Antonio de Mendoza
E75622
Antonio de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator who became the first viceroy of New Spain, overseeing the early consolidation and governance of Spain’s American territories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antonio de Mendoza canonical | 8 |
| Antonio de Mendoza, 1st Viceroy of New Spain | 1 |
| Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of Peru | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T601522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Antonio de Mendoza Context triple: [Viceroyalty of New Spain, firstViceroy, Antonio de Mendoza]
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A.
Francisco Javier de Reina
Francisco Javier de Reina was a Chilean political figure who participated in the country’s early independence movement as a member of its First Government Junta in 1810.
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B.
Ignacio de la Carrera
Ignacio de la Carrera was a Chilean patriot and politician who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement as part of its first national governing body.
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C.
Antonio de Villarroel
Antonio de Villarroel was a Spanish military commander best known for leading the defense of Barcelona during the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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D.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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E.
Simón de Anda y Salazar
Simón de Anda y Salazar was an 18th-century Spanish colonial official who became acting Governor-General of the Philippines and led the resistance against the British during their 1762–1764 occupation of Manila.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Antonio de Mendoza Target entity description: Antonio de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator who became the first viceroy of New Spain, overseeing the early consolidation and governance of Spain’s American territories.
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A.
Francisco Javier de Reina
Francisco Javier de Reina was a Chilean political figure who participated in the country’s early independence movement as a member of its First Government Junta in 1810.
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B.
Ignacio de la Carrera
Ignacio de la Carrera was a Chilean patriot and politician who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement as part of its first national governing body.
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C.
Antonio de Villarroel
Antonio de Villarroel was a Spanish military commander best known for leading the defense of Barcelona during the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession.
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D.
Fernando de Valdés
Fernando de Valdés was a 16th-century Spanish churchman and statesman who served as one of the most powerful and controversial Grand Inquisitors of the Spanish Inquisition.
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E.
Simón de Anda y Salazar
Simón de Anda y Salazar was an 18th-century Spanish colonial official who became acting Governor-General of the Philippines and led the resistance against the British during their 1762–1764 occupation of Manila.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial administrator
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human ⓘ viceroy ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor GENERATED ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 1495 GENERATED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Granada
GENERATED
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Kingdom of Castile GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Crown of Castile
GENERATED
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Spain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1552 GENERATED ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Lima
GENERATED
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Viceroyalty of Peru GENERATED ⓘ |
| encouraged | introduction of the printing press in New Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1550 GENERATED ⓘ |
| endTimeAsViceroyOfNewSpain | 1550 GENERATED ⓘ |
| endTimeAsViceroyOfPeru | 1552 GENERATED ⓘ |
| era | 16th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Mendoza GENERATED ⓘ |
| father | Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones GENERATED ⓘ |
| givenName | Antonio GENERATED ⓘ |
| implemented | New Laws of 1542 in New Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| monarchDuringReign | Charles I of Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| mother | Francisca Pacheco GENERATED ⓘ |
| name | Antonio de Mendoza GENERATED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Mendoza GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first viceroy of New Spain
GENERATED
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early consolidation of Spanish rule in New Spain GENERATED ⓘ founding institutions of governance in New Spain GENERATED ⓘ implementing royal authority over conquistadors GENERATED ⓘ promoting economic development in New Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
GENERATED
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viceroy GENERATED ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | first Viceroy of New Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| oversaw |
early administration of Spain’s American territories
GENERATED
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governance of New Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Viceroy of New Spain
GENERATED
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Viceroy of Peru GENERATED ⓘ |
| precededByAsViceroyOfNewSpain | office created GENERATED ⓘ |
| precededByAsViceroyOfPeru | Pedro de la Gasca GENERATED ⓘ |
| promoted | missionary activity in New Spain GENERATED ⓘ |
| religion | Catholicism GENERATED ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Spanish Empire GENERATED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1535 GENERATED ⓘ |
| startTimeAsViceroyOfNewSpain | 1535 GENERATED ⓘ |
| startTimeAsViceroyOfPeru | 1551 GENERATED ⓘ |
| succeededByAsViceroyOfNewSpain | Luis de Velasco GENERATED ⓘ |
| succeededByAsViceroyOfPeru | Melchor Bravo de Saravia GENERATED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Antonio de Mendoza Description of subject: Antonio de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator who became the first viceroy of New Spain, overseeing the early consolidation and governance of Spain’s American territories.
Referenced by (10)
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