La Malinche

La Malinche (c. 1500 – c. 1529), also known as Malinalli, Malintzin or Doña Marina, was a slave who acted as an interpreter, advisor, lover and intermediary for Hernán Cortés during his conquest of the Aztec Empire.
==Biography==
After arriving in the , Cortés grew close to La Malinche, who had been enslaved. Although she understood Spanish, she did not speak it herself. She did speak many of the tribal languages however, and communicated on behalf of Cortés and his men, who could only assume what she was saying. Through La Malinche, the Spanish explorers gained access to the Chetumal Maya.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Rome: Chapter 4 - Giovanni Borgia
Among the Maya, the Spaniards found the lost explorer Gerónimo de Aguilar, who could communicate with La Malinche through the Mayan language. As the Spaniards met the Nahuatl-speaking Tlaxcalans and Aztecs, she would translate Nahuatl to Mayan for Aguilar, who would then translate Mayan to Spanish for the explorers.
In the 18th century, a painting depicting La Malinche's meeting with Hernán was collected by the English landover Peter Beckford.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Database: "Cortez and La Malinche" from the History of Tlaxcala
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 
*Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants
==References==
Category:1500 births
Category:1529 deaths
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Category:Nahuas
Category:Slaves