Polity Menceyato of Tegueste

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Was one of the menceyatos guanches (native kingdoms) of the island of Tenerife emerged after the division of a previous unique kingdom that covered the whole island. It was conquered by Castile during the conquest of the Canary Islands.

Establishment

  • January 1401: The menceyatos emerged as such at the end of the fourteenth century after the division of the island into nine groups at the death or old age of the last unique mencey in Tenerife.

Chronology

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1. Conquest of the Canary Islands

Was a Castilian military campaign that resulted in the conquest of teh Canary Islands.

1.1. Conquista realenga

Was the phase of the conquest of the Canary Islands when the military operations were led by the united Crowns of Castile and Aragon.

1.1.1. Conquest of Tenerife

Was the Spanish conquest of the island of Tenerife, in the Canary islands.

  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Disestablishment

  • May 1494: Castilian invading force set sail from Gran Canaria in April 1494 and landed on the coast of present-day Santa Cruz de Tenerife.