{"id":364,"date":"2025-10-28T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:26:53","slug":"hernan-cortes-1485-1547","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s (1485\u20131547)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cort\u00e9s de Moctezuma<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0G1 \u2014 Emperor Moctezuma II<\/strong> (c. 1480\u20131520) \u2014 Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan.<\/p>\n

Married Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin<\/strong> of Ecatepec.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G2 \u2014 Princess Tecuichpotzin (Do\u00f1a Isabel Moctezuma)<\/strong> (1500\u20131551)<\/p>\n

Married (in Indigenous custom, not recognized by the Church) Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s<\/strong> (1485\u20131547), Conquistador.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G3 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Leonor Cort\u00e9s y Moctezuma<\/strong> (b. c. 1528)<\/p>\n

Married Crist\u00f3bal de Valderrama<\/strong>, Conquistador of Tar\u00edmbaro and Ecatepec (d. 1537).<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G4 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Leonor Valderrama Cort\u00e9s de Moctezuma <\/strong><\/p>\n

Married Diego Arias de Sotelo<\/strong>, nobleman of Zamora; chamberlain to Viceroy Luis de Velasco; Alcalde Ordinario<\/em> of Mexico City (1561).<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G5 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Petronila Valderrama Moctezuma <\/strong><\/p>\n

Married Mart\u00edn de Gabay \u201cEl Navarro\u201d (Mart\u00edn Navarro)<\/strong>, Basque-Navarrese settler and soldier in mid-1500s New Spain.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G6 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Ana Francisca Gabay Navarro y Moctezuma <\/strong><\/p>\n

Married Lope Ruiz de Esparza<\/strong> (b. 1569, Pamplona \u2013 d. 14 Aug 1651, Aguascalientes), Basque lord & nobleman who arrived in New Spain ~1593.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G7 \u2014 Crist\u00f3bal Ruiz de Esparza y Gabay<\/strong> (1616\u20131672)<\/p>\n

Married Isabel de Alcaraz P\u00e9rez<\/strong> (c. 1625\u20131669) \u00a0 m: 18 Aug 1646 (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G8 \u2014 Tomasa Ruiz de Esparza y Alcaraz<\/strong> (b. c. 1654)<\/p>\n

Married Bartolom\u00e9 de Le\u00f3n Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (\u2020 25 Jul 1671) \u00a0 m: 14 Nov 1666 (Aguascalientes)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G9 \u2014 Domingo Garc\u00eda Esparza<\/strong> (b. 11 Jan 1666\/67)<\/p>\n

Married (2nd) Gertrudes de los Santos Ar\u00edspe<\/strong> (b. 24 Jul 1712, Saltillo; daughter of Santiago Ar\u00edspe<\/em> & Juana Coy<\/em>) \u00a0 m: 28 Apr 1726 (Saltillo, Coahuila)<\/em>. (Baptisms for 5 children in Saltillo, LDS Batch# C602472, Source# 0605066.)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G10 \u2014 Manuel Elijio Ar\u00edspe Esparza<\/strong> (b. 13 Apr 1730, Saltillo \u2013 d. Lampazos)Married 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>.\u2014 \u201cPadre Pedro Esparza,\u201d of San Juan Bautista (Lampazos), is noted in family tradition as officiant for the marriage and baptisms.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G11 \u2014 Pedro Jos\u00e9 Guajardo Esparza<\/strong> (b. 04 Mar 1792, Lampazos \u2013 d. 1879, La Encantada Ranch, Cameron County, TX)<\/p>\n

Married Felicidad Gal\u00e1n Villarreal<\/strong> (1794\u20131858) \u00a0 m: 06 Feb 1809<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G12 \u2014 Carlos Villarreal Esparza<\/strong> (1828\u20131885)<\/p>\n

Married Francisca Benavides Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (1834\u20131914) \u00a0 m: 30 Jan 1850<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G13 \u2014 Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza<\/strong> (1865\u20131935)<\/p>\n

Married Mar\u00eda Hilaria Cavazos Reyes<\/strong> (1870\u20131945) \u00a0 m: 24 Apr 1887<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G14 \u2014 Samuel Reyes Esparza<\/strong> (1911\u20131980)<\/p>\n

Married Ignacia Cortez Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> (1916\u20131996)<\/p>\n

\u2514\u2500\u2500 G15 \u2014 The Esparza Sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Affiliated Kinships:<\/strong><\/em>\u2022 Viceroy Luis de Velasco<\/strong> \u2014 court context for Diego Arias de Sotelo<\/em> (G4 spouse), anchoring Leonor Valderrama\u2019s civic milieu in Mexico City.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Navarro \/ \u201cEl Navarro\u201d cluster<\/strong> \u2014 Basque-Navarrese soldiers\/settlers linked to mid-1500s arrivals; provides the surname path from Gabay<\/em> to Navarro<\/em> in G5\u2013G6.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lampazos clergy network<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cPadre Pedro Esparza\u201d referenced in family tradition for Lampazos rites; contemporaneous with broader northern Nuevo Le\u00f3n mission clergy.<\/p>\n

Primary & Secondary Sources to Cite:<\/strong>
\n1. John D. Incl\u00e1n, Somos Primos Genealogies \u2014 \u201cDescendants of Moctezuma\u201d (2007) and Ruiz de Esparza Lineage Notes (2008).
\n\u21b3 Available via the Somos Primos archives and the Incl\u00e1n family research collection.
\n2. Archivo General de Indias (AGI), Seville \u2014 Cat\u00e1logo de Pasajeros a Indias (1593), entry for Lope Ruiz de Esparza, passenger no. 2633.
\n\u21b3 Confirms Lope\u2019s 1593 voyage from Spain to Veracruz.
\n3. IndigenousMexico.org \u2014 \u201cThe Moctezuma Descendants\u201d and \u201cDo\u00f1a Isabel Moctezuma and the Early Mestizo Nobility\u201d
\n\u21b3 Overviews of the Moctezuma\u2013Cort\u00e9s and Valderrama\u2013Gabay lines.
\n4. Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, Epistolario de la Nueva Espa\u00f1a (1905\u20131915) \u2014 letters and administrative correspondence involving early Moctezuma heirs.
\n5. Mar\u00eda del Carmen Mart\u00ednez Mart\u00ednez, Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s: Cartas y Documentos (UNAM, 1990s editions).
\n\u21b3 Useful for understanding the legitimization and dowries of Isabel Moctezuma\u2019s children.
\n6. Guillermo Garmendia Leal, Or\u00edgenes de Monterrey y Familias Fundadoras (1985).
\n\u21b3 Context for the de las Casas, Villarreal, de la Garza, and Montemayor families.
\n7. \u201cLos Abuelos \u2013 Esparza\u201d (Esparza Family Compilation, 2015) \u2014 private family genealogical study aligning Lampazos\u2013South Texas descendants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cort\u00e9s de Moctezuma\u00a0G1 \u2014 Emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1480\u20131520) \u2014 Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan. Married Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec. \u2514\u2500\u2500 G2 \u2014 Princess Tecuichpotzin (Do\u00f1a Isabel Moctezuma) (1500\u20131551) Married (in Indigenous custom, not recognized by the Church) Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s (1485\u20131547), Conquistador. \u2514\u2500\u2500 G3 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Leonor Cort\u00e9s y Moctezuma […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","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\/364","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}