Subsequently in Tabasco, Hernán Cortés He would receive as part of an offering to the mythical Mrs. Marina who would become her interpreter, counselor and concubine. From this relationship, Martín Cortés Malintzin «El Mestizo», one of the first mestizos of New Spain.
With the support of the Tlaxcaltecas and after the death of Moctezuma, Cortés conquered Tenochtitlán. When the conquest is completed, Cortés makes 4 more expeditions where he would discover the Peninsula of Baja California.
Marina or Malintzin
Mrs. Marina As the Spaniards used to call it, it was probably the most important person within the company of Hernán Cortés. He was born in what is now known as the state of Verazcruz within a high -class family of Mexican society.
After the death of his father, his mother got married again and had a son for what Malintzin It was sold to a group of slave traffickers. Subsequently, during the war between the Maya of Potonchán and the Mexicas of the Xicalango area, it was ceded as a tribute to Tabscoob, Mayan Cacique of Tabasco. Thanks to this Malintzin The Mayan-Yucateca language came to speak fluently in addition to its mother tongue, the Nahuatl.
With the arrival of the Spaniards and after the battle of Centla, Malintzin Together with 19 women, it was offered as a tribute to Hernán Cortés.
Baptized by the Spaniards as Marinainitially, he served as a complement to Jerónimo de Aguilar (a Spanish shipwrecked who spoke Maya) so that Hernán could communicate with the natives. Subsequently, Marina learned Spanish and made the translations directly between Hernán Cortés and the Indians.
She is the mother of Hernán Cortés.
Cuauhtémoc
He last Mexican tlatoani of Tenochtitlán. He assumed power in 1521, after the death of Cuitláhuac. Cuauhtémoc It was given the task of reorganizing the Mexican army, rebuilding the city and fortifying it for the war against the Spaniards. The Spaniards returned a year after being expelled and with them came a contingent of more than one hundred thousand native allies, most of them Tlaxcaltecas. After Sitiar Tenochtitlán for 90 days, on August 13, 1521, the Spaniards captured him in Tlatelolco.