Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin)

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Martín Cortés was the mestizo son of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the Indigenous Nahua woman Malintzin (La Malinche), often regarded as one of the first people of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry in New Spain.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure
mestizo
person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry
associatedWith Hernán Cortés
Malintzin
New Spain
citizenship Crown of Castile
countryOfBirth New Spain
culture colonial Mexican
ethnicOrigin Nahua
Spanish
familyName Cortés
father Hernán Cortés
gender male
givenName Martín
hasAncestry European
Indigenous American
historicalContext Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
language Nahua languages
Spanish
mother Doña Marina
La Malinche
Malintzin
notableFor being one of the first documented mestizos in New Spain
being the son of conquistador Hernán Cortés and Indigenous interpreter Malintzin
partOf early colonial society of New Spain
placeOfBirth New Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
socialStatus illegitimate son of a Spanish conquistador
timePeriod 16th century

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hernán Cortés
La Malinche ("Martín Cortés (son of Hernán Cortés)")
child
Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ("Martín Cortés (son of Hernán Cortés)")
associatedWithPerson

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