Cortes, Cortés, Cortês, Corts, or Cortès may refer to:

People

Cortes (surname) (Spanish language, Castilian, Galician language, Galician, Valencian), (Portuguese language, Portuguese), (Catalan language, Catalan) is a surname of Spain, Spanish and Portugal, Portuguese origin, respectively. The surname derived from the Old F ...

, including a list of people with the name **

Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (; ; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of w ...

(1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador

Places

Cortes, Navarre Cortes is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. It is being located right on the border with Aragon at the southernmost end of Navarre. Thus it is a southern outpost of the Historica ...

, a village in the South border of Navarre, Spain * Cortes de Aragón, Teruel, a municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain *

Cortes, Bohol Cortes, officially the Municipality of Cortes ( ceb, Munisipalidad sa Cortes; tgl, Bayan ng Cortes), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,344 people. The to ...

, a municipality in the Philippines *

Cortes, Surigao del Sur Cortes, officially the Municipality of Cortes ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan Cortes''; tl, Bayan ng Cortes), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,924 peo ...

, a municipality in the Philippines *

Cortês Cortês is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is 149 km away from the state capital Recife, and has an estimated ( IBGE 2020) population of 12,560 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana ...

, a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil *

Puerto Cortés Puerto Cortés, originally known as Puerto de Caballos, is a port city and municipality on the north Caribbean coast of Honduras, right on the Laguna de Alvarado, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, with a natural bay. The present city ...

, a seaport in Honduras *

Cortés Department Cortés is one of the 18 departments of Honduras. The department covers an area of 3,954 km² and, in 2015, had an estimated population of 1,612,762, making it the most populous in Honduras. The Merendón Mountains rise in western Cortés, ...

, a department in Honduras *

Cortes Island Cortes Island is an island in the Discovery Islands archipelago on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The island is long, wide, and in area. It has a population of 1,035 permanent residents (2016 census). Cortes Island lies within Electora ...

, an island in British Columbia, Canada *

Cortes, Aberdeenshire Cortes is a rural settlement in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the parish of Rathen, south of Fraserburgh. The area stretches from the grounds of Cortes House in the west to Cortes Village in the east on the ...

, a village in Scotland, United Kingdom

Institutions

Cortes of Cádiz The Cortes of Cádiz was a revival of the traditional ''Cortes Generales, cortes'' (Spanish parliament), which as an institution had not functioned for many years, but it met as a single body, rather than divided into estates as with previous o ...

, former parliament of Spain *

Cortes Generales The Cortes Generales (; en, Spanish Parliament, lit=General Courts) are the bicameral legislative chambers of Spain, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (the lower house), and the Senate (the upper house). The Congress of Deputies meets ...

, the parliament of Spain *

Aragonese Corts The Cortes of Aragon ( es, Cortes de Aragón, an, Cortz d'Aragón, ca, Corts d'Aragó) is the regional parliament for the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon. The Cortes traces its history back to meetings summoned by the Kings of Aragon wh ...

, the regional parliament for the Spanish autonomous community of Aragon *

Cortes of Castile-La Mancha Cortes, Cortés, Cortês, Corts, or Cortès may refer to: People * Cortes (surname), including a list of people with the name ** Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador Places * Cortes, Navarre, a village in the South border of ...

, the legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile–La Mancha, Spain *

Cortes of Castile and León The Cortes of Castile and León (Spanish: ''Cortes de Castilla y León'') is the elected unicameral legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León. The tradition of the regional Cortes is traced back to the Royal Council (Latin: ' ...

, the legislature of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain *

Cortes of León Cortes, Cortés, Cortês, Corts, or Cortès may refer to: People * Cortes (surname), including a list of people with the name ** Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador Places * Cortes, Navarre, a village in the South border of ...

, a parliamentary body in the medieval Kingdom of León *

Catalan Courts The Catalan Courts or General Court of Catalonia ( ca, Corts Catalanes or ) was the policymaking and parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia from the 13th to the 18th century. Composed by the king and the three estates of the realm ...

, historical parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia *

Corts Valencianes The Corts Valencianes (), commonly known as ''Les Corts'' (), are the main legislative body of the Generalitat Valenciana and therefore of the Valencian Community. The main location of the Corts is in the Palace of the Borgias in Valencia; howev ...

, the legislature of the Valencian Community *

Portuguese Cortes In the Medieval Kingdom of Portugal, the Cortes was an assembly of representatives of the estates of the realm – the nobility, clergy and bourgeoisie. It was called and dismissed by the King of Portugal at will, at a place of his choosing.O'Ca ...

, any of historical consultative assemblies called by kings of Portugal *

Cortes Gerais The Cortes Gerais ( pre-1911 spelling: Cortes Geraes,https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:574055/PDF/ meaning ''General Courts'' in Portuguese) were the parliament of the Kingdom of Portugal during the Constitutional Monarchy ...

, the legislature of the Kingdom of Portugal during the 19th and 20th centuries

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* ''Cortes'' (miniseries), an American television miniseries

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