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Facts

Also Known As Fernando Cortés • Hernán Cortéz • Hernán Cortéz, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca • Hernando Cortés
Born 1485 • Spain
Died December 2, 1547 (aged 62) • near Sevilla • Spain
Role In Battle of Tenochtitlán • The Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs, 1519–21

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Hernán Cortés
Painting depicting Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar handing command to Hernan Cortes near ships, with crew and indigenous laborers in the background.
Illustration of Hernan Cortes, dressed in red and white, meeting Aztec Emperor Montezuma II, who wears elaborate gold and feathered attire, inside a richly decorated room.
Cortés and his men retreating from Tenochtitlán
Cuernavaca, Mexico: palace of Hernán Cortés
Stone facade of the Cortes Palace in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with a central tower, arched windows, a statue of Cortes on a pedestal, and a small garden with flowers in front.
Cortés, Hernán
Marina and Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés meeting Montezuma II
Montezuma II
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Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Painting depicting Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar handing command to Hernan Cortes near ships, with crew and indigenous laborers in the background.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and colonial official
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Marina and Hernán Cortés
Marina
Mexican Native American princess
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
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Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
Spanish explorer
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror
Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Spanish author and soldier
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain, shown in ornate armor with one hand resting on a helmet, painted in the manner of Sir Anthony More against a dark background.
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
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José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
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Pedro de Peralta
Spanish colonial official

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