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Francisco de Montejo ( Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ðe monˈtexo]; c. 1479 – c. 1553) was a Spanish conquistador in Mexico and Central America. Early years. Francisco de Montejo was born about 1473 to a family of lesser Spanish nobility in Salamanca, Spain. He never documented his parentage during his lifetime but his father was probably Juan de Montejo.
Spanish conquest of Yucatan. In Mexico: Expansion of Spanish rule. Francisco de Montejo undertook the conquest of this region in 1526, but, because of determined Maya resistance and unforgiving terrain, it was nearly 20 years before the Spaniards won control of the northern end of the peninsula.
Francisco de Montejo ( b. 1479; d. 1553), conquistador, important associate of Hernán Cortés, and conqueror of Yucatán and Honduras.
Francisco de Montejo y León (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe monˈtexoj leˈon]; 1508 – 8 February 1565), known as "the Younger" (el Mozo), was a Spanish conquistador, who in 1542 founded the city of Mérida, capital of State of Yucatán, Mexico.
Francisco de Montejo fue un hidalgo que participó en la conquista de México y solicitó permiso para conquistar Yucatán. Su hijo Francisco de Montejo el Mozo terminó la conquista y gobernó el territorio, mientras él fue desposeído y murió en España.
Conoce la vida y obra de Francisco de Montejo, uno de los principales protagonistas de la conquista de Yucatán y Tabasco. Descubre sus orígenes, sus viajes, sus logros y sus desafíos en el Nuevo Mundo.
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Francisco de Montejo (fränthēs´kō dā mōntā´hō), c.1479–c.1548, Spanish conquistador. He served in Cuba under Diego Velásquez, later commanded a vessel in the expedition of Juan de Grijalva, and joined Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico.
