Cristóbal de Olid

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Cristóbal de Olid was a Spanish conquistador and one of Hernán Cortés’s principal lieutenants during the conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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Cristóbal de Olid canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish conquistador
explorer
military officer
activity exploration of New Spain
subjugation of indigenous polities in western Mexico
allegiance Hernán Cortés
Spanish Empire
associatedWith Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés
Honduras
Michoacán
causeOfDeath rebellion against Hernán Cortés
commanderOf Spanish forces in Michoacán
expeditionary force to Honduras
continentOfBirth Europe
continentOfDeath North America
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
dateOfBirth circa 1480s
dateOfDeath 1524
employer Hernán Cortés
ethnicGroup Spaniards
genre history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery
linked to: Age of Exploration
historicalRegion New Spain
languageSpoken Spanish
mannerOfDeath execution
militaryBranch conquistador forces in New Spain
militaryRank captain
notableCommander Hernán Cortés
notableEvent attempt to establish an independent command in Honduras
defection from Hernán Cortés in Honduras
notableWork expedition to Honduras
participation in the conquest of the Aztec Empire
opponent Aztec Empire
forces loyal to Hernán Cortés in Honduras
participantIn Spanish colonization of the Americas
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
expedition to Honduras
expedition to Michoacán
partOf Spanish conquest of Mexico
placeOfBirth Castile
placeOfDeath Honduras
positionHeld lieutenant of Hernán Cortés
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent key lieutenant in the conquest of Tenochtitlan
servedUnder Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Hernán Cortés

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Siege of Tenochtitlan commander Cristóbal de Olid
Spanish conquest of Central America involves Cristóbal de Olid