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Lineage of Esparza from Navarro and Coronado<\/u><\/strong> Married Juan “Rodrigo” Rodr\u00edguez de Sosa<\/b> Do\u00f1a Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez de Sosa<\/strong> Affiliated Kinships:<\/strong><\/em> Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado came to New Spain during the height of Spain\u2019s colonial expansion in the Americas. Born around 1510 in Salamanca, Spain, he arrived in the New World as a young nobleman seeking both glory and service to the Crown. By 1538, Coronado had married Beatriz de Estrada y de la Cerda, the daughter of Don Alonso de Estrada\u2014the Royal Treasurer and acting Governor of New Spain. Through this marriage, Coronado gained not only wealth and influence but also a direct connection to the royal administration of the colony. Appointed Governor of Nueva Galicia, he soon became one of the most powerful colonial officials in northern New Spain.<\/p>\n In 1540, inspired by reports from the friar Marcos de Niza about the mythical \u201cSeven Cities of C\u00edbola,\u201d Coronado led one of the most ambitious expeditions of the 16th century. With the blessing of Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, he set out from Compostela with more than 300 Spaniards, over 1,000 Mexican Indian allies, and a large remuda of horses and livestock. The powerful explorer Juan de O\u00f1ate\u2014then a wealthy colonist and later the founder of New Mexico\u2014helped provision Coronado\u2019s forces with horses, cattle, and equipment, recognizing the expedition\u2019s importance for expanding Spain\u2019s northern frontier.<\/p>\n Coronado\u2019s journey took him across what is now northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas. In 1541, while pursuing rumors of a wealthy land called Quivira, his men became the first Europeans to record the sweeping beauty of the Llano Estacado and Palo Duro Canyon in modern Texas\u2014the second largest canyon in North America. Two years earlier, detachments under Garc\u00eda L\u00f3pez de C\u00e1rdenas, one of Coronado\u2019s captains, stumbled upon a chasm so vast that they could not see the river below\u2014becoming the first Europeans to lay eyes on the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n Though Coronado found no cities of gold, his journey permanently reshaped Spain\u2019s understanding of the American Southwest. The horses O\u00f1ate and other colonial ranchers had supplied multiplied across the plains, transforming the cultures of Indigenous nations for centuries. Coronado returned to Mexico City in 1542 disappointed and in debt, but his trail became the map for later colonization. His expedition opened the routes that would link Mexico to the Rio Grande, New Mexico, and the Great Plains\u2014forever changing the landscape of the Southwest.<\/p>\n Alternate Lineage of Coronado to The Esparza Sisters<\/u><\/strong> Affiliated Kinships & Notes:<\/strong><\/em> Final Corrected Lineage: Coronado to Esparza Lineage of Esparza from Navarro and Coronado G1 \u2014 Don Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado (c.1510\u20131554) \u2014 Conquistador & Governor of Nueva Galicia; explorer of the American Southwest Married Do\u00f1a Beatriz de Estrada y de la Cerda, daughter of Governor & Royal Treasurer Alonso de Estrada (natural son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon) and Do\u00f1a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407","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=407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abuelosdetexas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nG1 \u2014 Don Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado<\/strong> (c.1510\u20131554) \u2014 Conquistador & Governor of Nueva Galicia; explorer of the American Southwest
\nMarried Do\u00f1a Beatriz de Estrada y de la Cerda<\/strong>, daughter of Governor & Royal Treasurer Alonso de Estrada<\/strong> (natural son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon) and Do\u00f1a Marina Guti\u00e9rrez Flores de la Caballer\u00eda<\/strong> of Almagro, La Mancha.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G2 \u2014 B<\/strong>eatriz V\u00e1zquez de Coronado y Estrada <\/b><\/p>\n
\nKing Ferdinand II of Aragon
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 Don Alonso de Estrada y de la Caballer\u00eda \u00d7 Do\u00f1a Mariana Guti\u00e9rrez Flores de la Caballer\u00eda
\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 Beatriz Estrada de la Caballer\u00eda \u00d7 Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 Ana Estrada de la Caballer\u00eda \u00d7 Juan Alonso de Sosa Cabrera
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 Captain Alonso de Sosa Albornoz \u00d7 Mar\u00eda-Beatriz Navarro Rodr\u00edguez de Sosa
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 **Do\u00f1a Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez de Sosa**<\/p>\n
\nMarried Don Juan Navarro<\/strong>, of the distinguished Navarro family of Castile and New Spain.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G3 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Mar\u00eda Beatriz Navarro Rodr\u00edguez Casta\u00f1o Sosa<\/strong> (b. c.1575 \u2013 d.1674, Monterrey, N.L.)
\nMarried Captain Bernab\u00e9 de las Casas<\/strong> (b. c.1573, Tenerife \u2013 d. c.1637, Salinas Victoria, N.L.), soldier of the 1598 O\u00f1ate entrada<\/em> into New Mexico.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G4 \u2014 Beatriz de las Casas Navarro<\/strong> (b. c.1604 \u2013 d.1674, Monterrey)
\nMarried Alf\u00e9rez Diego de Villarreal<\/strong> (son of Don Francisco Villarreal).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G5 \u2014 Captain Juan Bautista de Villarreal<\/strong> (b. c.1620s \u2013 d.1695, Monterrey)
\nMarried Luisa de la Garza Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (daughter of Francisco de la Garza Falc\u00f3n Trevi\u00f1o & Juana Guti\u00e9rrez de Lara Garc\u00eda)
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G6 \u2014 Captain Bernab\u00e9 de Villarreal de la Garza<\/strong> (b.1635 \u2013 d.1694, Monterrey)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Isabel de la Garza Garc\u00eda<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G7 \u2014 Antonia de Villarreal<\/strong> (b.1675, Salinas Victoria)
\nMarried Bernab\u00e9 Rodr\u00edguez de Carvajal<\/strong> (of the Uribe\u2013de la Cadena branch).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G8 \u2014 Isabel Guti\u00e9rrez de Lara<\/strong>
\nMarried Jos\u00e9 Nicol\u00e1s de la Garza Falc\u00f3n Guti\u00e9rrez<\/strong> (of the de la Garza\u2013Falc\u00f3n colonizing family).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G9 \u2014 Isabel Mar\u00eda de la Garza de la Garza<\/strong>
\nMarried Jos\u00e9 Juli\u00e1n Guajardo Rodr\u00edguez de Quiroga<\/strong> (of Monterrey & Lampazos families).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G10 \u2014 Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda Guajardo<\/strong> (1724\u20131797)
\nGreat-grandson of Captain Diego Rodr\u00edguez de Montemayor (1530\u20131610), founder & first governor of Monterrey (1596), and grandson of Captain Diego Rodr\u00edguez de Montemayor y Porcallo (1560\u20131616), governor of Nuevo Le\u00f3n.<\/em>
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Josefa Saldua Quintanilla<\/strong> (1721\u20131806).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G11 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Rita Guajardo Quintanilla<\/strong> (b. 12 May 1750, Monterrey \u2013 d. Lampazos)
\nMarried Manuel Elijio Esparza Ar\u00edspe<\/strong> (b. 13 Apr 1730, Saltillo \u2013 d. Lampazos) \u00a0 m: 27 Apr 1775 (Lampazos de Naranjo, N.L.)<\/em>.
\n\u2014 Brother \u201cPadre Pedro Esparza,\u201d family priest at San Juan Bautista Mission (Lampazos), officiated their marriage and children\u2019s baptisms.<\/em>
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G12 \u2014 Pedro Jos\u00e9 Guajardo Esparza<\/strong> (b. 04 Mar 1792, Lampazos \u2013 d. 1879, La Encantada Ranch, Cameron Co., TX)
\nMarried Felicidad Gal\u00e1n Villarreal<\/strong> (1794\u20131858) \u00a0 m: 06 Feb 1809<\/em>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G13 \u2014 Carlos Villarreal Esparza<\/strong> (1828\u20131885)
\nMarried Francisca Benavides Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (1834\u20131914) \u00a0 m: 30 Jan 1850<\/em>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G14 \u2014 Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza<\/strong> (1865\u20131935)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Hilaria Cavazos Reyes<\/strong> (1870\u20131945) \u00a0 m: 24 Apr 1887<\/em>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G15 \u2014 Samuel Reyes Esparza<\/strong> (1911\u20131980)
\nMarried Ignacia Cortez Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> (1916\u20131996)
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G16 \u2014 The Esparza Sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n\u2022 Captain Bernab\u00e9 de las Casas<\/strong> \u2014 served under Juan de O\u00f1ate in 1598; related to the Basque Las Casas settlers of Tenerife; allied with the Navarro\u2013Rodr\u00edguez de Sosa founders of Monterrey.
\n\u2022 Alonso de Estrada<\/strong> (1470\u20131530) \u2014 Royal Treasurer and Acting Governor of New Spain; natural son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon. His daughter Beatriz de Estrada<\/strong> married Coronado<\/strong>, linking Spanish royal blood with New World conquest.
\n\u2022 Captain Blas de la Garza Falc\u00f3n<\/strong> (1591\u20131669) \u2014 parallel founder and patriarch of the de la Garza Falc\u00f3n colonizing line; related to the Villarreal\u2013de la Garza marriages in this tree.
\n\u2022 Captain Diego Rodr\u00edguez de Montemayor<\/strong> (1530\u20131610) \u2014 Founder & first Governor of Monterrey; ancestor of Mar\u00eda Margarita Rodr\u00edguez de Montemayor<\/strong> through the Montemayor founder branch connected to the Guajardo family.
\n\u2022 Padre Jos\u00e9 Nicol\u00e1s (Pedro) Esparza \/ Padre Jos\u00e9 Nicol\u00e1s Ball\u00ed<\/strong> \u2014 Missionary contemporaries in northern Nuevo Le\u00f3n and early Texas; \u201cPadre Island\u201d (granted 1759 by King Carlos III) honors Padre Ball\u00ed, within the same Lampazos clergy network as the Esparza family.<\/p>\n
\nG1 \u2014 Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado<\/strong> (1510\u20131554) \u2014 Conquistador & Governor of Nueva Galicia; explorer of the American Southwest (Palo Duro Canyon, Grand Canyon).
\nMarried Beatriz Estrada de la Caballer\u00eda<\/strong> (daughter of Don Alonso de Estrada<\/strong>, Treasurer and Governor of New Spain, and Do\u00f1a Mariana Guti\u00e9rrez Flores de la Caballer\u00eda<\/strong> of Almagro, La Mancha).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G2 \u2014 Lusia (Luisa) de Estrada Coronado<\/strong>
\nMarried (1) Luis Ponce de Le\u00f3n<\/strong>; (2) Mart\u00edn de Irigoyen<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G3 \u2014 Mar\u00eda de Irigoyen Estrada<\/strong>
\nMarried Juan Navarro de Balbuena<\/strong>, of the founder family of Guadalajara.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G4 \u2014 Francisca Navarro de Estrada<\/strong>
\nMarried Don Diego de Sosa Albornoz<\/strong>, of the Estrada\u2013de Sosa line of New Spain.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G5 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Ana de Sosa Albornoz Navarro<\/strong>
\nMarried General Alonso de Far\u00edas Trevi\u00f1o<\/strong>, of Monterrey, Nuevo Le\u00f3n.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G6 \u2014 Francisca de Trevi\u00f1o Navarro<\/strong>
\nMarried Captain Blas Mar\u00eda de la Garza Falc\u00f3n<\/strong> (founder of Camargo, Nuevo Le\u00f3n \/ Tamaulipas).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G7 \u2014 Gertrudis de la Garza Falc\u00f3n<\/strong>
\nMarried Don Jos\u00e9 Salvador de la Garza<\/strong>, grantee of the Esp\u00edritu Santo Land Grant<\/em> (1781).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G8 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Francisca Xaviera de la Garza<\/strong>
\nMarried Captain Jos\u00e9 Manuel de Goseascochea<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G9 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Estefana Goseascochea Cavazos de Cortina<\/strong>
\nMarried (1) Jos\u00e9 Francisco Vicente Cavazos<\/strong>; (2) Trinidad Cortina<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G10 \u2014 Sabas Cavazos<\/strong> (son of Estefana)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Eulogia Guerra<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G11 \u2014 Inocente Cavazos Reyes<\/strong>
\nMarried Guillermo Reyes<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G12 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Hilaria Cavazos Reyes<\/strong>
\nMarried Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza<\/strong> (son of Carlos V. Esparza<\/strong>, of the San Pedro de Carricitos land grant).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G13 \u2014 Samuel Esparza Cortez<\/strong>
\nMarried Dina Ignacia Rodr\u00edguez Cortez<\/strong>.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G14 \u2014 Delfina Esparza P\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n\u2022 Don Alonso de Estrada<\/strong> (1470\u20131531) \u2014 Royal Treasurer and Acting Governor of New Spain; natural son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon. His daughter Beatriz de Estrada<\/strong> married Coronado<\/strong>, linking royal Spanish blood with the founders of New Spain.
\n\u2022 Captain Blas Mar\u00eda de la Garza Falc\u00f3n<\/strong> (1712\u20131767) \u2014 Spanish colonial founder of Camargo and pioneer of South Texas ranching legacy.
\n\u2022 Jos\u00e9 Salvador de la Garza<\/strong> \u2014 recipient of the Esp\u00edritu Santo Land Grant<\/em> (1781), cornerstone of later Garza\u2013Cavazos\u2013Esparza holdings in South Texas.
\n\u2022 San Pedro de Carricitos Grant<\/strong> \u2014 royal land concession later tied to the Esparza family through Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza and his descendants.<\/p>\n
\nG1 \u2014 Don Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado (c.1510\u20131554)
\nConquistador & Governor of Nueva Galicia; explorer of the American Southwest (first European documentation of Palo Duro Canyon, Grand Canyon expedition 1540-1542).
\nMarried Do\u00f1a Beatriz de Estrada y de la Cerda, daughter of Don Alonso de Estrada (Royal Treasurer & Acting Governor of New Spain, natural son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon) and Do\u00f1a Marina Guti\u00e9rrez Flores de la Caballer\u00eda.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G2 \u2014 Luisa de Estrada Coronado (b. c.1540s)
\nDocumented daughter of Francisco V\u00e1zquez de Coronado and Beatriz de Estrada.
\nMarried (1) Luis Ponce de Le\u00f3n; (2) Mart\u00edn de Irigoyen.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G3 \u2014 Mar\u00eda de Irigoyen Estrada (b. c.1570, New Spain)
\nMarried Juan Navarro de Balbuena, of the founder family of Guadalajara.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G4 \u2014 Francisca Navarro de Estrada (b. c.1595, Guadalajara)
\nMarried Don Diego de Sosa Albornoz, of the Estrada\u2013de Sosa line of New Spain.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G5 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Ana de Sosa Albornoz Navarro (b. c.1620, New Spain)
\nMarried General Alonso de Far\u00edas Trevi\u00f1o, of Monterrey, Nuevo Le\u00f3n.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G6 \u2014 Francisca de Trevi\u00f1o Navarro (b. c.1645, Monterrey, N.L.)
\nMarried Captain Blas Mar\u00eda de la Garza Falc\u00f3n, founder of Camargo (Nuevo Le\u00f3n\/Tamaulipas).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G7 \u2014 Gertrudis de la Garza Falc\u00f3n (b. c.1670, Camargo)
\nMarried Don Jos\u00e9 Salvador de la Garza, grantee of the Esp\u00edritu Santo Land Grant (1781).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G8 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Francisca Xaviera de la Garza (b. c.1695)
\nMarried Captain Jos\u00e9 Manuel de Goseascochea.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G9 \u2014 Do\u00f1a Estefana Goseascochea Cavazos de Cortina (b. c.1720)
\nMarried (1) Jos\u00e9 Francisco Vicente Cavazos; (2) Trinidad Cortina.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G10 \u2014 Sabas Cavazos (b. c.1750)
\nSon of Estefana Goseascochea.
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Eulogia Guerra.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G11 \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Vicente Cavazos Guerra (b. c.1775)
\nMarried Mar\u00eda Gertrudis Reyes.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G12 \u2014 Inocente Cavazos Reyes (b. c.1800)
\nMarried Guillermo Reyes Garc\u00eda.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G13 \u2014 Encarnaci\u00f3n Reyes Cavazos (b. c.1835)
\nMarried Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cavazos Villarreal.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G14 \u2014 Mar\u00eda Hilaria Cavazos Reyes (1870\u20131945)
\nMarried Antonio Garc\u00eda Esparza (1865\u20131935)
\nm: 24 Apr 1887.
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G15 \u2014 Samuel Reyes Esparza (1911\u20131980)
\nMarried Ignacia Cortez Rodr\u00edguez (1916\u20131996).
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 G16 \u2014 The Esparza Sisters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"