Castilian conquest of La Palma

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Castilian conquest of La Palma was a late 15th-century campaign in which the Crown of Castile subdued and annexed the Canary Island of La Palma, overcoming the resistance of its Indigenous inhabitants.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Castilian conquest of La Palma canonical	1
Conquest of La Gomera	1
Conquest of La Palma	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8967469 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Castilian conquest of La Palma
Context triple: [Alonso Fernández de Lugo, militaryConflict, Castilian conquest of La Palma]

A. Conquest of Tenerife
The Conquest of Tenerife was the late 15th-century Spanish military campaign that subdued the indigenous Guanche kingdoms and incorporated the island of Tenerife into the Crown of Castile.
B. The Conquest of Granada
The Conquest of Granada is a Restoration-era heroic drama by John Dryden that dramatizes the fall of Moorish rule in Spain through grandiose language, romantic intrigue, and martial conflict.
C. Christian conquest of Seville
The Christian conquest of Seville was a major 13th-century military campaign of the Reconquista in which Castilian forces captured the Muslim-held city of Seville, leading to its integration into a Christian kingdom.
D. Aragonese conquest of Sardinia
The Aragonese conquest of Sardinia was a 14th-century military campaign by the Crown of Aragon to seize control of Sardinia from local powers and integrate the island into its Mediterranean empire.
E. Conquest of Ceuta
The Conquest of Ceuta was the 1415 Portuguese capture of the North African city of Ceuta, marking the beginning of Portugal’s overseas expansion and the wider European Age of Discovery.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Castilian conquest of La Palma
Target entity description: The Castilian conquest of La Palma was a late 15th-century campaign in which the Crown of Castile subdued and annexed the Canary Island of La Palma, overcoming the resistance of its Indigenous inhabitants.

A. Conquest of Tenerife
The Conquest of Tenerife was the late 15th-century Spanish military campaign that subdued the indigenous Guanche kingdoms and incorporated the island of Tenerife into the Crown of Castile.
B. The Conquest of Granada
The Conquest of Granada is a Restoration-era heroic drama by John Dryden that dramatizes the fall of Moorish rule in Spain through grandiose language, romantic intrigue, and martial conflict.
C. Christian conquest of Seville
The Christian conquest of Seville was a major 13th-century military campaign of the Reconquista in which Castilian forces captured the Muslim-held city of Seville, leading to its integration into a Christian kingdom.
D. Aragonese conquest of Sardinia
The Aragonese conquest of Sardinia was a 14th-century military campaign by the Crown of Aragon to seize control of Sardinia from local powers and integrate the island into its Mediterranean empire.
E. Conquest of Ceuta
The Conquest of Ceuta was the 1415 Portuguese capture of the North African city of Ceuta, marking the beginning of Portugal’s overseas expansion and the wider European Age of Discovery.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aim	to annex La Palma to the Crown of Castile ⓘ to subdue the Indigenous population of La Palma ⓘ
conflict	Castilian expansion into the Atlantic ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of the Caribbean
consequence	decline of Indigenous political autonomy on La Palma ⓘ imposition of Castilian political authority on La Palma ⓘ integration of La Palma into Castilian administrative structures ⓘ spread of Christianity on La Palma ⓘ
countryInvolved	Crown of Castile ⓘ
endTime	late 15th century ⓘ
followedBy	Castilian conquest of Tenerife ⓘ linked to: Conquest of Tenerife
foughtBetween	Crown of Castile ⓘ Indigenous inhabitants of La Palma ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kingdom of Castile ⓘ linked to: Christian kingdom of Castile
location	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Canary Islands ⓘ La Palma ⓘ
opponent	Guanche-related Indigenous groups of La Palma ⓘ Indigenous inhabitants of La Palma ⓘ
partOf	Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands ⓘ European overseas expansion ⓘ linked to: Age of Exploration Spanish colonization of the Canary Islands ⓘ linked to: Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands
precededBy	Castilian conquest of Gran Canaria ⓘ linked to: Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands
relatedTo	Guanche people ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Atlantic islands ⓘ linked to: Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands history of the Canary Islands ⓘ
result	Castilian victory ⓘ annexation of La Palma by the Crown of Castile ⓘ incorporation of La Palma into the Crown of Castile ⓘ subjugation of the Indigenous population of La Palma ⓘ
significance	consolidation of Castilian control over the Canary archipelago ⓘ expansion of Castilian influence in the Atlantic ⓘ step toward the formation of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
startTime	late 15th century ⓘ
timePeriod	late 15th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Alonso Fernández de Lugo → militaryConflict → Castilian conquest of La Palma ⓘ

Conquest of Tenerife → follows → Conquest of La Palma ⓘ

linked to: Castilian conquest of La Palma

Conquest of Tenerife → follows → Conquest of La Gomera ⓘ