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 de Moctezuma

Emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1480–1520) — Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan Married to Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec

└── Princess Tecuichpotzin (Doña Isabel Moctezuma) (1500–1551)
Married (in Indigenous custom, not recognized by the Church) Conquistador, Hernán Cortés (1485–1547)

└── Doña Leonor Cortés y Moctezuma (b. c. 1528)
Married Cristóbal de Valderrama, Conquistador of Tarímbaro and Ecatepec (d. 1537)

└── Doña Leonor Valderrama Cortés de Moctezuma
Married Diego Arias de Sotelo, nobleman from Zamora, Spain — chamberlain to Viceroy Luis de Velasco and
Alcalde Ordinario of Mexico City (1561)

└── Doña Petronila Valderrama Moctezuma
Married Martín de Gabay “El Navarro” (Martín Navarro), Basque-Navarrese settler and soldier of mid-1500s New Spain

└── Doña Ana Francisca Gabay Navarro y Moctezuma
Married Lope Ruiz de Esparza (b. 1569, Pamplona, Spain – d. Aug 14, 1651, Aguascalientes), a Basque Lord and Nobleman who arrived in Veracruz, New Spain, on 8 February 1593, listed as passenger No. 2633 in the Catálogo de Pasajeros a Indias (Archivo General de Indias)

└── Cristóbal Ruiz de Esparza y Gabay (1616 – 1672)
Married Isabel de Alcaraz Pérez (ca. 1625 – 1669)   m: 18 Aug 1646 (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco)

└── Tomasa Ruiz de Esparza y Alcaraz (b. c. 1654)
Married Bartolomé de León García († 25 Jul 1671)   m: 14 Nov 1666 (Aguascalientes)

└── Domingo García Esparza (b. 11 Jan 1666/67)
Married (2nd) Gertrudes de los Santos Aríspe (b. 24 Jul 1712, Saltillo; daughter of Santiago Aríspe and Juana Coy)   m: 28 Apr 1726 (Saltillo, Coahuila)
(Baptismal records of 5 children in Saltillo, LDS Batch# C602472, Source# 0605066)

└── Manuel Elijio Aríspe Esparza (b. 13 Apr 1730, Saltillo – d. Lampazos)
Married María Rita Guajardo Quintanilla (b. 12 May 1750, Monterrey – d. Lampazos)   m: 27 Apr 1775 (Lampazos de Naranjo, N.L.)
(Brother “Pedro the Priest” served at San Juan Bautista in Lampazos; officiated Manuel & Rita’s marriage and baptisms of nieces/nephews)

└── Pedro José Guajardo Esparza (b. 04 Mar 1792, Lampazos – d. 1879, La Encantada Ranch, Cameron County, TX)
Married Felicidad Galán Villarreal (1794 – 1858)   m: 06 Feb 1809

└── Carlos Villarreal Esparza (1828 – 1885)
Married Francisca Benavides García (1834 – 1914)   m: 30 Jan 1850

└── Antonio García Esparza (1865 – 1935)
Married María Hilaria Cavazos Reyes (1870 – 1945)   m: 24 Apr 1887

└── Samuel Reyes Esparza (1911 – 1980)
Married Ignacia Cortez Rodriguez (1916 – 1996)

└── The Esparza Sisters

(As compiled from John D. Inclán, “Descendants of Moctezuma,” 2007; IndigenousMexico.org; and Esparza family records.)

Lineage of Esparza from Navarro and Moctezuma

G1 — Emperor Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin (c. 1466–1520)
Ninth Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan (r. 1502–1520).
Married multiple wives including Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec.
└── G2 — Princess Leonor Mariana de Moctezuma
(Note: Different from Isabel Moctezuma/Tecuichpo, who married Juan de Tolosa and whose daughter married Juan de Oñate)
Married Cristóbal de Valderrama, Conquistador of Tarímbaro and Ecatepec.
└── G3 — Doña Leonor de Valderrama y Moctezuma
Married Diego Arias de Sotelo, nobleman of Zamora; chamberlain to Viceroy Luis de Velasco; Alcalde Ordinario of Mexico City (1561).
└── G4 — Doña Petronila de Moctezuma (disputed connection – see note)
Married Martín Navarro de Gabay (Martín de Gabay “El Navarro”), Basque-Navarrese settler and soldier in mid-1500s New Spain.
└── G5 — Doña Ana Francisca de Gabay Navarro y Moctezuma (b. c.1573–1577 – d. 30 Mar 1652, Aguascalientes)
Married Don Lope Ruiz de Esparza (b. 1569, Pamplona – d. 14 Aug 1651, Aguascalientes), Basque lord & nobleman who arrived in New Spain 8 Feb 1593.
Marriage: c. 1594–1595, likely Mexico City or Aguascalientes.
└── G6 — Cristóbal Ruiz de Esparza y Gabay (b. 1616 – d. 1672)
Married Isabel de Alcaraz Pérez (c. 1625–1669)
m: 18 Aug 1646 (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco).
└── G7 — Tomasa Ruiz de Esparza y Alcaraz (b. c. 1654)
Married Bartolomé de León García († 25 Jul 1671)
m: 14 Nov 1666 (Aguascalientes).
└── G8 — Domingo García Esparza (b. 11 Jan 1666/67)
Married (2nd) Gertrudes de los Santos Aríspe (b. 24 Jul 1712, Saltillo; daughter of Santiago Aríspe & Juana Coy)
m: 28 Apr 1726 (Saltillo, Coahuila).
Baptisms for 5 children in Saltillo, LDS Batch# C602472, Source# 0605066.
└── G9 — Manuel Elijio Aríspe Esparza (b. 13 Apr 1730, Saltillo – d. Lampazos)
Married María Rita Guajardo Quintanilla (b. 12 May 1750, Monterrey – d. Lampazos)
m: 27 Apr 1775 (Lampazos de Naranjo, N.L.).
— “Padre Pedro Esparza,” of San Juan Bautista (Lampazos), officiated the marriage and baptisms.
└── G10 — Pedro José Guajardo Esparza (b. 04 Mar 1792, Lampazos – d. 1879, La Encantada Ranch, Cameron County, TX)
Married Felicidad Galán Villarreal (1794–1858)
m: 06 Feb 1809.
└── G11 — Carlos Villarreal Esparza (1828–1885)
Married Francisca Benavides García (1834–1914)
m: 30 Jan 1850.
└── G12 — Antonio García Esparza (1865–1935)
Married María Hilaria Cavazos Reyes (1870–1945)
m: 24 Apr 1887.
└── G13 — Samuel Reyes Esparza (1911–1980)
Married Ignacia Cortez Rodríguez (1916–1996).
└── G14 — The Esparza Sisters