Francisco de Bobadilla

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Francisco de Bobadilla was a Spanish colonial administrator and royal commissioner best known for arresting Christopher Columbus and briefly serving as governor of Hispaniola in the early 16th century.

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Francisco de Bobadilla canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
royal commissioner ⓘ
activity confiscated Columbus’s papers and property in Hispaniola ⓘ
oversaw administration of justice in Hispaniola ⓘ
appointedBy Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
arrested Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Christopher Columbus ⓘ
authoritySource royal letters of commission ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
conflictWith supporters of Christopher Columbus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
deathCause shipwreck ⓘ
deathPlace Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
diedWith much of the gold from Hispaniola ⓘ
ethnicGroup Spaniards ⓘ
governedFrom Santo Domingo ⓘ
historicalEra early Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
historicalRegion Spanish West Indies ⓘ
historicalReputation controversial figure in early Spanish colonial history ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
legalAction ordered imprisonment of Columbus brothers ⓘ
legalAuthority representative of the Crown’s judicial power in Hispaniola ⓘ
methodOfTransportForColumbus chains ⓘ
monarch Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
notableFor arrest of Christopher Columbus ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
royal commissioner ⓘ
oversaw redistribution of some of Columbus’s privileges ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Hispaniola ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replaced Christopher Columbus ⓘ
replacedAsGovernorOfHispaniola Christopher Columbus ⓘ
roleInColonialPolicy implemented royal directives in the Caribbean ⓘ
royalCommissionScope assume governance of Hispaniola if necessary ⓘ
investigate complaints against Columbus ⓘ
sentToSpain Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Christopher Columbus ⓘ
servedUnder Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
shipwreckContext return voyage to Spain ⓘ
shipwreckEvent hurricane near Hispaniola ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence Caribbean colonies of Castile ⓘ
territoryGoverned Hispaniola ⓘ
timePeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

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Bobadilla → hasNotableBearer → Francisco de Bobadilla ⓘ
de Bobadilla → hasNotableBearer → Francisco de Bobadilla ⓘ
Nicolás de Ovando → predecessor → Francisco de Bobadilla ⓘ