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.

Aliases (1)

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	Doña Juana de Zúñiga → Martín Cortés (son of Hernán Cortés) →
country	Spanish Empire →
createdFor	services in the conquest of Mexico →
governedBy	mayorazgo (entailed estate) →
grantedBy	Spanish Crown →
grantedTo	Hernán Cortés →
hasAssociatedTerritory	Coyoacán → Cuernavaca NERFINISHED → Oaxaca NERFINISHED → Tehuantepec → Tlalpan → Toluca Valley →
hasEstateLocation	Mexico → New Spain → 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	New Spain →
nobleRank	marquis →
partOf	Spanish nobility →
subordinateTo	King of Spain →
transmission	hereditary primogeniture →
usedIn	colonial Mexico →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hernán Cortés ("Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca") →	child
Hernán Cortés →	nobleTitle