Father: Cristóbal de Oñate Add Your Heading Text Here   Mother: Catalina de Salazar y de la Cadena Origins: Born in Zacatecas, New Spain; son of Cristóbal de Oñate (a Basque conquistador and mining magnate, co-founder of Guadalajara) and Catalina de Salazar y de la Cadena. Marriage: Wed Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma, granddaughter…

Conquistador Cristóbal de Oñate (1504–1567) — Basque-born explorer of House of Haro and founder of the silver mines of Zacatecas. A companion of Hernán Cortés and ally of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. CRISTÓBAL DE OÑATE (1504 – 1567) Spanish Basque Conquistador, Explorer, Founder of the Silver Mines of Zacatecas, Governor of New Spain Born: 1504…