Juan Velázquez de León
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Juan Velázquez of León was a Spanish conqueror, who along with Hernán Cortés
participated in the third Spanish expedition to continental America (present day Mexico
) in 1519. He was distinguished by being relative of the then Governor of Cuba Diego Velázquez
, but overall served Hernán Cortés and the cause of the Conquest. He had a determining participation in the defeat of the army of Pánfilo de Narváez
, when he bought its commanders with jewels and gold, so that at the first opportunity they went to the side of Cortés. He died towards end of 1520 during the attack of the Aztec
army to the Spanish column that tried to leave the city of Tenochtitlán.
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
participated in the third Spanish expedition to continental America (present day Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) in 1519. He was distinguished by being relative of the then Governor of Cuba Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
, but overall served Hernán Cortés and the cause of the Conquest. He had a determining participation in the defeat of the army of Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. He is most remembered as the leader of two expeditions, one to Mexico in 1520 to oppose Hernán Cortés, and the disastrous Narváez expedition to Florida in 1527....
, when he bought its commanders with jewels and gold, so that at the first opportunity they went to the side of Cortés. He died towards end of 1520 during the attack of the Aztec
Aztec
The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
army to the Spanish column that tried to leave the city of Tenochtitlán.