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52-483: Coban may refer to: Cobán , the capital of the department of Alta Verapaz in central Guatemala Cobán Athletic , an association football club based in Jesús de Otoro, Honduras Çoban (disambiguation) , Turkish name Self-adhering bandage , also known as Coban Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

104-588: A subtropical climate highland ( Köppen : Cfb/Cwb ). Each year at the end of July, a festival of Guatemala's native peoples is held here, La Fiesta Nacional Indígena de Guatemala (Festival Folklórico). The festivities include a beauty contest for Guatemala's indigenous women, the winner of which is crowned with the title "Rabin Ahau", which means "the Daughter of the King" in Q'eqchi' . The dominant ethnicity here

156-535: A business point of view in the high reputation that the Vera Paz coffee holds in the market, and the very considerable commercial importance which their industry and foresight has brought to the district; and, from a personal point of view, in the enjoyment of a delicious climate in which their rosy-cheeked children can be reared in health and strength, and in all the comforts which pertain to a life half European and half tropical. Hotels or fondas appear to be scarce; but

208-479: A convent. By 1525, Charles was no longer interested in an alliance with England and could wait no longer for Mary to get older because he was determined to have legitimate children. His engagement was called off, the alliance with England was abandoned, and he finally sought to marry Isabella. There were many more advantages – she was closer to him in age (she was only 3 years his junior), fluent in Spanish, and offered

260-475: A double portrait of the imperial couple together, of which there is a copy by Peter Paul Rubens . Charles kept these portraits with him whenever he travelled and after he retired to the Monastery of Yuste in 1555. Isabella had seven children with Charles, of whom three survived including King Philip II of Spain and Maria , another Holy Roman Empress. Isabella of Portugal is portrayed by Blanca Suárez in

312-749: A dowry of 900,000 Portuguese cruzados (or Castilian folds), which was more than enough to solve many of his financial problems brought on by the Italian War of 1521–26 . Charles wasted no time in securing a papal dispensation for first cousins and the marriage contract for an alliance with Portugal was made - Isabella would marry him and her brother, King John III of Portugal , would marry Charles' youngest sister, Catherine of Austria . Charles intended to wed and then leave his future wife as regent to govern Spain while he went to Central Europe to deal with political and religious troubles there. In January 1526, Isabella traveled to Spain. Upon her arrival, she met

364-582: A few weeks he came back to Guatemala. On May 2, 1537, governor Alonso de Maldonado granted him the Tezulutlán Capitulations - a written commitment ratified on July 6, 1539, by Antonio de Mendoza , México Viceroy- in which everybody agreed that Tezulutlán natives, once conquered, would not be given as encomienda but would be King's subjects. Las Casas, along with friars Rodrigo de Landa, Pedro Angulo and Luis de Cancer , looked for four Christian natives and taught them Christian hymns where

416-720: A military campaign in Tezulutlán [...] gave all the natives in encomiendas . This flagrant violation of the Capitulations enraged Las Casas, who traveled to Spain to denounce it before king Charles V . On January 9, 1540, a royal document was issues which the Tezulutlán Capitulations  [ es ] were ratified and gave the region to the protection of the Order of Preachers . On October 17 of that year, Cardinal García de Loaysa -then president of

468-477: A military expedition, but Las Casas was able to postpone it by a couple of years after he notified queen Isabel de Portugal , wife of Carlos V . Given the authorities' hostility, Las Casas left Nicaragua and went to Guatemala. In November 1536, Las Casas settled in Santiago de Guatemala , then the capital of Guatemala; a few months later, his friend, bishop Juan Garcés, invited him to move to Tlascala, but after

520-410: A railway which connected Cobán with Lake Izabal , operated from 1895 until 1963 and was a symbol for the wealth in this coffee-growing region those days. The Northern Transverse Strip was officially created during the government of General Carlos Arana Osorio in 1970, by Legislative Decree 60–70, for agricultural development. The decree literally said: "It is of public interest and national emergency,

572-511: A small church; however, Cobán, another cacique, burned the church. Don Juan, along sixty men, Las Casas and Pedro Angulo , went to talk to Cobán's people and convinced them of their good intentions; Don Juan even took the initiative to marry one of his daughters with cacique Cobán by the Catholic Church. In 1539 pope Paul III authorized the diocese of Ciudad Real; that year, Alonso de Maldonado—under pressure by Spanish settlers—began

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624-465: A strong alliance between Spain and Portugal, in accordance with the wishes of their grandparents, Isabella I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragón . It would also facilitate the continued exploration of the oceans without incurring clashes, as Portugal was the only naval power that could challenge Spain's supremacy in the Atlantic Ocean . Plus, as Charles was sovereign of multiple kingdoms, it

676-515: Is Q'eqchi' Mayan and the language of Q'eqchi' is widely spoken in town, especially in and around the markets where farmers from the surrounding hills sell their products. The departmental fair is held in Cobán and begins on the last Sunday in July and continues for a week. Every year, the international half- marathon of Cobán is held during the month of May; 4,000 runners gather in Cobán to take part of

728-640: Is a large demand within Guatemala and some of its neighbors for edible oils and fats, which would explain how the African oil palm became so prevalent in the country in detriment of other oils, and which has allowed new companies associated to large capitals in a new investment phase that can be found particularly in some territories that form the Northern Transversal Strip of Guatemala. The investors are trying to turn Guatemala into one of

780-457: Is also known for their basketball history. The youth leagues are the best in the country. Cobán is surrounded by mountains laden with orchids . The rare Monja blanca orchid is the departmental symbol. Nature reserves in or near Cobán include Las Victorias National Park , San José la Colonia National Park , Laguna Lachuá National Park , and Biotopo Mario Dary Rivera . There can be found multiple caves, waterfalls and forests which are home to

832-441: Is the greatest pity in the world, she is so thin that she does not resemble a person". In 1539, she became pregnant for the seventh time, but contracted another fever in the third month that caused antenatal complications and gave birth to a stillborn son. She died two weeks later on 1 May 1539 at the age of 35, without her husband present. Charles was left so devastated that he could not bring himself to accompany his wife's body to

884-520: Is when the Order of Preachers tried to convert the Tezulutlán "War Zone" into a peaceful region. In the meantime, after a series of setbacks in La Española , the island Audiencia allowed Bartolomé de las Casas to accept Friar Tomás de Berlanga's invitation to go to Nueva Granada in 1534, where he had just been appointed as Bishop. Both sailed toward Panamá , to then continued to Lima , but during

936-937: The Alhambra in Granada , where he ordered the seeds of a Persian flower that had never been seen before in Spain. The seeds eventually grew into red carnation , which delighted her. He then ordered thousands more to be planted in her honour, establishing the red carnation as Spain's floral emblem. Despite the mutual affection the couple shared, their marriage was not easy and Isabella struggled with Charles's long absences. His first absence lasted from 1529 to April 1533. He remained in Spain for 2 years, only to depart again in December 1536. Although he came back briefly in 1538, he left almost immediately, returning in November 1539. As agreed by

988-695: The Duke of Calabria , the Archbishop of Toledo and the Duke of Béjar at the Spanish-Portuguese border. They escorted her to Seville , where she would wait a week for Charles. In the end, their wedding took place the very next day just after midnight on 11 March in the Palace of Alcázar of Seville . Although their marriage was political, Isabella captivated Charles, who tarried with her longer than anticipated. They honeymooned for several months at

1040-557: The Royal Chapel of Granada , the burial place of the Catholic Monarchs. He instead instructed their son Philip to accompany his mother's body with Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía . Decomposition had so disfigured Isabella's body, however, that Gandía could not recognize her and was allegedly so horrified at what death had done to her beauty that he later became a Jesuit , gaining fame as San Francisco de Borja. Charles

1092-657: The empress consort of Charles V , Holy Roman Emperor , King of Spain , Archduke of Austria , and Duke of Burgundy . She was Queen of Spain and Germany , and Lady of the Netherlands from 10 March 1526 until her death in 1539, and became Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Italy in February 1530. She acted as regent of Spain during her husband's long absences. Isabella was born in Lisbon on 24 October 1503 and named after her maternal grandmother ( Isabella I ). She

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1144-521: The 2018 census, the population of the city of Cobán was 212,047 and that of the municipality was 212,421. Cobán lies at an altitude of 1,320 metres or 4,330 feet above sea level and covers a total area of 1,974 km . It is located at the center of a major coffee -growing area. The name "Cobán" comes from Q'eqchi' (between clouds) Between 1530 and 1531, captain Alonso de Ávila  [ es ] on his way to Ciudad Real accidentally discovered

1196-789: The Flemish composer Thomas Crecquillon to compose new music in honour of the empress. Crecquillon composed his Missa Mort m'a privé as a memorial to her, which expresses her husband's grief and wish for a heavenly reunion with his beloved wife. Another musical tribute to her is Carole cur defles Isabellam that was composed in 1545 by the Franco-Flemish composer Nicolas Payen . In 1543, Charles commissioned his favourite painter Titian to paint posthumous portraits of Isabella by using earlier ones of her as his model. Titian painted several portraits of her, which included his Portrait of Isabella of Portugal and La Gloria . He later painted

1248-453: The Gospel's basic principles were explained. Luis de Cancer visited the cacique of Sacapulas and was able to perform the first baptisms among his people. Later, Las Casas lead a retinue to bring girts to the cacique, who was so impressed that he decided to convert and become his people preacher . The cacique was baptized with the name of Don Juan and the natives granted permission to build

1300-534: The Indias Council- ordered the México Audiencia to comply with these laws. The Capitulations were officially published on January 21, 1541, in the church of Sevilla . Las Casas was appointed bishop of Chiapas in 1544, but he tried to apply the new ways in his diocese, they were flatly rejected by the encomenderos . In 1545, Guatemala bishop Francisco Marroquín visited Tezulutlán and met with

1352-523: The Lacandon Jungle would not be conquered for another two century, becoming the rebel maya people favorite hideout. Las Casas and Angulo founded Rabinal , and the city of Cobán was the center of the new Catholic doctrine. A few years later, the natives started settling following the Spanish model and several towns were settled, like Tactic. The name "War zone" was change for "Vera Paz" (true peace), name that became official in 1547. Cobán received

1404-531: The Maudslays visited Verapaz, a German colony had settled in the area thanks to generous concessions granted by liberal presidents Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián , José María Reyna Barrios and Manuel Estrada Cabrera . The Germans had a very united and solid community and had several activities in the German Club (Deutsche Verein), in Cobán, which they had founded in 1888. Their main commercial activity

1456-653: The Portuguese alliance to the background and replace it with an alliance with England . In 1521, Charles became engaged to his other first cousin, Mary Tudor , daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon , who was 16 years younger than Charles and still a child. Their engagement sought to undo an alliance between England and France articulated by the ambitious Cardinal Thomas Wolsey . Many in Portugal took their Infanta's rejection as an offense, but Isabella remained determined she would marry her powerful cousin or enter

1508-538: The age of 14, her mother died. She and her sister Beatrice inherited her properties, plus the income from Viseu and Torres Vedras . As the eldest daughter of Manuel the Fortunate, Isabella was a rather attractive candidate for marriage. The ideal candidate for her husband was her first cousin Charles, son of Maria's sister, Joanna I of Castile and her husband Philip, Duke of Burgundy . Their marriage would bring

1560-725: The couple's remains were moved into the Royal Pantheon of Kings, which lies directly under the Basilica. On one side of the Basilica are bronze effigies of Charles and Isabella, with effigies of their daughter Maria of Austria and Charles's sisters, Eleanor of Austria and Maria of Hungary , behind them. Exactly adjacent to them on the opposite side of the Basilica are effigies of their son with three of his wives and their ill-fated grandson Carlos, Prince of Asturias . In memory of Isabella, Charles commissioned several tributes through art and music, beginning in 1540 when he commissioned

1612-584: The establishment of Agrarian Development Zones in the area included within the municipalities: San Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista, Nentón , Jacaltenango, San Mateo Ixtatán , and Santa Cruz Barillas in Huehuetenango ; Chajul and San Miguel Uspantán in Quiché; Cobán, Chisec , San Pedro Carchá , Lanquín , Senahú , Cahabón and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal." There

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1664-597: The establishment of a new religious foundation in which the couple would be reburied together side by side, "half-body under the altar and half under the priest's feet". They remained in the Royal Chapel while the famous Basilica of the Monastery and the Royal Crypt were still under construction. In 1654, after the Basilica and Royal Crypt were finally completed during the reign of their great-grandson Philip IV ,

1716-546: The event that has become the landmark event for the region. The annual religious festival (fiesta titular) is on August 4 and dedicated to Santo Domingo de Guzman . Cobán Imperial Football Club is one of the traditional clubs of Guatemala and became Guatemala League champions for the first time in 2004. The club plays in the Guatemalan national league. They play their home games in the Estadio Verapaz . Cobán

1768-667: The external level, her sensible actions were decisive in the defence of the coasts of the peninsula and of North Africa , which were infested by piracy. This allowed the flow of precious metals and turned Spain into one of the chief sources of the imperial treasury. Through her regencies, she ensured that Spain remained independent of the empire's expensive military policies and thus relatively prosperous during her lifetime. However, Castile became integrated into Charles's empire and suffered from high inflation after her death. The enormous budget deficit accumulated and inflation during her husband's later reign resulted in declaring bankruptcy during

1820-430: The governing councils and consulted with the ministers. As time passed, she took a more active role in the policy-making process, suggesting her own solutions rather than merely accepting recommendations. Her husband considered her deliberations "very prudent and well thought out". Isabella was a profound expert on the problems of the peninsular kingdoms, intransigently defending the common good to particular interests. At

1872-485: The hospitality of the foreign residents is proverbial." The city was developed by German coffee growers towards the end of the 19th century and was operated as a largely independent dominion until WWII . In 1888 a German club was founded and in 1935 a German school opened its doors in Cobán. Until 1930, about 2000 Germans populated the city. In 1941, all Germans were expelled by the Guatemalan government , led at

1924-721: The lagoon and hill of Lacam-Tún  [ es ] . People of that place had historically traded with all the people that the Spaniards had conquered, so, knowing what was coming, they sought refuge in the jungle. The Spaniards tried in vain to conquer the lacandones : from Nueva España Juan Enríquez de Guzman tried; from the Yucatán Peninsula , Francisco de Montejo tried; Pedro de Alvarado attempted it from Guatemala along with captain Francisco Gil Zapata and, finally, Pedro Solórzano from Chiapas. That

1976-832: The main palm oil exporters, in spite of the decline on its international price. The most active region is found in Chisec and Cobán, in Alta Verapaz Department ; Ixcán in Quiché Department , and Sayaxché , Petén Department , where Palmas del Ixcán, S.A. (PALIX) is located, both with its own plantation and those of subcontractors. Another active region is that of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and Chahal in Alta Verapaz Department; El Estor and Livingston , Izabal Department ; and San Luis , Petén , where Naturaceites operates. Cobán has

2028-487: The negotiations of marital alliances between the French and Spanish royal families. She was very concerned that her own children would not be forced to wed the much older offspring of King Francis I . During several years, Isabella and the court traveled from city to city, moving in part to avoid exposure to epidemics . There is speculation that she suffered from consumption , with a contemporary describing her: "The Empress

2080-431: The nobles, their children were raised in Spain. She supervised their education and taught them Portuguese. She wrote to her husband regularly but often spent months without receiving letters. As Charles had planned, he appointed Isabella regent of Spain during his absence from the peninsula to lead his military campaigns and attend the administration of his other kingdoms between 1529–33 and 1537–39. She attended meetings of

2132-469: The preachers. Back in the city of Gracias a Dios , where the Audiencia de los Confines had its main office- met with Las Casas and with Nicaragua bishop Antonio de Valdivieso . There was a lot of tension between Marroquín and Las Casas in this meeting The conflict moved on to Ciudad de México and finally everybody agreed to favor the freedom of the natives; however, this could not be accomplished for

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2184-527: The rare Quetzal . Thus, Cobán has become a popular spot for eco-tourism. Additional popular tourist spots in the city of Cobán include the El Calvario Church , the Dieseldorff coffee plantation, Plaza Magdalena Shopping Center and Coban's central plaza. States Isabel de Portugal Isabella of Portugal ( Portuguese : Isabel de Portugal ; 24 October 1503 – 1 May 1539) was

2236-471: The reign of their son Philip II . Isabella effectively defended the royal power in order to ensure the monarch's authority, as a response towards the previous rebellions against Charles for his foreign relationships. She traveled regularly in the autumn between Toledo , Valladolid , Seville, Barcelona , and Majorca . To deal with important matters of the empire, the couple wrote to each other more regularly. In foreign policy, Isabella actively intervened in

2288-471: The same cross in his hand which she held in her hand when she died. In 1574, Isabella's body was transferred by her son to the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial , where she was originally interred into a small vault along with her husband directly underneath the altar of the Royal Chapel. This was done in accordance with his last will and testament, in which he left a codicil asking for

2340-741: The time by Jorge Ubico because of pressure from the United States ; it has also been suggested Ubico's motivation was to seize control of the vast amounts of land Germans owned in the area. Many ended up in internment camps in Texas and were later traded for American POW's held in Germany. A sizable resident German population persists though most having been completely assimilated into the Guatemalan culture through intermarriage. Multiple German architectonic elements can still be appreciated throughout Cobán. The Germans also set up Ferrocarril Verapaz ,

2392-445: The title Coban . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coban&oldid=1089116068 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cob%C3%A1n As of

2444-406: The title of an imperial city by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and in 1599 Cobán became bishop's see. It was briefly known during this period as Ciudad Imperial ( Spanish for "Imperial City") in Charles's honor. As of 1850, Cobán population was estimated to be at 12000. Ca. 1890, British archeologist Alfred Percival Maudslay and his wife moved to Guatemala, and visited Cobán. Around the time

2496-601: The trip a storm tossed their ship to Nicaragua , where Las Casas chose to remain in the Granada convent. in 1535, he proposed to the King and the Council of the Indies to start a peaceful colonization of the unexplored rural zones in the Guatemala region; however, in spite of Bernal Díaz de Luco and Mercado de Peñaloza intentions to help him, his suggestion was rejected. In 1536 Nicaraguan governor Rodrigo de Contreras organized

2548-592: Was coffee plantations. Maudslay described the Germans like this: "There is a larger proportion of foreigners in Coban than in any other town in the Republic: they are almost exclusively Germans engaged in coffee-planting, and some few of them in cattle-ranching and other industries; although complaints of isolation and of housekeeping and labour troubles are not unheard of amongst them, they seemed to me to be fortunate from

2600-722: Was necessary that Portugal, Christendom's richest kingdom, would fall under Spain's orbit and not of France , which had happened in the War of Castilian Succession . Moreover, because he had been raised in Burgundy, the Spanish nobles and subjects reportedly insisted that he should marry a princess from the Iberian peninsula. However, the 18-year-old Charles was in no hurry to marry and instead sent his sister Eleanor to marry Isabella's widowed father in 1518. Charles's Flemish advisors, especially William de Croÿ , later convinced him to relegate

2652-405: Was so grief-stricken by her death that he shut himself in a monastery for 2 months, praying and mourning for her in solitude. He never recovered from her death and wore black for the rest of his life to show his mourning. He never remarried, though he had an affair long after her death that resulted in the birth of an illegitimate son, John of Austria . Charles died as a widower in 1558 while holding

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2704-571: Was the second child and first daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon . Isabella was second-in-line to the throne until the birth of her brother Luis in 1506. Isabella was educated under the supervision of her governess Elvira de Mendoza . Her studies included mathematics , Renaissance classics, the languages of Latin, Spanish and French besides her native Portuguese, etiquette , and Christian doctrine. Isabella and her siblings were punished by their mother, "when they deserved it, without pardoning any of them". At

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