Spanish conquistadors

E86992

colonizers explorers historical group military personnel

Spanish conquistadors were soldiers, explorers, and adventurers from Spain who led the military campaigns that brought much of the Americas under Spanish control in the 16th century.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquistadors canonical	21
Conquistadors	2
Hernán Cortés's expeditionary force	1
Spanish colonial authorities	1
Spanish colonial forces	1
Spanish colonists in Paraguay	1
Spanish soldiers under Pedro de Alvarado	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonizers ⓘ explorers ⓘ historical group ⓘ military personnel ⓘ
activeInCentury	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
conqueredEmpire	Aztec Empire ⓘ Inca Empire ⓘ
conqueredRegion	Caribbean islands ⓘ Central America ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ surface form: New Granada Peru ⓘ Río de la Plata region ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Crown of Castile ⓘ Spain ⓘ
economicActivity	encomienda system ⓘ looting of precious metals ⓘ slave raiding ⓘ
employer	Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
historicalPeriod	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
legalFramework	Capitulación ⓘ Requerimiento ⓘ
militaryCampaignsIn	Americas ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Mesoamerica ⓘ North America ⓘ Philippines ⓘ South America ⓘ
motive	expansion of Spanish Empire ⓘ personal glory ⓘ search for wealth ⓘ spread of Christianity ⓘ
notableMember	Diego de Almagro ⓘ Francisco Pizarro ⓘ Francisco de Orellana ⓘ Hernando de Soto ⓘ Hernán Cortés ⓘ Juan Ponce de León ⓘ Pedro de Alvarado ⓘ Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ Vasco Núñez de Balboa ⓘ
patron	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Philip II of Spain ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resultedIn	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ collapse of indigenous empires ⓘ establishment of viceroyalties ⓘ spread of Old World diseases in the Americas ⓘ
socialBackground	adventurers ⓘ lesser nobility ⓘ professional soldiers ⓘ
usedTechnology	horses ⓘ ships ⓘ steel armor ⓘ war dogs ⓘ
usedWeapon	arquebus ⓘ crossbow ⓘ sword ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Spanish colonization of the Americas → participant → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Moctezuma II → opponent → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Cuitláhuac → opponent → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

La Noche Triste → combatant → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Cuauhtémoc → killedBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial authorities

Atahualpa → capturedBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Lake Texcoco → conqueredBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Templo Mayor → destroyedBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Medellín, Crown of Castile → associatedWith → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Cempoala → alliedWith → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Chile → combatant → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Yucatán → belligerent → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Siege of Tenochtitlan → belligerent → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hernán Cortés's expeditionary force

Qorikancha → conqueredBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan → mainBelligerent → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan → perpetrator → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish soldiers under Pedro de Alvarado

Q’s → shortFor → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquistadors

battle of Mabila (during his North American expedition) → combatant → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Mabila

Dodge City Community College → mascot → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conquistadors

Túpac Huallpa → installedBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Gómez de Alvarado → militaryBranch → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial forces

the golden one → firstRecordedBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

subject surface form: El Dorado

Izamal → conqueredBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

tundama → opponent → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

subject surface form: Tundama

Promaucae people → contactWith → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Cocom Maya → opposedBy → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

Payaguá people → conflictWith → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonists in Paraguay

Battle of Reinohuelén → combatant → Spanish conquistadors ⓘ