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Name: Menceyato of Anaga

Type: Polity

Start: 1401 AD

End: 1495 AD

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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.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • December 1495: The Guanches were defeated by the Spanish at the battle of Aguere in November 1494. They were finally defeated at the second battle of Acentejo on December 25, 1495.

  • Disestablishment


  • December 1495: The Guanches were defeated by the Spanish at the battle of Aguere in November 1494. They were finally defeated at the second battle of Acentejo on December 25, 1495.
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