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16th-century Mexican people
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The list 16th-century Mexican people includes
Moctezuma II, Hernán Cortés, Princess Erendira, Isabel Moctezuma and Francisco Ulloa.
The list consists of 61 members
and 4 sublists.
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Moctezuma II
Tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 1520
Overview: Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (c.– 29 June 1520; [moteːkˈsoːmaḁ ʃoːkoˈjoːt͡sĩn̥] modern Nahuatl pronunciation ), variant spellings include Motewksomah, Motecuhzomatzin, Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Mot ...Date of birth: 1466Date of death: 29 June 1520Age: 54 (age at death)Nationality: MexicanOccupation: RoyaltyGender: Male
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Isabel Moctezuma
''Huey Cihuātlahtoāni'' of the Aztec EmpireOverview: Doña Isabel Moctezuma (born Tecuichpoch Ichcaxochitzin; 1509/1510 – 1550/1551) was a daughter of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II. She was the consort of Atlixcatzin, a tlacateccatl, and of the Aztec emperors ... 0
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Miguel López de Legazpi
16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor (1502–1572)
Overview: Miguel López de Legazpi (c. 1502 – August 20, 1572), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish navigator and governor who established the first Spanish settlement in the East ...Date of birth: 1502Date of death: 20 August 1572Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador (1485–1547)
Overview: Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and ...Date of birth: 1485Date of death: 2 December 1547Age: 62 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Leonor Cortés Moctezuma
Aztec nobleOverview: Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (born c. 1528) was the illegitimate child of Hernan Cortés, conquistador of Mexico, and Isabel Moctezuma the eldest daughter of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II.Date of birth: 1528Age: 497Nationality: Mexican 0
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Francisco de Aguilar (conquistador)
Spanish conquistadorOverview: Francisco de Aguilar (1479 — 1571?), born Alonso de Aguilar, was a Spanish conquistador who took part in the expedition led by Hernán Cortés that resulted in the conquest of the Aztec Empire and the fall ...Date of birth: 1479Date of death: 1571Age: 91 (age at death)Nationality: FilipinoOccupation: HistorianGender: Male 0
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Overview: Beltrán de Cetina y del Castillo (Alcalá de Henares, 1521 – Mérida de Yucatán, 1600?) was one of the original conquistadors and founders of Mérida in the modern Mexican state of Yucatán. His siblings ... 0
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Overview: Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal (Portuguese: Francisca Nunes de Carvalhal) (ca. 1540, Portugal – December 8, 1596, Mexico City) was a Marrana (Crypto-Jew) in New Spain executed by burning at the stake by ...Date of death: 1596Nationality: MexicanGender: Female 0
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Cristóbal de Oñate
Spanish, Military
Overview: Cristóbal de Oñate (1504, Spain—October 6, 1567, Pánuco, Zacatecas) was a Spanish Basque explorer, conquistador and colonial official in New Spain. He is considered the founder of the contemporary ...Date of birth: 1504Date of death: 6 October 1567Age: 63 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Gonzalo de Sandoval
Spanish conquistador
Overview: Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497, Medellín, Spain – late in 1528, Palos de la Frontera, Spain) was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain (Mexico) and briefly co-governor of the colony while Hernán Cortés ...Date of birth: 1497Date of death: 1528Age: 30 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Princess Erendira
Mexican princessOverview: Princess Eréndira of the P'urhépecha was the princess of the P'urhépecha or Tarascan people from about 1503-1519. She was 16-17 when the Spanish came to Mexico. The Purepecha Kingdom's leader, Tangaxuan ...Nationality: Mexican 0
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Juan de Oñate
16/17th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial governor in New Spain
Overview: Juan de Oñate y Salazar ( 1550–1626) was a Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain. He led early ...Date of birth: 1552Date of death: 1626Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Francisco Ulloa
American, Explorer
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Overview: Juan Gerson (active c. 1562) was a high status indigenous Nahua painter, named after the French theologian Jean Gerson, working in Tecamechalco, Puebla. Not until 1962 when a group of Mexican scholars ...Occupation: Painter 0
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15.Overview: Beatriz González (16th century) was a member of the expedition of Hernán Cortés to Mexico. Born in Spain, her date of birth and of death are unknown, but her name has been preserved due to her exceptional ...Nationality: SpanishOccupation: Explorer 0
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La Malinche
Nahua woman who was the interpreter, advisor, and intermediary to Hernán Cortés
Overview: Marina or Malintzin (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche, was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ... 0
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Francisco Gali
Spanish sailor and cartographerOverview: Francisco Gali (1539 in Seville – 1586 in Manila) was a Spanish sailor and cartographer, active in the second half of the 16th century across the Pacific Ocean and in New Spain and Spanish East Indies ...Date of birth: 1539Date of death: 1586Age: 46 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: Explorer 0
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Lope Ruiz de Esparza
Spanish nobleman and settler (1569–1651)
Overview: Don Lope Ruiz de Esparza (c. 1569 – 14 August 1651) was a Basque nobleman, patriarch and early settler of Aguascalientes. 0
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Diego Pérez de la Torre
politicianOverview: licenciado Diego Pérez de la Torre, born in Almendralejo, Spain (c. 1482 – 1538), was a Spanish conquistador, colonial administrator, royal attorney for the Court of Castile, and second Governor ... 0
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Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala
Roman Catholic saints
Overview: The Martyrs of Tlaxcala were three Mexican Roman Catholic teenagers from the Tlaxcaltec people of the modern state of Tlaxcala: Cristobal (1514/15–1527) and the two companions Antonio (1516/17–1529) and ...Date of death: 1527 0
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