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Hernan is born to a family of lesser nobility
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Cortes was expelled from Salamanca University for the result of having no respect for authority which gave him the inspiration to travel.
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Cortes traveled to the West Indies where Velasques, the governer, gave him command of a fleet and sent on a voyage of discovery.
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Cortes spends many years farming, mining and taking care of livestock to support himself.
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Cortes lands on the Mexican coast and gains leadership over the Totonics and Tlaxcalans tribes wich may have built some of his power and confidence
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Montezuma the sovereign of the country welcomed him and took him as his leader their.
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The emperor, emporess , the ministers, and whole court were in his power wich continued to grow.
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He discovers the peninsula of California but then returned to Spain After he caused the fall of the aztec empire
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Awarded the title of Marques del Valle Oaxaca de for over throwing aztec empire.
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After moving and living in spain for a few years the great Hernan cortes unfortunetly passes away. :(
