Cortez/Pizarro Genealogy
AuchterMay
Hi,
Found the book: CONQUEST: Montezuma, Cortez, and the Fall of Old Mexico
by Hugh Thomas. ISBN 0-671-51104-1 (pbk) Thomas lists the following as
"Cortez's Ladies"
LEONOR PIZARRO: an "Indiana" of Cuba. Later married to Juan de Salcedo.
Cortez had one daughter by her.
CATALINA "LA MARCAYDA": Cortes married her in Cuba in 1514. She died in
Mexico in 1522.
MARINA(MALINALI: Interpretess, by whom Cortes had a son, Martin, born in
1522. (Aztec name = "Tepi"
ELVIRA DE HERMOSILLA: later married Juan Diaz de Real, Later still Lope
de Acuna.
TECUICHPO, "Dona Isabel": daughter of Montezuma. Cortes had a child by
her.
"DONA ANA," "DONA INES": daughters of Montezuma, killed in the noche
triste.
"DONA FRANCISCA": duaghter of Cacama, killed in the noche triste.
"JUANA DE ZUNIGA, niece of the Duke of Bejar. Cortez married her in 1528
and had several children by her. Her son, Martin Cortez, was heir to his
father's estate.
CORTEZ'S FAMILY TREE
Generation 1: Alvar Garcia Bejarano
2. Gomez Gonzalez de Carvajal
M (1) * Catalina Gongalez (2) Juana Galindez
3. Fernando Alfonso de Orellana, Lord of Orellana
M: Juana
4. Mencia
M: Rodrigo Monroy, Lord of Monroy
5. Maria Cortez had an illegitimate son by
Roderigo Perez de Monroy
6. Martin Cortez of Medellin D: 1525
M: Catalina
7. Hernan Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico
1484-1547
Wives and mistresses listed above.
Both Francisco Pizarro and Diego Pizarro are cousins of Hernan Cortez's,
while yet another conqueror comes from his line
Line of Francisco Orellana
(1)Alvar Garcia Bejatano
(2) Diego Garcia Orellano, Lord of Orellana de
la Sierra
(3) Diego Bejarano "el bueno", Lord of Orellana
de la Sierra
(4) Francisco Meneses, regidor of Talavera
(5) Francisco Orellana, who discovered the
Amazon 1511- 1550
Line of Diego Pizarro
1 - Diego Alfon Altamirano. Notary, Majordomo
to Countess
of Medellin
M: Leonor Sanchez Pizarro
2. Catalina Pizarro
M: Martin Cortes (father of Hernan)
2. Juana Sanchez Pizarra
Married Gonzalo
3. Diego Pizarro in lawsuits 1488
4. Diego Pizarro in Mexico with his cousin
Hernan Cortes
Line of Francisco Pizarro
1. Isabel Rodriquez, sister of Gonzalo (#2 above)
M: Hernando Pizarro
2. Gonzalo Pizarro
Francisca Gonzalez had an illegitimate child by Gonzalo.
3. Francisco Pizarro, Conqueror of Peru 1478-1541
Can these trees be disputed or verified? I read that most of the
"conquerors" seemed to have come from the same area of Spain. And as you can
see, many were related too. It is stated, in other books, that Cortes paid
the Pope to legitimize all his children. His family had a few children born
out of wedlock, so that must have been "normal" in his family?
Maggie
WSMORGANV
Thanks so much for posting the Cortez & Pizarro information! I have been
trying to find the ancestry of Pedro Menendez, founder of St. Augustine. Do
you have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
William Morgan
Orlando, FL