Category: House of Esparza

  • Don Lope Ruiz de Esparza II (1569–1651)

    Don Lope Ruiz de Esparza II (1569–1651)

    Parents Lope Ruiz de Esparza I & Ana Díaz de Eguino Origins: Born in Pamplona, Navarre; descended from noble houses of Esparza and Zariquiegui. Migration: Arrived in New Spain on February 8, 1593, listed as passenger no. 2,633 in the Catálogo de Pasajeros a Indias. Marriage: Ana Francisca de Gabadi Navarro y Moctezuma in 1594.…

  • Martín Ruíz de Esparza y de Vici

    Martín Ruíz de Esparza y de Vici

    Martín Ruíz de Esparza y de Vici Lord of the Esparza and Zariquiegui palaces Born: 1480 Iruña, Nafarroa, Spain (now Pamplona, Spain) Death: 1540 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain About Martín Ruíz de EsparzaMartín Ruíz de Esparza y Huici was a merchant, trader, rancher, and the lord of the ancestral palaces (cabos de armería) of Esparza (in…