| LC control no. | n 80133120 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 |
| Variant(s) | Cortés, Hernando, 1485-1547 Cortéz, Hernando, 1485-1547 Valle de Oaxaca, Hernando Cortés, marqués del, 1485-1547 Valle, Hernando Cortés, marqués del, 1485-1547 Cortéz, Hernán, 1485-1547 Cortés, Fernando, 1485-1547 Oaxaca, Hernando Cortés, marqués del Valle de, 1485-1547 De Oaxaca, Hernando Cortés, marqués del Valle, 1485-1547 Cortez, Fernand, 1485-1547 Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Hernán, 1485-1547 De Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Hernán Cortés, 1485-1547 Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Hernán Cortés de, 1485-1547 Pizarro Altamirano, Hernán Cortés de Monroy, 1485-1547 Altamirano, Hernán Cortés de Monroy Pizarro, 1485-1547 |
| Other standard no. | 49223767 0000000121318008 |
| Birth date | 1485 |
| Death date | 1547-12-02 |
| Place of birth | Medellín (Spain) |
| Place of death | Castilleja de la Cuesta (Spain) |
| Profession or occupation | Conquerors Soldiers Explorers |
| Found in | Encicl. univ. ilus. (Cortés, Hernán) Encycl. Britannica (Cortés, Hernán or Hernando, 1485-1547) Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, 1692: t.p. (Fernand Cortez) Britannica online, Nov. 26, 2012 (Hernán Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, Cortés also spelled Cortéz; born 1485, Medellín, near Mérida, Extremadura, Castile; died Dec. 2, 1547, Castilleja de la Cuesta, near Sevilla; Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain) Real Academia de la Historia (Spain) website, July 6, 2024: (Hernán Cortés; Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (I); born 1485 in Medellín, Badajoz, Spain; died December 2, 1547 in Castilleja de la Cuesta, Sevilla, Spain; conquistador; father was Martín Cortés de Monroy; mother was Catalina Pizarro Altamirano; went to Mexico in 1519) <https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/12255-hernan-cortes> History Channel website, July 6, 2024: (Hernán Cortés; Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca; born 1485 in Medellín, Spain; died 1547 in Spain; father was Martín Cortés de Monroy; mother was Catalina Pizarro Altamarino; conquistador who explored Mexico in 1519) <https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/hernan-cortes> |
| Associated language | spa |
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