Category: Our People
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Don Jose Esparza (1856-1926)
Today in Border History November 23, 1970 Esparza Park built at El Ranchito, San Benito José Esparza, entrepreneur and political activist, son of Francisca (García) and Carlos Esparza, was born on July 8, 1856, at Rancho de San Juan el Encantado. His maternal grandfather, Ramón García, was one of Juan N. Cortina’s spies, and his…
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Carlos Villarreal Esparza (1827-1885) & Francisca Benavides Garcia Esparza (1834-1914)
Francisca Benavides Garcia was born in 1835 to Ramon Garza Garcia born in 1805 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas and Maria Antonia Garcia Benavides born in 1803 in Guerrero, Tamaulipas. Her parents were able to purchase land in San Pedro Carricitos grant from families that decided to leave. Francisca would inherit a portion of this land and…
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King Ferdinand II of Aragon
Born: 10 March 1452 · Sos del Rey Católico, Kingdom of Aragon Death: 23 January 1516 · Madrigalejo, Crown of Castile Castille Parents: Juana Enriquez, Queen of Argon & King John II of Aragon and Navarre Spouses: Queen Isabella I de Castile & Germaine de Foix Child of Connection: Out-of-wedlock son Don Alonso de Estrada…
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Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma II)
Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma II) Born: 1471 · Tenochtitlan, Captial Aztec Empire Death: 29 June 1520 Mexico-Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) Parents: Xochicueyetl & Axayacatl “Face of Water” Spouse: Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec Child of Connection: Tecuichpoch, Renamed Doña Isabel Moctezuma Relation: 15 generations blood relation to Esparza Sisters Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cortés…
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Alonso de Estrada (1470-1530)
Don Alonso Duque de Estrada y Fernández de Aragón Occupation: Viceroy, Royal treasurer of New Spain, Governor of New Spain Born: 1470 · Ciudad Real, Castile Death: 16 February 1530 · Veracruz, New Spain Parents: King Ferdinand II of Aragon & mistress María Luisa Duque de Estrada Spouses: Doña Marina Flores Gutierrez de la Caballería…
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Marina Gutierrez Flores de la Caballería (1470 – 1551)
Doña Marina Gutiérrez Flores de la Caballería, of La Mancha, Castile, Spain — wife of Don Alonso de Estrada (natural-born son of Ferdinand II, King of Aragon), Royal Treasurer and interim Governor of New Spain; mother of Doña Beatriz de Estrada y Gutiérrez de la Caballería, and mother-in-law of Conquistador and Governor Francisco Vázquez de…
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Lope Ruiz de Esparza I (1516–1597)
Lineage: Descendant of the Ruiz family of Esparza, tied to the palacios (ancestral noble houses) of Esparza and Zariquiegui, which conferred noble status in Basque, Navarre, Spain Nobility Lawsuit: In 1535, successfully litigated his pleito de hidalguía (nobility suit) before the court in Pamplona, securing recognition of his family’s lordship over the palaces of Esparza…
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Lope Ruiz de Esparza II (1569–1651)
Father: Lope Ruiz de Esparza Sr Mother: 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: Wed Ana Francisca de Gabadi Navarro y Moctezuma in…
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Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550–1626)
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…
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Tomás Tadeo Sánchez de Barrera y de la Garza-Falcón (1709–1796)
Father: Captain Francisco Sánchez de la Barrera Mother: Doña María Josefa de la Garza-Falcón Origins: A Spanish settler from Nuevo León, descended from the Sánchez de la Barrera and Garza-Falcón families — powerful landowning lineages with roots in Basque and Castilian settlers of the 16th–17th centuries Founding of Laredo: In 1755, he established the city…