{"id":284,"date":"2025-10-26T01:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-12-14T07:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:06:51","slug":"emperor-montezuma-xocoyotzin-moctezuma-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma II)<\/h4>\n

Born: 1471 \u00b7 Tenochtitlan, Captial Aztec Empire<\/h5>\n
Death: 29 June 1520 Mexico-Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City)<\/h5>\n
Parents: Xochicueyetl & Axayacatl \u201cFace of Water\u201d<\/h5>\n
Spouse: Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec<\/h5>\n
Child of Connection: Tecuichpoch, Renamed Do\u00f1a Isabel Moctezuma<\/h5>\n
Relation: 15 generations blood relation to Esparza Sisters<\/h5>\n

Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cort\u00e9s de Moctezuma<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emperor Moctezuma II<\/strong> (c. 1480\u20131520) \u2014 Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan Married to Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Princess Tecuichpotzin (Do\u00f1a Isabel Moctezuma)<\/strong> (1500\u20131551)
\nMarried (in Indigenous custom, not recognized by the Church) Conquistador, Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s<\/strong> (1485\u20131547)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Do\u00f1a Leonor Cort\u00e9s y Moctezuma<\/strong> (b. c. 1528)
\nMarried Crist\u00f3bal de Valderrama<\/strong>, Conquistador of Tar\u00edmbaro and Ecatepec (d. 1537)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Do\u00f1a Leonor Valderrama Cort\u00e9s de Moctezuma<\/strong>
\nMarried Diego Arias de Sotelo<\/strong>, nobleman from Zamora, Spain \u2014 chamberlain to Viceroy Luis de Velasco and
\nAlcalde Ordinario<\/em> of Mexico City (1561)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Do\u00f1a Petronila Valderrama Moctezuma<\/strong>
\nMarried Mart\u00edn de Gabay \u201cEl Navarro\u201d (Mart\u00edn Navarro)<\/strong>, Basque-Navarrese settler and soldier of mid-1500s New Spain<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Do\u00f1a Ana Francisca Gabay Navarro y Moctezuma<\/strong>
\nMarried Lope Ruiz de Esparza<\/strong> (b. 1569, Pamplona, Spain \u2013 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 Cat\u00e1logo de Pasajeros a Indias (Archivo General de Indias)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Crist\u00f3bal Ruiz de Esparza y Gabay<\/strong> (1616 \u2013 1672)
\nMarried Isabel de Alcaraz P\u00e9rez<\/strong> (ca. 1625 \u2013 1669) \u00a0 m: 18 Aug 1646 (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Tomasa Ruiz de Esparza y Alcaraz<\/strong> (b. c. 1654)
\nMarried Bartolom\u00e9 de Le\u00f3n Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (\u2020 25 Jul 1671) \u00a0 m: 14 Nov 1666 (Aguascalientes)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Domingo Garc\u00eda Esparza<\/strong> (b. 11 Jan 1666\/67)
\nMarried (2nd) Gertrudes de los Santos Ar\u00edspe<\/strong> (b. 24 Jul 1712, Saltillo; daughter of Santiago Ar\u00edspe and Juana Coy) \u00a0 m: 28 Apr 1726 (Saltillo, Coahuila)<\/em>
\n(Baptismal records of 5 children in Saltillo, LDS Batch# C602472, Source# 0605066)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Manuel Elijio Ar\u00edspe Esparza<\/strong> (b. 13 Apr 1730, Saltillo \u2013 d. Lampazos)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Rita Guajardo Quintanilla<\/strong> (b. 12 May 1750, Monterrey \u2013 d. Lampazos) \u00a0 m: 27 Apr 1775 (Lampazos de Naranjo, N.L.)<\/em>
\n(Brother \u201cPedro the Priest\u201d served at San Juan Bautista in Lampazos; officiated Manuel & Rita\u2019s marriage and baptisms of nieces\/nephews)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Pedro Jos\u00e9 Guajardo Esparza<\/strong> (b. 04 Mar 1792, Lampazos \u2013 d. 1879, La Encantada Ranch, Cameron County, TX)
\nMarried Felicidad Gal\u00e1n Villarreal<\/strong> (1794 \u2013 1858) \u00a0 m: 06 Feb 1809<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Carlos Villarreal Esparza<\/strong> (1828 \u2013 1885)
\nMarried Francisca Benavides Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (1834 \u2013 1914) \u00a0 m: 30 Jan 1850<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza<\/strong> (1865 \u2013 1935)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Hilaria Cavazos Reyes<\/strong> (1870 \u2013 1945) \u00a0 m: 24 Apr 1887<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 Samuel Reyes Esparza<\/strong> (1911 \u2013 1980)
\nMarried Ignacia Cortez Rodriguez<\/strong> (1916 \u2013 1996)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 The Esparza Sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n

(As compiled from John D. Incl\u00e1n, \u201cDescendants of Moctezuma,\u201d 2007; IndigenousMexico.org; and Esparza family records.)<\/p>\n

Lineage of Esparza from Navarro and Moctezuma<\/h4>\n

G1 \u2014 Emperor Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin (c. 1466\u20131520)
\nNinth Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan (r. 1502\u20131520).
\nMarried multiple wives including Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G2 \u2014 Princess Leonor Mariana de Moctezuma
\n(Note: Different from Isabel Moctezuma\/Tecuichpo, who married Juan de Tolosa and whose daughter married Juan de O\u00f1ate)
\nMarried Crist\u00f3bal de Valderrama, Conquistador of Tar\u00edmbaro and Ecatepec.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G3 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Leonor de Valderrama y Moctezuma
\nMarried Diego Arias de Sotelo, nobleman of Zamora; chamberlain to Viceroy Luis de Velasco; Alcalde Ordinario of Mexico City (1561).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G4 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Petronila de Moctezuma (disputed connection – see note)
\nMarried Mart\u00edn Navarro de Gabay (Mart\u00edn de Gabay “El Navarro”), Basque-Navarrese settler and soldier in mid-1500s New Spain.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G5 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Ana Francisca de Gabay Navarro y Moctezuma (b. c.1573\u20131577 \u2013 d. 30 Mar 1652, Aguascalientes)
\nMarried Don Lope Ruiz de Esparza (b. 1569, Pamplona \u2013 d. 14 Aug 1651, Aguascalientes), Basque lord & nobleman who arrived in New Spain 8 Feb 1593.
\nMarriage: c. 1594\u20131595, likely Mexico City or Aguascalientes.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G6 \u2014 Crist\u00f3bal Ruiz de Esparza y Gabay (b. 1616 \u2013 d. 1672)
\nMarried Isabel de Alcaraz P\u00e9rez (c. 1625\u20131669)
\nm: 18 Aug 1646 (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G7 \u2014 Tomasa Ruiz de Esparza y Alcaraz (b. c. 1654)
\nMarried Bartolom\u00e9 de Le\u00f3n Garc\u00eda (\u2020 25 Jul 1671)
\nm: 14 Nov 1666 (Aguascalientes).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G8 \u2014 Domingo Garc\u00eda Esparza (b. 11 Jan 1666\/67)
\nMarried (2nd) Gertrudes de los Santos Ar\u00edspe (b. 24 Jul 1712, Saltillo; daughter of Santiago Ar\u00edspe & Juana Coy)
\nm: 28 Apr 1726 (Saltillo, Coahuila).
\nBaptisms for 5 children in Saltillo, LDS Batch# C602472, Source# 0605066.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G9 \u2014 Manuel Elijio Ar\u00edspe Esparza (b. 13 Apr 1730, Saltillo \u2013 d. Lampazos)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Rita Guajardo Quintanilla (b. 12 May 1750, Monterrey \u2013 d. Lampazos)
\nm: 27 Apr 1775 (Lampazos de Naranjo, N.L.).
\n\u2014 “Padre Pedro Esparza,” of San Juan Bautista (Lampazos), officiated the marriage and baptisms.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G10 \u2014 Pedro Jos\u00e9 Guajardo Esparza (b. 04 Mar 1792, Lampazos \u2013 d. 1879, La Encantada Ranch, Cameron County, TX)
\nMarried Felicidad Gal\u00e1n Villarreal (1794\u20131858)
\nm: 06 Feb 1809.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G11 \u2014 Carlos Villarreal Esparza (1828\u20131885)
\nMarried Francisca Benavides Garc\u00eda (1834\u20131914)
\nm: 30 Jan 1850.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G12 \u2014 Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza (1865\u20131935)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Hilaria Cavazos Reyes (1870\u20131945)
\nm: 24 Apr 1887.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G13 \u2014 Samuel Reyes Esparza (1911\u20131980)
\nMarried Ignacia Cortez Rodr\u00edguez (1916\u20131996).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G14 \u2014 The Esparza Sisters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emperor Montezuma Xocoyotzin (Moctezuma II) Born: 1471 \u00b7 Tenochtitlan, Captial Aztec Empire Death: 29 June 1520 Mexico-Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) Parents: Xochicueyetl & Axayacatl \u201cFace of Water\u201d Spouse: Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec Child of Connection: Tecuichpoch, Renamed Do\u00f1a Isabel Moctezuma Relation: 15 generations blood relation to Esparza Sisters Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cort\u00e9s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}