Fernando Cortés

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkb:conquistador
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Tlaxcalans
gptkb:La_Malinche
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Hernando_Cortés
gptkb:Hernán_Cortés
gptkbp:birthDate 1485
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Medellín,_Castile,_Spain
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Hospital_de_Jesús_Nazareno,_Mexico_City
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:children gptkb:Leonor_Cortés_Moctezuma
gptkb:Catalina_Cortés
gptkb:Luis_Cortés
gptkb:María_Cortés
gptkb:Martín_Cortés_(son)
gptkbp:deathDate 1547
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Castilleja_de_la_Cuesta,_Spain
gptkbp:expedition gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Mexico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fernando Cortés
gptkbp:knownFor conquest of the Aztec Empire
expedition to Mexico
gptkbp:legacy credited with opening Mexico to Spanish colonization
controversial figure in Spanish and Mexican history
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Montezuma_II
gptkbp:militaryRank Captain General
gptkbp:monarchServed gptkb:Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:La_Noche_Triste
gptkb:Siege_of_Tenochtitlan
gptkb:Fall_of_the_Aztec_Empire
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:portrait Retrato de Hernán Cortés.jpg
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:signature Fernando Cortés signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Catalina_Suárez_Marcaida
gptkb:Juana_de_Zúñiga
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Historia_verdadera_de_la_conquista_de_la_Nueva_España
gptkb:Letters_to_Charles_V
numerous biographies
gptkbp:title gptkb:Marquess_of_the_Valley_of_Oaxaca
gptkbp:usedInterpreter gptkb:La_Malinche
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cortés
gptkb:Cortes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6