# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcos-de-niza
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:29.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcos-de-niza"
name: "Marcos de Niza"
slug: "marcos-de-niza"
description: "Marcos de Niza, OFM was a Franciscan friar and missionary from the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy. Marcos led the first Spanish expedition to explore what is now the American Southwest. His report of finding a \"beautiful city\", \"more extensive than that of Mexico [City]\", induced Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza to organize a large-scale entrada under the leadership of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Marcos served as a guide for this expedition but when they failed to find the wealth they expected, Coronado blamed Marcos, called him a liar and sent the friar back to Mexico in disgrace."
tagline: "Spanish XVI century Franciscan and explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Macrosdeniza_gilacanyon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1495"
deathDate: "1558-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.76
  momentum:             3.409257898603968
  historical:           11.59903333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Marcos de Niza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "ماركوس دي نيزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza"
    title: "Marcos de Niza"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza"
    title: "Marcos de Niza"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza"
    title: "Marcos de Niza"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%94"
    title: "מרקוס דה ניסה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_da_Nizza"
    title: "Marco da Nizza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B5"
    title: "マルコス・デ・ニサ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza"
    title: "Marcos de Niza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza"
    title: "Marcos de Niza"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump