# Francisco de Montejo

> Francisco de Montejo y León, known as "the Younger", was a Spanish conquistador, who in 1542 founded the city of Mérida, capital of State of Yucatán, Mexico. The son of Francisco de Montejo, ca. June 1527 he sailed with his father and his cousin Francisco de Montejo "the Nephew" from Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Cozumel, launching the first military campaign of the conquest of Yucatán.

*Spanish explorer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/francisco-de-montejo

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Mexico
- **Born:** 1508
- **Died:** 1565-02-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 23.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Francisco de Montejo El Mozo](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo_El_Mozo)
- [Francisco de Montejo the Younger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo_the_Younger)
- [Francisco de Montejo el mozo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo_el_mozo)
- [Монтехо, Франсиско де (Младший)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5_(%D0%9C%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9))
- [Francisco de Montejo, el mozo](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo%2C_el_mozo)
- [Francisco de Montejo](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Montejo)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2682937)

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