The term Cortes is also used for the historic assembly of the three estates of Portugal, and for the subnational parliaments of several of Spain's autonomous communities and various bodies from Spanish history.
Cortes is a village in the South border of Navarre.
For the 16th century Spanish conquistador, see Hernán Cortés.
For the judicial bodies of the Spanish-speaking Americas, and the communes in France and Italy, see Corte.
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Cortés personally was not ungenerously rewarded, but he speedily complained of insufficient compensation to himself and his comrades.
Cortés held the country and its resources, and controlled a body of officers and men who had, in 1520, expressed to the emperor in writing their admiration for their captain, and dwelt in the strongest terms on the obligations under which his achievements had placed the mother country.
Cortés' position was gradually undermined, titles and honours were conferred upon him, but not the administrative authority he coveted.
Cortés sailed along the coast of Yucatán and in March 1519 landed in Mexico, subjugating the town of Tabasco.
Cortés took numerous captives, one of whom, Malinche (baptized Marina), became his mistress; out of loyalty to him she acted as the interpreter, guide, and counselor for the Spaniards.
Some accounts say that the Aztecs may have believed Cortés was Quetzalcoatl, a legendary god-king who was light-skinned and bearded and, according to a prophecy, was expected to return from the east.
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