán Cortés ⓘ
hasPrivilege	collection of tributes ⓘ jurisdictional rights over vassals ⓘ large landed estates ⓘ political influence in colonial Mexico ⓘ
hasSuccessorTitleHolder	descendants of Hernán Cortés ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Hernán Cortés ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain
nobleRank	marquis ⓘ
partOf	Grandees of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish nobility
subordinateTo	King of Spain ⓘ
transmission	hereditary primogeniture ⓘ
usedIn	colonial Mexico ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Hernán Cortés → child → Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ⓘ

this entity surface form: Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca

Hernán Cortés → nobleTitle → Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ⓘ