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    Hernando Cortez was a Spanish conquistador born in 1485 in Spain who overthrew the Aztec Empire and brought Mexico under Spanish rule. He conquered Mexico for Spain in 1519, starting the construction of Mexico City and was later appointed governor. Cortez received titles and positions from the Spanish crown for his conquests and had two sons, one with an interpreter named Dona Marina and another with his wife Juana de Zúñiga.

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    Hernando Cortez was a Spanish conquistador born in 1485 in Spain who overthrew the Aztec Empire and brought Mexico under Spanish rule. He conquered Mexico for Spain in 1519, starting the construction of Mexico City and was later appointed governor. Cortez received titles and positions from the Spanish crown for his conquests and had two sons, one with an interpreter named Dona Marina and another with his wife Juana de Zúñiga.

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    Hernando Cortez was a Spanish conquistador born in 1485 in Spain who overthrew the Aztec Empire and brought Mexico under Spanish rule. He conquered Mexico for Spain in 1519, starting the construction of Mexico City and was later appointed governor. Cortez received titles and positions from the Spanish crown for his conquests and had two sons, one with an interpreter named Dona Marina and another with his wife Juana de Zúñiga.

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    By Julian Levitt Class 4H

    Hernando Cortez was born in 1485 in Spain

    He lived from 1485-1547


    His Nationality was Castilian (Spanish)

    He was a Spanish conquistador


    He overthrew the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile He conquered Mexico for the King of Spain in March 1519

    He started the construction of Mexico City and later was appointed as Governor
    became alcalde (magistrate) of the second Spanish town founded on the island of Cuba

    He received encomienda (Spanish crown) for a short time and

    He was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland He was awarded the title of Marqus del Valle de Oaxaca, state of Mexico

    Dona Marina, the Cuban interpreter, beared a son for Hernando Cortez named Martin Cortez
    His second wife named Juana de Ziga had a second son named Don Martin Cortez Don Martn shared his name with an elder halfbrother, Martin Cortez Don Martn Cortez later became the 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca, the state of Mexico

    Hernando Cortezs ghost appears in the fourth book of the Pirates of the Caribbean

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