Category: Our People
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Doña Beatriz de Estrada y Gutiérrez Flores de la Caballería (1515–1550)
Doña Beatriz de Estrada y Gutiérrez Flores de la Caballería (1515–1550). Daughter of Don Alonso de Estrada, Treasurer and interim Governor of New Spain, and Doña Marina Gutiérrez Flores de la Caballería. Wife of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, whom she married in 1535. Grand-daughter to King Ferdinand II, half neice to Catherine of Aragon, Queen…
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Cristóbal de Oñate
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…
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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…