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Cristobal
G1 — Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) (1451–1506)Admiral of the Ocean Sea; Discoverer of the New WorldMarried Doña Filipa Moniz de Perestrelo, Portuguese noblewoman.└── G2 — Diego Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua (1479–1526) Married Doña María de Toledo y Rojas, niece of the Duke of Alba, member of the royal Toledo–Osorio house (and thus related to King…
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“Pedro the Priest” — Padre Pedro Esparza (José Pedro Esparza y Aríspe)
A Catholic priest, active in Lampazos de Naranjo and the mission of San Juan Bautista during the mid- to late 1700s. Son or brother of Manuel Elijio Esparza Aríspe (b. 1730). He officiated the 1775 marriage of Manuel Elijio Esparza Aríspe and María Rita Guajardo Quintanilla, and appears in parish baptismal registers for their children.…
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Padre José Nicolás Ballí (c. 1770–1829)
The namesake of Padre Island, Texas. Descended from the Ballí family of Reynosa and Matamoros Granted the island by King Carlos III of Spain (1759); formal title confirmed under Mexico in 1827. Served as priest and missionary along the lower Río Grande / Matamoros frontier. Built the chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción on…
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Hernán Cortés (1485–1547)
Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cortés de Moctezuma G1 — Emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1480–1520) — Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan.Married Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec. └── G2 — Princess Tecuichpotzin (Doña Isabel Moctezuma) (1500–1551)Married (in Indigenous custom, not recognized by the Church) Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), Conquistador. └── G3 — Doña Leonor Cortés y Moctezuma…
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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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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…