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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Cortés organized a group of [[Guards|soldiers]] and scholars, and led them himself as they sailed for Mexico. Upon reaching the island of the [[Aztecs|Aztec]] capital, [[Tenochtitlan]], he knew that his own [[Spanish Army|Spanish troops]] were greatly outnumbered, and thus sought allies to help them negotiate. | Cortés organized a group of [[Guards|soldiers]] and scholars, and led them himself as they sailed for Mexico. Upon reaching the island of the [[Aztecs|Aztec]] capital, [[Tenochtitlan]], he knew that his own [[Spanish Army|Spanish troops]] were greatly outnumbered, and thus sought allies to help them negotiate.<ref name="PL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref> | ||
Cortés eventually grew close to a Nahua [[Slavery|slave]] named [[La Malinche|Malinalli]], who spoke many of the major regional languages, such as the Aztecs' Nahuatl. She communicated for them, and though she understood Spanish, she could not speak it, leaving the Spaniard to only assume what she was saying. | Cortés eventually grew close to a Nahua [[Slavery|slave]] named [[La Malinche|Malinalli]], who spoke many of the major regional languages, such as the Aztecs' Nahuatl. She communicated for them, and though she understood Spanish, she could not speak it, leaving the Spaniard to only assume what she was saying.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
[[File:In The Thick Of It PL.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cortés arriving in Tenochtitlan]] | [[File:In The Thick Of It PL.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cortés arriving in Tenochtitlan]] | ||
Upon hearing of other foreigners on the island, living with the Chetumal [[Mayans]], Cortés brought his troops to search for them. Eventually, they met up with fellow Spaniards {{Wiki|Gonzalo Guerrero}} and | Upon hearing of other foreigners on the island, living with the Chetumal [[Mayans]], Cortés brought his troops to search for them. Eventually, they met up with fellow Spaniards {{Wiki|Gonzalo Guerrero}} and [[Gerónimo de Aguilar]], who had been shipwrecked on the island a decade previously.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
With their help, Cortés was able to communicate with the Tlaxcalans, an indigenous people not yet conquered by the Aztecs, so as to help gain entrance into Tenochtitlan itself. | With their help, Cortés was able to communicate with the Tlaxcalans, an indigenous people not yet conquered by the Aztecs, so as to help gain entrance into Tenochtitlan itself.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
When Cortés and his troops finally entered the capital, by Guerrero's suggestion, each man took off his helm, and those with the fullest beards stood in front - a show for the locals, to have them believe that the Spaniards were gods. | When Cortés and his troops finally entered the capital, by Guerrero's suggestion, each man took off his helm, and those with the fullest beards stood in front - a show for the locals, to have them believe that the Spaniards were gods.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
The ruse worked, and Cortés' soldiers were granted an audience with the Tenochtitlan leader, [[Moctezuma II]]. He greeted them as "our lords come on earth", and invited him to stay in his own chambers. | The ruse worked, and Cortés' soldiers were granted an audience with the Tenochtitlan leader, [[Moctezuma II]]. He greeted them as "our lords come on earth", and invited him to stay in his own chambers.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
[[File:Unthinkable PL.jpg|thumb|250px|The uprising during the Night of Sorrows]] | [[File:Unthinkable PL.jpg|thumb|250px|The uprising during the Night of Sorrows]] | ||
Come the Festival of Toxcatl, the Spaniards attended the celebrations. However, upon witnessing a brutal [[Humans|human]] sacrificial ceremony, Cortés' men retaliated; some out of horror at what they had seen, others as an excuse to steal Aztec gold. | Come the Festival of Toxcatl, the Spaniards attended the celebrations. However, upon witnessing a brutal [[Humans|human]] sacrificial ceremony, Cortés' men retaliated; some out of horror at what they had seen, others as an excuse to steal Aztec gold.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
The Spaniards slaughtered several unarmed nobles, many of whom only remained confused as to why their "gods" were attacking them. However, upon seeing some men looting the bodies, the illusion broke, and a battle ensued. | The Spaniards slaughtered several unarmed nobles, many of whom only remained confused as to why their "gods" were attacking them. However, upon seeing some men looting the bodies, the illusion broke, and a battle ensued.<ref name="PL" /> | ||
This massacre, which eventually drove Cortés from Tenochtitlan, would later be known as ''La Noche Triste'', or the [[Night of Sorrows]]. | This massacre, which eventually drove Cortés from Tenochtitlan, would later be known as ''La Noche Triste'', or the [[Night of Sorrows]].<ref name="PL" /> | ||
In the 18th century, a painting depicting Hernán's meeting with La Malinche was collected by the [[England|English]] landover [[Peter Beckford]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: "Cortez and La Malinche" from the History of Tlaxcala]]</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" spacing="small" position="center" widths="180"> | <gallery captionalign="center" spacing="small" position="center" widths="180"> | ||
AC4BF Cortez and La Malinche from the History of Tlaxcala.png|Image of Hernán with [[La Malinche]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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[[Category:1485 births]] | [[Category:1485 births]] | ||
[[Category:1547 deaths]] | [[Category:1547 deaths]] | ||
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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 – 1547) was a Spanish conquistador, who led an expedition into Mexico in 1519.
He was part of the generation of colonizers that began the first phase of Spain's colonization of the Americas.
Biography
Cortés organized a group of soldiers and scholars, and led them himself as they sailed for Mexico. Upon reaching the island of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, he knew that his own Spanish troops were greatly outnumbered, and thus sought allies to help them negotiate.[1]
Cortés eventually grew close to a Nahua slave named Malinalli, who spoke many of the major regional languages, such as the Aztecs' Nahuatl. She communicated for them, and though she understood Spanish, she could not speak it, leaving the Spaniard to only assume what she was saying.[1]
Upon hearing of other foreigners on the island, living with the Chetumal Mayans, Cortés brought his troops to search for them. Eventually, they met up with fellow Spaniards Gonzalo Guerrero and Gerónimo de Aguilar, who had been shipwrecked on the island a decade previously.[1]
With their help, Cortés was able to communicate with the Tlaxcalans, an indigenous people not yet conquered by the Aztecs, so as to help gain entrance into Tenochtitlan itself.[1]
When Cortés and his troops finally entered the capital, by Guerrero's suggestion, each man took off his helm, and those with the fullest beards stood in front - a show for the locals, to have them believe that the Spaniards were gods.[1]
The ruse worked, and Cortés' soldiers were granted an audience with the Tenochtitlan leader, Moctezuma II. He greeted them as "our lords come on earth", and invited him to stay in his own chambers.[1]
Come the Festival of Toxcatl, the Spaniards attended the celebrations. However, upon witnessing a brutal human sacrificial ceremony, Cortés' men retaliated; some out of horror at what they had seen, others as an excuse to steal Aztec gold.[1]
The Spaniards slaughtered several unarmed nobles, many of whom only remained confused as to why their "gods" were attacking them. However, upon seeing some men looting the bodies, the illusion broke, and a battle ensued.[1]
This massacre, which eventually drove Cortés from Tenochtitlan, would later be known as La Noche Triste, or the Night of Sorrows.[1]
In the 18th century, a painting depicting Hernán's meeting with La Malinche was collected by the English landover Peter Beckford.[2]
Gallery
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Image of Hernán with La Malinche
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Pirates
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants