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Proposed Spanish gateway Juan Montes Vigil
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Nathan Murphy
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I would like to open this proposed Spanish royal descent for discussion.

In 1695, Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil (c1665–1730) went north to Santa Fe in modern-day New Mexico. He was born in Zacatecas. His grandfather Juan Montes Vigil (1588–before 1656) immigrated to Nueva España by way of Perú in 1611. In his pasajeros a Indias contratación, an uncle describes Juan as an hidalgo [hijodalgo]. This article traces a royal descent through the Kings of León back to Charlemagne.

Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil has many American descendants. In the 1880 U.S. Census, 1,157 Vigils lived in New Mexico and 274 in Colorado. Notable descendants include: (1) Donaciano Vigil (1802–1877), second governor of New Mexico territory and (2) Josefa Jaramillo, last wife of American frontiersman Kit Carson (1809–1868). (Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua, 157–158, 166–167)

Dr. Brent Cruz discovered this royal descent. He is quick to credit Fray Angelico Chavez, Rick Hendricks, John B. Colligan, Marietta Vigil Gonzales, Charles Martinez y Vigil, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Diaz Álvarez for the detailed research they carried out in New Mexican, Mexican, and Spanish archives to trace the line back to the Middle Ages. Their work was the foundation upon which his research was built. In Dr. Cruz’s book, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), he traces the full pedigree of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil.

These books trace Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil’s descendants:
1. Maria C. Martinez, Some Descendants of Francisco Montes Vigil II: Siero, Spain to “La Culebra” (San Pablo, Colorado, 1999). Online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/964809
2. Maria C. Martinez, Some Descendants of Domingo Montes Vigil: Siero, Spain to “La Culebra” 1611–1965, 1695–1999 (San Pablo, Colorado, 1999). Online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/964810
3. Maria C. Martinez, Some Descendants of Juan Montes Vigil 1689–2000 (San Pablo, Colorado, 2000). Online at FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/976703
4. Maria C. Martinez, Some Descendants of Francisco Montes Vigil I [male lines only] (San Pablo, Colorado, 2003).

ROYAL DESCENT

1. CHARLEMAGNE, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, b. prob. 2 April 748, d. Aachen, 28 January 814, m. between 1 May 770 and 30 April 1772, HILDEGARDE. She was b. probably between 2 May 757 and 30 April 761, d. Saxony, 30 April 783.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 1, generation 1. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1980), Neue Folge, vol. 1, table 2. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 171, 176, 185, 191, 361. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:483.

2. LOUIS “THE PIOUS,” HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, b. Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Aquitaine, between April and September 778, d. on an island in the Rhine, near Mainz, 20 June 840, m. about 794, ERMENGARDE. She d. 3 October 818.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 1, generation 2, no. 6c. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 68. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1980), Neue Folge, vol. 1, table 2. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 204, 249. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:494.

3. LOTHAIR I, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, b. c795, d. Prüm monastery in Ardennes, 28 or 29 September 855, bur. there, m. October 821, ERMENGARDE OF TOURS. She d. 20 March 851.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 1, generation 3, no. 8. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 76. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1980), Neue Folge, vol. 1.1, table 4; vol. 1.2, table 236. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 255, 259. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:499.

4. LOTHAIR II, KING OF LORRAINE, b. about 835, d. Piacenza, 8 August 869, bur. in the church of St. Antoninus the martyr, m. 862 (marriage not recognized), WALDRADE.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 1, generation 4, no. 3a. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 90. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1980), Neue Folge, vol. 1, table 2. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 270, 381. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:499.

5. BERTHA, d. Lucca, 8 March 925, m. before 880, THIBAUD, COUNT OF ARLES. He d. after June 887.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 1, generation 5, no. 8b. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 109. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1980), Neue Folge, vol. 1.1, table 4. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 274, 375, 381. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:499–500.

6. BOSO OF ARLES, MARGRAVE OF TUSCANY, d. after 936, m. WILLA.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 4, generation 7, no. 36. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 132. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 386. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:500.

7. WILLA OF TUSCANY, d. after 4 August 966, m. before 936, BERENGARIO II, KING OF ITALY. He was b. probably 900 or earlier, d. Bamberg, 4 August 966.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 4, generation 7, no. 25. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 137. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, table 59. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 386. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:502.

8. ADALBERTO, MARGRAVE OF IVREA, d. 20 April 975?, m. GERBERGE. She d. 11 December between 986 and 992.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 4, generation 7, no. 36. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 166. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, table 59. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 412. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:502. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Burgundy Kingdom Counts of Burgundy), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/.

9. OTTO alias GUILLAUME, COUNT OF MÂCON, COUNT OF BURGUNDY, b. Italy, before ca. 962, bur. Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, 21 September 1026 (or 1027?), m. ERMENTRUDE DE ROUCY. She was b. about 950, d. 5 March between 1002 and 1004.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 2, generation 9, no. 14c; table 4, generation 8, no. 36. Siegfried Rösch, Caroli Magni Progenies (Neustadt an der Aisch, 1977), 166. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, table 59. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 412. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Burgundy Kingdom Counts of Burgundy), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/.

10. RENAUD I, COUNT OF BURGUNDY, d. 4 September 1057, bur. Besançon, m. ADÉLAÏDE OF NORMANDY.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 4, generation 9, no. 48a. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, table 59. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Burgundy Kingdom Counts of Burgundy), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/.

11. GUILLAUME I, COUNT OF BURGUNDY, b. about 1024, d. Besançon, 12 November 1087, bur. there, m. ÉTIENNETTE. She d. after 19 October 1088.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 4, generation 9, no. 48a. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, table 59. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Burgundy Kingdom Counts of Burgundy), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/.

12. RAYMOND OF BURGUNDY, COUNT OF GALICIA. Raymond, b. Dijón, France, about 1070, d. Grajal, León, 20 September 1107, bur. catedral de Santiago el Mayor, Santiago de Compostela, m. before 1090, URRACA I, QUEEN OF CASTILE & LEÓN, d. Saldaña, Palencia, between 8 March 1125 and 1126, bur. monasterio de San Isidoro, León.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 16, generation 11, no. 93. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, tables 59, 62. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Burgundy Kingdom Counts of Burgundy), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Manuel Recuero Astray, “Raimundo de Borgoña,” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.

13. ALFONSO VII, “EL EMPERADOR,” KING OF CASTILE & LEÓN, b. Galicia, 1 March 1104 to 1105, d. La Fresneda, Teruel, Aragón, 21 August 1157, bur. catedral de Santa María, Toledo; m. BERENGUELA BERENGUER. Berenguela, d. Palencia, February 1149, bur. catedral de Santiago el Mayor, Santiago de Compostela.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 11, generation 14, no. 170a; table 16, generation 12, no. 131. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, tables 56, 62. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon, Counts & Kings), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Manuel Recuero Astray, “Alfonso VII,” “Berenguela Berenguer,” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.

14. FERNANDO II, KING OF LEÓN b. 1137, d. Benavente, Zamora, 22 January 1188, bur. catedral de Santiago el Mayor, Santiago de Compostela, m. URRACA OF PORTUGAL. Urraca, d. Valladolid, 16 October 1188.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 18, generation 14, no. 390. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, table 62. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon, Counts & Kings), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Manuel Recuero Astray, “Fernando II de León,” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.

15. ALFONSO IX, KING OF LEÓN, b. Zamora, Reino de León, 15 August 1171, d. on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela at Villanueva de Sarria, Reino de León, 24 September 1230, bur. catedral de Santiago de Compostela. By a mistress, ALDONZA MARTÍNEZ DE SILVA, he had Aldonza.

Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 16, generation 14, no. 332a. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, tables 38, 62, 63; (Marburg, 1985), Neue Folge, vol. 3 table 530a. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon, Counts & Kings), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Gregoria Cavero Domínguez, “Alfonso IX,” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.

16. ALDONZA ALFONSO DE LEÓN, d. 1267, m. (1) DIEGO FROILAZ SEÑOR DE MANSILLA Y RUEDA, m. (2) before October 1235, PEDRO PONCE DE CABRERA, ricohombre leonés, señor del Valle de Aria. Pedro, b. between 1181 and 1202 (minor in 7 July 1202), d. 1248/1254. She was the King’s illegitimate daughter. Both bur. monasterio de Santa María de Nogales, León. Issue: a. 17. Fernán Pérez Ponce de León, b. Rodrigo Pérez Ponce de León (Maestre de Calatrava [1284], Mayordomo mayor of Sancho IV King of Castile [1293–1295], Comendador mayor de Alcaniz), c. Juan Pérez Ponce de León (d.s.p.), d. Pedro Pérez Ponce de León (13th Comendador mayor de Santiago). Some compiled genealogies also list these children: a. Elvira Ponce de León, b. Álvaro Ponce de León, c. Juana Ponce de León. I haven’t attempted to verify these claims.

Proof of parentage (1): Cawley states that “The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos [?1287–1354] names ‘D. Rodrigo Alonso, D. Aldonça Alonso, D. Teresa Alonso’ as the children of King Alfonso IX and ‘D. Aldonça Martinez de Silva,’ and in a later passage records that ‘Conde D. Pedro Ponce’ married ‘D. Aldonça Alonso.’”

Secondary sources: Juan Fernández de Herrera, Chrónica de las Tres Órdenes y Cavallerias de Santiago, Calatrava, y Alcántara (Toledo, 1572), 25b–27b. Gonzalo Argote de Molina, Nobleza de Andaluzia (Sevilla, 1588), 160–161. Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, Crónico de la Excelentisima Casa de los Ponces de León (Toledo, 1620), 42b–69b. Francisco Antonio de Alarcón, Nobiliario del Conde de Barcelos (Madrid, 1646), 131. Thomás de Herrera, Historia del Convento de San Agustín de Salamanca (Madrid, 1652), 119–120. Ivan Flórez de Ocariz, Libro Segundo de las Genealogías del Nuevo Reino de Granada (Madrid, 1676), 89. Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 179–183. Alonso Torres y Tapia, Crónica de la Orden de Alcántara (Madrid, 1763), 2:65–72. Francisco Ruano and Johannes Ribadas, Casa de Cabrera en Cordóba: Obra Genealógica Histórica (Cordoba, 1779), 31–45. Emilio García Rodríguez, El Nobiliario de los Ponce de León hasta el siglo XVII (Toledo, 1947). Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1985), Neue Folge, vol. 3 table 530a: La descendencia ilegitima del Rey Don Alfonso IX de León †1230. Marchena bajo los Ponce de León: Formación y Consolidación del Señorío, Siglos XIII-XVI (Marchena, 1997). Juan Luis Carriazo Rubio, La Memoria del Linaje: Los Ponces de León y sus Antepasados a Fines de la Edad Media (Sevilla, 2002), 33. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon Nobility [1]; also sub Castile & Leon, Counts & Kings), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Antonio Manuel Romero Dorado, “El escudo de los Ponce de León y el diseño de los azulejos gemelos de Marchena y Chipiona (1638 y 1640), El Rincón malillo 3 (2013):3-12 (coat of arms). Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 59. María Luisa Bueno Domínguez, “Pedro Ponce de Cabrera,” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es. Dates haven’t been verified, taken from Wikipedia (Spanish).

17. FERNÁN PÉREZ PONCE DE LEÓN, ricohombre leonés, señor de la Puebla de Asturias, Cangas y Tineo, adelantado mayor de la frontera de Andalucía, mayordomo mayor del rey Alfonso X ‘el Sabio’ Rey de Castilla (1284) y ayo de Fernando IV de Castilla (1290–1291), d. 1291, bur. in the colegiata de San Salvador de Jerez de la Frontera (remains later removed to the monasterio de Moreruela in Zamora Province), m. URRACA GUTIÉRREZ DE MENESES. Issue: a. Pedro Ponce de León (ricohombre castellano, señor de Cangas, Tineo y de la Puebla de Asturias, mayordomo mayor del rey Fernando IV de Castilla, adelantado mayor de la frontera de Andalucía y adelantado mayor de Galicia, d. 1314), b. Gutierre Ponce de León, c. 18. Fernando Pérez Ponce de León. These daughters are named modern scholars: a. Aldonza Fernández Ponce de León, b. Beatriz Ponce de León (m. Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán), c. Juana Ponce de León (m. Pedro Núñez de Guzmán). No attempts have been made to verify the parentage of these daughters.

Proof of parentage (1): Cawley states that “The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos [?1287–1354] names ‘D. Fernan Perez Ponço, D. Juan sin hijos, D. Rodrigo Maestre de Calatrava sin hijos’ as the children of ‘Conde D. Pedro Ponce’ and his wife ‘D. Aldonça Alonso.’”

Secondary sources: Juan Fernández de Herrera, Chrónica de las Tres Órdenes y Cavallerias de Santiago, Calatrava, y Alcántara (Toledo, 1572), 25b–27b. Gonzalo Argote de Molina, Nobleza de Andaluzia (Sevilla, 1588), 160–161. Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, Crónico de la Excelentisima Casa de los Ponces de León (Toledo, 1620), 42b–69b. Francisco Antonio de Alarcón, Nobiliario del Conde de Barcelos (Madrid, 1646), 131. Thomás de Herrera, Historia del Convento de San Agustín de Salamanca (Madrid, 1652), 119–120. Ivan Flórez de Ocariz, Libro Segundo de las Genealogías del Nuevo Reino de Granada (Madrid, 1676), 89. Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 179–183. Alonso Torres y Tapia, Crónica de la Orden de Alcántara (Madrid, 1763), 2:65–72. Francisco Ruano and Johannes Ribadas, Casa de Cabrera en Cordóba: Obra Genealógica Histórica (Cordoba, 1779), 31–45. Emilio García Rodríguez, El Nobiliario de los Ponce de León hasta el siglo XVII (Toledo, 1947). Marchena bajo los Ponce de León: Formación y Consolidación del Señorío, Siglos XIII-XVI (Marchena, 1997). Juan Luis Carriazo Rubio, La Memoria del Linaje: Los Ponces de León y sus Antepasados a Fines de la Edad Media (Sevilla, 2002), 33. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon Nobility [1]), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 59. Dates haven’t been verified, taken from Wikipedia (Spanish).

18. FERNANDO PÉREZ PONCE DE LEÓN, ricohombre castellano, señor de Marchena, Bornos, Espera, Rota y Chipiona, y en el reino de Aragón poseía los lugares de Frescano, Ponzano, y Celia junto con sus castillos, d. c1315 or 1331, m. 1303, ISABEL PÉREZ DE GUZMÁN. Issue: a. Pedro Ponce de León, señor de Marchena; b. 19. Fernan Pérez Ponce de León; c. Isabel Ponce de León.

Proof of parentage (1): Cawley states that “The Livro Velho [c1270] names ‘D. Pero Ponço e D. Gutterre e…D. Fernam Pires Ponço’ as the children of ‘D. Fernam Pires Ponço’ and his wife.”

Proof of parentage (2): Cawley also states that “The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos [?1287–1354] names ‘D. Pedro Ponzo, D. Fernan Perez Ponzo’ as the children of ‘D. Fernan Perez Ponço’ and his wife ‘D. Urraca Gutierrez.’”

Secondary sources: Juan Fernández de Herrera, Chrónica de las Tres Órdenes y Cavallerias de Santiago, Calatrava, y Alcántara (Toledo, 1572), 25b–27b. Gonzalo Argote de Molina, Nobleza de Andaluzia (Sevilla, 1588), 160–161. Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, Crónico de la Excelentisima Casa de los Ponces de León (Toledo, 1620), 42b–69b. Francisco Caro de Torres, Historia de las Órdenes Militares de Santiago, Calatrava, y Alcántara (Madrid, 1629), 66b. Francisco Antonio de Alarcón, Nobiliario del Conde de Barcelos (Madrid, 1646), 132. Thomás de Herrera, Historia del Convento de San Agustín de Salamanca (Madrid, 1652), 119–120. Ivan Flórez de Ocariz, Libro Segundo de las Genealogías del Nuevo Reino de Granada (Madrid, 1676), 89. Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 179–183. Alonso Torres y Tapia, Crónica de la Orden de Alcántara (Madrid, 1763), 2:65–72. Francisco Ruano and Johannes Ribadas, Casa de Cabrera en Cordóba: Obra Genealógica Histórica (Córdoba, 1779), 31–45. Juan Luis Carriazo Rubio, “Marchena y los Ponces de León: Elementos de un Debate Historiográfico” in Ayuntamiento de Marchena, ed., Marchena bajo los Ponce de León: Formación y Consolidación del Señorío, Siglos XIII-XVI (Marchena, 1997), 13–50. Juan Luis Carriazo Rubio, La Memoria del Linaje: Los Ponces de León y sus Antepasados a Fines de la Edad Media (Sevilla, 2002), 33. Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada, “Doña María Alfonso Coronel, Matriarca Sevillana, en los Comienzos de la Casa de Guzmán (1267–1331),” in Carlos Manuel Reglero de la Fuente, ed. Poder y Sociedad en la Baja Edad Media Hispánica: Estudios en Homenaje al Profesor Luis Vicente Díaz Martín (Valladolid, 2002), 427, 453, 465. Juan Luis Carriazo Rubio, “Mujer y Señorio en la Marchena del Siglo XIV,” Jornadas sobre Historia de Marchena 11 (2005):25–47. Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada, “Los Guzmán, Señores de Sanlúcar, en el Siglo XIV,” Historia, Instituciones, Documentos 36 (2009):229–250. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon Nobility [1]), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 59. Rafael Sánchez Saus, “Fernando Pérez Ponce de León [m. c1315],” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.

19. FERNAN PÉREZ PONCE DE LEÓN, noble castellano, elected Maestre de la Orden de Alcántara (1346), d. c1355, bur. in the iglesia de Morón de la Frontera (remains later removed to the convento de San Benito de Alcántara [seat of the Orden de Alcántara]). His wife has not been identified. Issue: a. 20. Pedro Ponce de León; b. Beatriz (d. between 1394 and 1406 [described as deceased in brother’s will]).

Proof of parentage (1): Cawley states “The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos [?1287–1354] names ‘D. Pedro Ponzo, D. Fernan Perez Ponzo Maestre de Alcantara, D. Isabel’ as the children of ‘D. Fernan Perez Ponzo’ and his wife ‘D. Isabel.’” (Citing Pedro Barcelos, Tit. XXI, Ponços, 7, p. 132.)

Proof of parentage (2): Cawley also states “Ayala’s Crónica de Pedro I names ‘grandes parientes...Don Pero Ponce de Leon Señor de Marchena, é Don Ferran Perez Ponce Maestre de Alcántara su hermano del dicho Don Pero Ponce...’ of ‘Doña Leonor de Guzman’ present at Medina Sidonia, when the body of King Alfonso XI passed through the town in 1350.” (Citing López de Ayala (1779), Tome I, Crónica del rey don Pedro, Año Primo, Cap. III, p. 14.)

Secondary sources: Juan Fernández de Herrera, Chrónica de las Tres Órdenes y Cavallerias de Santiago, Calatrava, y Alcántara (Toledo, 1572), 25b–27b. Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, Crónico de la Excelentisima Casa de los Ponces de León (Toledo, 1620), 42b–69b. Francisco Caro de Torres, Historia de las Órdenes Militares de Santiago, Calatrava, y Alcántara (Madrid, 1629), 66b. Francisco Antonio de Alarcón, Nobiliario del Conde de Barcelos (Madrid, 1646), 132. Thomás de Herrera, Historia del Convento de San Agustín de Salamanca (Madrid, 1652), 119–120. Ivan Flórez de Ocariz, Libro Segundo de las Genealogías del Nuevo Reino de Granada (Madrid, 1676), 89. Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 179–183. Alonso Torres y Tapia, Crónica de la Orden de Alcántara (Madrid, 1763), 2:65–72. Francisco Ruano and Johannes Ribadas, Casa de Cabrera en Cordóba: Obra Genealógica Histórica (Cordóba, 1779), 31–45. A[lfonso] Carlos Merchán Fernández and Tomás Bernal García, “El Estatuto Jurídico de la Orden Militar de Alcántara,” Anuario de la Facultad Derecho [Universidad de Extremadura] 3 (1984–1985):35–130. Feliciano Novoa Portela, “Los Maestres de la Orden de Alcántara durante los Reinados de Alfonso IX y Pedro I,” Historia, Instituciones, Documentos 29 (2000):317–335. Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada, “Doña María Alfonso Coronel, Matriarca Sevillana, en los Comienzos de la Casa de Guzmán (1267–1331),” in Carlos Manuel Reglero de la Fuente, ed. Poder y Sociedad en la Baja Edad Media Hispánica: Estudios en Homenaje al Profesor Luis Vicente Díaz Martín (Valladolid, 2002), 427, 453, 465. Feliciano Novoa Portela, “Algunos Consideraciones sobre los Maestres Alcantarinos desde el Nacimiento de la Orden hasta 1350,” Revista de Estudios Extremeños 59 (2003): 1059-1081. Manuel María Rodríguez de Maribona y Dávila, Don Gaspar de Jovellanos y Ramírez de Jove, Caballero de la Orden de Alcántara: Genealogía, Nobleza y Armas (Gijón, 2007), [page]. Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):5–11 (Fernan d. c1355; Pedro d. 1394-1406). Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon Nobility [1]), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 57. Rafael Sánchez Saus, “Fernando Pérez Ponce de León [m. 1355],” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.

20. PEDRO PONCE DE LEÓN, testament dated 28 February 1406, in which he requested burial in iglesia de San Salvador “en mi lugar de Vega,” m. TERESA GARCÍA. Issue: a. Pedro Ponce de León; b. 21. Beatriz Ponce de León (m. Diego Fernández de Miranda); c. Gutierre Ponce de León el mayor; d. Gutierre Ponce de León el menor (second of the name; one of the two testó in 1468), e. Luis Ponce de León, f. Álvaro Ponce de León, g. Urraca Ponce de León, h. Leonor Ponce de León. These children, apparently illegitimate, are also named in his testament: i. Fernán Ponce de León, j. Alfonso Ponce de León, k. Juan Ponce de León, l. Isabel Ponce de León.

Proof of parentage (1): Pedro left a testament dated 28 February 1406, declaring himself son of Fernán Pérez Ponce de León. (González Morejón, 5)

Secondary sources: Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):5–11. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 57. In some genealogies, Pedro’s given name is Ruy or Rodrigo. Mara believe “Puede ser un error de los amanuenses de Salazar y Castro al transcribir su testamento. (Abreviaturas Pº o Rº).”

21. BEATRIZ PONCE DE LEÓN, m. c1394, DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ DE MIRANDA. (González Morejón, 5) Issue: a. 22. Inés de Miranda y Ponce de León. By a mistress, Diego had an illegitimate son: Rodrigo de Miranda. (González Calle, 145) Note: Beatriz is called Leonor in many genealogies. For a discussion of why Beatriz is now preferred, see González Calle, 144.

Proof of parentage (1): In 1394, Beatriz Ponce de Leon made a donation of lands to her nieces Doña Beatriz and Doña Leonor, daughters of her brother, to be held by Don Diego de Miranda, husband of Doña Beatriz. (González Morejón, 5)

Proof of parentage (2): In his testament dated 28 February 1406, Pedro Ponce de León identifies his daughter Beatriz. (González Morejón, 5)

Secondary sources: Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, Crónico de la Excelentisima Casa de los Ponces de León (Toledo, 1620). Joseph Pellicer, Memorial del Conde de Miranda [not accessed]. Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1739), 2:812, 840. Senén Álvarez de la Rivera Mönckeberg, Biblioteca Histórico-Genealógica Asturiana, 3 vols. (Santiago, Chile, 1924–1928), 1:84. Juan Uria Riu, “Rasgo Historico-Genealogico de la Casa de Valdecarzana–(Siglos XIV y XV),” Revista de la Universidad de Oviedo (Septiembre–Diciembre 1947):93–106. Marqués de Saltillo, “Palacios Ovetenses: Datas para su Historia, 1474–1786,” Revista de la Universidad de Oviedo 9–10 (1942):272. “Jesús Antonio González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 6 (2001):144, fn 95. Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):5–11. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 57.

22. INÉS DE MIRANDA Y PONCE DE LEÓN, liv. in Riello (Valdesampedro de Teverga) in the period 1470–1474, d. before 26 August 1476 (González Calle, 146), m. MARTÍN VÁSQUEZ DE QUIRÓS, señor de la casa de Llanuces, señor de Valdecarzana. Martín legatee in father Lope González de Quirós’s testament (dated 20 May 1406). Martín’s testament is dated 13 October 1456 at Riello (Valdesampedro de Teverga). Issue: a. 23. Diego Fernández de Miranda; b. Alvar Díaz de Miranda, señor de Valdecarzana (m. Leonor Suarez de Quiñones); c. Rodrigo de Quirós y Miranda, señor de la casa de Llanuces (m. before 1469, Leonor de Argüelles); d. Aldonza de Miranda, m. Mendo Suares de la Rivera de las casa de Varsones y Andallon; e. Martino (bequest in father’s testament).

Proof of parentage (1): In his testament dated 13 October 1456, Martyn Vazquez de Quirós identifies his wife as “Ignes de Miranda,” recording her surname. (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 329)

Proof of parentage (2): Diego de Miranda adopted the surname of his mother to restore el “linaje de los Miranda.” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 304)

Proof of parentage (3): González Calle discusses a family property dispute, dated 1468, between Diego de Miranda and Rodrigo de Miranda. An explicit relationship between the parties does not seem to be stated. These records are stored in ARIDEA, fondo CV, Casa de Miranda. (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 145)

Proof of parentage (4): A sixteenth-century epitaph for Diego de Miranda (d. abt. 1506), identifies him as “fijo de Martín Vásques de Quirós e de donna Inés Ponce de Miranda,” recording Ponce as a surname of Inés. (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial,” 144)

Proof of parentage (5): A genealogical table in the Colleción Salazar y Castro states “Mar’n Vazquez de Quiros s’r de la casa de Llanuzes caso con D’a Ines s’a de la casa de Miranda en Asturias hija de Di’o Frz de Miranda y de d’a Leonor Ponce de Leon.” (9/310, fº 158 v.)

Proof of parentage (6): Another genealogical table in the Colleción Salazar y Castro states “Martin Vazques de Quiros s’r de Valde carzana caso con D’a Ynes de Mir’a s’a de esta casa en Asturias hija de Di’o Frz de Miranda y de d’a Leonor Ponce her’na de d Fernan P’z [term] el Alcant’a [terms]” and identifies children. (9/301, fº 251)

Proof of parentage (7): In the real cédula de concesión del título de marqués de Valdecarzana a Lope de Miranda Ponce de León, dated 23 February 1672, there is an explanation of how the Ponce surname and León arms entered his lineage. He states that in 1397, his ancestor “Diego Fernandez de Miranda Caso con d’a Leonor Ponze hija de Rodrigo Ponce s’r de Marchena hermana de Fernan Perez Ponce M’re de Alcantara, y desde eltiempo se conserva yusa[?] en vuestra casa ensegundo lugar el apelativo de Ponce y enel escudo desus Armas el Leon quele sustenta en sus bracos con Corona y el mismo Diego Fernandez de Miranda siguió lavoz del s’r Rey d’n Pedro y salio con otros Cavalleros defando en Asturias asu muger d’a Leonor Ponce y su hija d’a Ynes que caso el s’r [abbreviation] Enrique desu mano con Martin Vazquez de Quiros nieto de Gonzalo Bernardo de Quiros.” (9/317, fº 23 v. a 27)

Secondary sources: Felipe Bernardo de Quiros y Benavides, Solar de la Casa de Olloniego (Madrid, after 1686), 4. Tabla genealógica de la familia Miranda (varonía Quirós), señores y marqueses de Valdecarzana. [9/301, fº 251.], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=50771) (children Aldonza, Alvar Diaz, and Rodrigo). Tabla genealógica de la familia de Miranda, señora de la casa de Llanuces. [9/306, fº 223.], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=53159). Tabla genealógica de la familia de Quirós Miranda. [9/310, fº 158 v.], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=54693) (Señor de la casa de Llanuces). Real cédula de concesión del título de marqués de Valdecarzana a Lope de Miranda Ponce de León, dated 23 February 1672. [9/317, fº 23 v. a 27], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=55132). Fermín Canella y Secades, El Libro de Oviedo: Guía de la Ciudad y su Consejo (Oviedo, 1887), 227. Margarita Cuartas Rivero, Oviedo y el Principado de Asturias a fines de la Edad Media (Oviedo, 1983), 10–15, 71–72, 149–151 [not accessed beyond Google previews]. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 6 (2001):144–146 (includes discussion of erroneous pedigrees for Inés). Jesús Antonio González Calle, “De los Bernaldo de Quirós a los Miranda: Dos Testamentos ‘Perdidos’ Asturianos del Siglo XV,” in Eloy Benito Ruano, ed., Sulcum Sevit: Estudios en Homenaje a Eloy Benito Ruano (Oviedo, 2004), 301–332. Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Marqueses de Valdecarzana, Señores de Vasallos en la Asturias del Antiguo Régimen (Siglos XVI-XVIII),” Revista de Historia Moderna 24 (2006): 363–394. Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):7 (they had children in 1469). Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.

23. DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ DE MIRANDA ‘el viejo,’ señor et fundador de la casa de Miranda, d. abt. 1506, bur. desaparecido monasterio de San Francisco de Oviedo, m. (1) MENCÍA DE VALDÉS, m. (2) ISABEL DE QUIRÓS, m. (3) SANCHA DE LAS ALAS. Legatee in father’s testament (dated 13 October 1456). Issue (by Isabel): a. Lope Bernaldo de Miranda (d. c1525, m. Urraca de Ron); b. 24. Diego de Quirós Miranda.

Proof of parentage (1): In his testament dated 13 October 1456, Martyn Vazquez de Quirós gave to “Diego de Miranda, su fijo e de la dicha donna Ignés [de Miranda], su mugger, el su castiello de Alesga, con todos los heredamientos e techos e llantados e vinnas qu’él avía en el vale de Valdesanpedro, de la ponte de Várzana arriba, de mayoralgo e melloría de los otros sus fijos e fijas. Item maes: que mandara al dicho Diego de Mirando los seis mille maravedís que avía en Avillés de merçed de su sennor el rey.” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 329–331)

Proof of parentage (2): Pleito, dated 12 September 1468, summarized by González Calle: “Rodrigo de Miranda, citado como hijo de Diego Fernández de Miranda y como marido de doña Beatriz, se queda con los derechos familiares en los concejos de Salas y Miranda, y en los cotos de Soto de los Infantes (Salas), Quinzanas y Luerces (Pravia), así como ciertos derechos en el concejo de Grado. Por su parte, Diego de Miranda, expresado como hijo de Martín Vázquez de Quirós y doña Inés, se queda con la casa, torre y coto de Villanueva (Grado), y los cotos de Villarruiz (Yernes y Tameza) y Villalperi (¿Villapérez, en el alfoz de Oviedo?). Además, ambos acuerdan compartir otros bienes, como el piélago del Cabrón, los bienes de Murias y una viña en Grullos (Candamo). También acuerdan hacer frente a pretensiones de terceras personas, de manera que Rodrigo de Miranda se compromete a responder a las de Diego Fernández de Laciana y su hermana casada con Diego García de Tineo, en tanto que Diego de Miranda atendería las reclamaciones de la viuda de Gómez Arias de Ponferrada (aridea, fondo cv, Casa de Miranda).” (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 145)

Proof of parentage (3): González Calle also summarizes this document, dated to the period 1470–1474: “Menén Peláez y María Peláez solicitan al juez correspondiente que les dé posesión de los bienes de María González, quien les había proahijado, y que establezca un coto o multa a quien les contraviniese de 600 maravedíes ‘para la parte del señor Diego de Miranda e de su madre sennora dona Ynés de Miranda’ y de 48 maravedíes para el propio juez (Fernández Suárez, 1993: doc. 287).” Citing: Ana Fernández Suárez, Registro notariales del archivo de la Casa de Valdecarzana (1397–1495) (Oviedo, 1993), doc. 207. (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 146)

Proof of parentage (4): González Calle also summarizes this document, dated 31 May 1490: “La ascendencia de ambos se pone de relieve cuando su hijo, Lope Bernaldo de Miranda, realiza una pesquisa sobre la transmisión del señorío de Valdecarzana de Teverga, a 31 de mayo de 1490, figurando Isabel de Quirós como hija de Lope Bernaldo de Quirós, nieta de Juan Bernaldo de Quirós y bisnieta de Gutier González de Quirós, en tanto que Diego de Miranda era hijo de Martín Vázquez de Quirós y nieto de Lope González de Quirós (el cual era hermano del antes citado Gutier González de Quirós); así lo declaran cuatro de los testigos presentados: Alvar Pérez de Taja, Juan Álvarez de Campos, Juan González de Vigidel y Pedro Alfonso de Redral (Fernández Suárez, 1992: doc. 18).” (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 146)

Proof of parentage (5): Monument at desaparecido monasterio de San Francisco de Oviedo: “Aqui yace Lope Gonzalez de Quiros, fijo de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros, y Diego de Miranda, su nieto, fijo de Martin Vazquez de Quiros y de Dona Ines Ponce de Miranda, su muger. Esta sepulture mando facer el dicho Diego de Miranda: es este su bulto.” (de la Rada y Delgado, 370)

Proof of parentage (6): In 1496, “los Reyes Catolicos, atendiendo a las suplicas del caballero asturiano Diego de Mirando, le confirmal de privilegio de un juro 4.000 maravedis anuales.” Quote: “agora el dicho Diego de Miranda vos ha pedido vuestra carta de previllejo de los dichos quatro mill maravedis, e ge la non queredes dar syn que primeramente vos muestre el testamento que’l dicho Lope Gonzalez de Quirós, su avuelo, al tiempo de su finamiento, fizo; e asymismo Martin Vazquez, su padre, e asymismo vos muestre la carta de previllejo oreginal del dicho rey don Juan que de los quatro mill maravedis tenia, la qual diz que non puede mostrar porque’l dicho Lope Goncalez diz que ha acerca de ochenta annos que es finado, e por aver tanto tiempo non se ha podido fallar nin aver su testamento para vos le mostrar, nin del dicho Martin Vazquez, su hyjo, padrel del dicho Diego de Miranda. E que el dicho previllejo, porque non sabe sy quedo en poder de los confirmadores del dicho sennor rey don Juan ...” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 301; Fernández Suárez, Teverga, doc. no. 22)

Secondary sources: Genealogía de la casa de Miranda. [9/317, fº 27 a 42, en el cual hay anotaciones de Luis de Salazar.], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=55133) (Quirós and Miranda coats of arms). Juan de Dios de la Rada y Delgado, Viaje de SS. MM. Y AA. Por Catilla, León, Asturias y Galicia, en el Verano de 1858 (Madrid, 1860), 370. Fermín Canella y Secades, El Libro de Oviedo: Guía de la Ciudad y su Consejo (Oviedo, 1887), 227. Marqués de Saltillo, “Palacios Ovetenses: Datas para su Historia, 1474–1786,” Revista de la Universidad de Oviedo 9–10 (1942):272 (includes text of mayorazgo foundation from the codicil to his testament). Miguel Lasso de la Vega y López de Tejada Saltillo (marqués del), Francisco Javier Pérez de Rada y Díaz Rubín Jaureguízar (marqués de), Linajes y Palacios Ovetenses: Datos para su Historia (Madrid, 1992), 46–47 (full text of the foundation of the mayorazgo from the codicil to his testament). Ana Fernández Suárez, Teverga, un concejo de la montaña asturiana en la Edad Media (Oviedo, 1992), doc. no. 22. F. Diego Santos, Inscripciones Medievales de Asturias (Oviedo, 1993), pp. 139–140, 271, 277. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 6 (2001):146–147 (biography of Isabel; all three of Diego’s wives). Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Marqueses de Valdecarzana, Señores de Vasallos en la Asturias del Antiguo Regimen (Siglos XVI–XVIII),” Revista de Historia Moderna 24 (2006):363–394. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “‘¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?’ El Misterio de una Sepultura en la Baja Edad Media Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 2 (2007):275–296. Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):5–6. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.

24. DIEGO DE QUIRÓS MIRANDA, señor de la casa de Miranda de Cudillero (Vigil Gonzalez, 14), b. prob. by 1462 (summoned to court in 1483). His wife has not been identified. Issue: a. Martín de Miranda y Quirós, señor de la casa de Miranda de Cudillero; b. 25. María de Quirós y Miranda (m. Diego de Argüelles).

Proof of parentage (1): In a document dated 1483, “Diego de Miranda, e Lope de Quirós e Diego de Quirós, sus hijos,” are mentioned: “Primeramente, carta en forma para que luego salgan del Principado e vengan a la Corte, Diego de Miranda, e Lope de Quirós e Diego de Quirós, sus hijos; Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quirós e Pero Bernaldo de Quirós, su hijo; Fernando de Valdés, e Álvaro e Fernando, sus hijos; Suero de Caso e Diego de Caso, hijo de Joan de Caso; Sancho de Estrada e Fernando de Tuergrandas, su hermano; Fernando de Estrada e sus hijos, Gonzalo de Estrada e sus hijos, e Gonzalo de Argüelles, e con ellos los otros que hí ovieren, que cumplan salir de la tierra del día que fueren requeridos hasta nueve días primeros siguientes, e dende los otros diez días, se presenten ante el rey o ante la reina, nuestros señores, e ante la merced de los nuestros reyes, e d’ella non partan sin mandamiento de sus altezas, e con acuerdo de la merced de vosotros señores, e si dentro d’este término no salieren de la tierra, que los prendan e enbíen presos a sus costas e les secuestren los bienes’ (Rubín, 1969: 103; Uría Ríu, 1979: 119-121). Sobre la datación precisa de este memorial, véase González Calle (‘Luchas de bandos en Asturias en la época de los Reyes Católicos,’ en prensa).” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 287)

Proof of parentage (2): In 1493, information about the improper [indebido] rights Diego de Quirós and his father Diego de Miranda and Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quirós take of the municipalities of Pravia, Teverga, Babia, Pola de Lena, and others was presented before Real Cancillería de los Reyes de Castilla (Registro del Sello de Corte, RGS,LEG,149309,28; digital image, PARES [http://pares.mcu.es]).

Proof of parentage (3): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies “Doña María de Quirós, madre de mi, el dicho Lope de Argüelles,” as “hija lexítima que fue de Diego de Quirós de Cudillero, hermano de Martín [illegible] y nieta de [testator’s great-grandfather] Diego de Miranda, señor de la Casa de Miranda.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (4): In 1760, Trelles published that “Diego de Arguelles (a quien llamaron de Candamo, por haver tenido allì su habitacion) casò con Doña Maria de Quiròs y Miranda, hermana de Martin de Miranda y Quiròs, Señor de la Casa de Miranda de Cudillero, hijos ambos de Diego de Quiròs Miranda, Señor de la Casa de Miranda; y de la referida union tuvo Diego de Arguelles por hijo primogenito à…” Cites: Consta esta filiacion de el Testamento de su hijo Lope de Arguelles en el Archivo de esta Casa, legajo 2.num. 53. (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123)

Proof of parentage (5): “Interestingly, doña María de Quirós y Miranda was a daughter of don Diego de Quirós and a granddaughter of the famed don Diego de Miranda, Señor de Miranda (1504).” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 15)

Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, p. 123. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.
25. MARÍA DE QUIRÓS Y MIRANDA, m. by say 1525, DIEGO DE ARGÜELLES, of Candamo, Asturias. Possible reference: In 1546, Diego de Argüelles, resident of Candamo sued Pedro Fernández de Grado, resident of Grado over the possession of certain [heredades], meadows, vineyards, and other goods in Fenolleda [parish in Candamo]. (PL CIVILES,MORENO (OLV),CAJA 1331,3; PARES [http://pares.mcu.es])
Proof of parentage (1): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies “Doña María de Quirós, madre de mi, el dicho Lope de Argüelles,” as “hija lexítima que fue de Diego de Quirós de Cudillero….” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Diego de Arguelles (a quien llamaron de Candamo, por haver tenido allì su habitacion) casò con Doña Maria de Quiròs y Miranda, hermana de Martin de Miranda y Quiròs, Señor de la Casa de Miranda de Cudillero, hijos ambos de Diego de Quiròs Miranda, Señor de la Casa de Miranda…” Cites: Consta esta filiacion de el Testamento de su hijo Lope de Arguelles en el Archivo de esta Casa, legajo 2.num. 53. (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, p. 123. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.
26. LOPE DE ARGÜELLES, of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias, prob. b. prob. by 1525 (estimate based on five married children in 1573); d. between 20 December 1574 (date of plea) and 9 Oct 1577 (son Lope’s usage of inheritance to support education as a priest of the Orden de Santo Domingo); m. (1) MARÍA VALDÉS. Issue: a. María Valdés (eldest daughter, m. by 1573, Albaro Díaz de Lena); b. Estébana de Argüelles; c. unnamed daughter [mother not explicitly stated] (m. by 1573, Rodrigo/Toribio de Belmonte and had daughter María, a nursing baby girl in 1573). Lope, m. (2) María de Estrada y Argüelles. Issue: d. Juan de Arguelles (eldest legitimate son, m. by 1573, María de Junco; their eldest son to inherit and possess the estate of the mayorazgo); e. Gabriel de Argüelles (in service of His Majesty in Flanders in 1573), f. Lope de Argüelles (a child in 1573), g. Catalina de Argüelles (m. Francisco de Vigil); h. Leonor; i. Isabel; j. Mencia; k. Lucrecia de Argüelles (m. by 1573, Gutierre de Hevia); l. Marquesa; m. María.
On 20 December 1574, the plea of Lope Argüelles de Vega, resident of the Municipality of Siero (Asturias), as guardian of María, his granddaughter, daughter of Rodrigo de Belmonte, deceased against Julian de Restiello, resident of the municipality of Grado (Asturias) concerning the restitution of cows, jatos, and el cuarto y medio of the mil of las Vegas that belonged to the minor as heir of her father was executed. (ES.47186.ARCHV/9.8.1//REGISTRO DE EJECUTORIAS,CAJA 1303,64; digital images, PARES [http://pares.mcu.es].)
Proof of parentage (1): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies himself as the “hixo lexítimo de Diego de Argüelles de Candamo y Doña María de Quirós y Miranda, su lexítima muger.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Lope de Arguelles, sucessor en los bienes esta linea, el qual casò con Doña Maria de Estrada y Arguelles, hija de Diego de Arguelles, que llamaron el Sordo, y de su muger Doña Maria de Herrera … Lope de Arguelles (de quien vamos tratando en este numero) havia casado de primer matrimonio con Doña Maria de Valdès Vigil, Señora de la Torre, y antiguo Solàr de los Vigiles en San Martin de Vega de Poxa, junto al Rio Nora (que es, el de que hacen repetida mencion los Nobiliarios) y de este matrimonio tuvo hija unica à Doña Maria de Arguelles Valdes y Vigil, que casò con Alvar Diaz de Lena; y haviendo fundado à su favor Vinculo su madre con carge de ciertos Anniversarios, estos los assegurò, y fundò Lope de Arguelles en bienes suyos, que señalò, quedandose con la Casa, y Torre de los Vigiles en Vega de Poxa, que havia sido de su primer muger; y despues fundò Lope de Arguelles Vinculo, y Mayorazgo de la referida Torre, y otros bienes à favor de su hijo Juan de Arguelles, con llamamientos regulares. Todo lo referido, sucessiones, y matrimonios, que van expressados, consta puntualmente de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que fuè otorgado en el Lugar de Vega de Poxa à 6. de Abril de el año de 1573. ante Melchor de Guergo, Escrivano de el Concejo de Siero. Fueron hijos de Lope de Arguelles, y de su segunda muger, Juan de Arguellez, sucessor en el Mayorazgo de esta linea, Gabrièl de Arguelles, que se dedicò al servicio de el Rey, Lope de Arguelles, que quando muriò su padre, era de corta edad, Lucìa de Arguelles, que casò con Gutierre de Evia, Señor de esta Casa, y Cathalina de Arguelles, que casò con Francisco Vigil.” Cites: “Toda esta linea, y matrimonios consta de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que esta legajo 2. num.53. y de otros Papeles de esta Casa.” (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123-124)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 123-124. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.
27. CATALINA DE ARGÜELLES, b. by 1552 (assuming 18 or older at time she bore a child), m. by say 1570 (definitely by 1573), FRANCISCO DE VIGIL, of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias. Issue: María de Vigil (m. Juan Montes Vigil).
Proof of parentage (1): In their will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles and his wife Doña María de Estrada “Mandamos y dezimos que a Francisco de Vigil nuestro yerno, al tiempo que caso con Catthalina de Arguelles nuestra hija, le dimos ciertos bienes…” They refer to testigo “Francisco Vigil de San Martino” as “nuestro yerno.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Fueron hijos de Lope de Arguelles, y de su segunda muger … Cathalina de Arguelles, que casò con Francisco Vigil.” Cites: “Toda esta linea, y matrimonios consta de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que esta legajo 2. num.53. y de otros Papeles de esta Casa.” (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:125)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 5. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35, citing: Will of Don Lope de Argüelles and Doña María de Estrada, Archivo Histórico de la Universidad de Oviedo, Archivo Argüelles-Meres, Caja 1, Documento no. 13. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.
28. MARÍA DE VIGIL, b. by 1570 (assuming 18 or older at time she bore a child), m. by 1588, JUAN MONTES VIGIL [I], of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]). Bartolomé de Vigil, vecino y regidor perpetio de este consejo de Siero, was brother to either María or Juan. (Pasajeros a Indias, Contratación, leg. 5323.N.29) Their issue: Juan Montes Vigil (m. Catalina Herrera Cantillana).
Proof of parentage: In Bartolomé de Vigil’s petition, dated 10 Feb. 1609, he states Juan Montes Vigil “es nieto lijitimo por linea de la dicha su madre de Francisco de Vigil de San Martino y de Catalina de Arguelles su lejitima muger que asimismo estuvieron casados in facie el uno con el otro y durante el dicho matrimonio hubiero por su hijo a la dicha su madre.” (Pasajeros a Indias, Contratación, leg. 5323.N.29)
Sources: Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.
29. JUAN MONTES VIGIL [II] aka Juan Montes Quiñones y Argüello,[1] of Zacatecas, Mexico, b. Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias, Spain, 1588,[2] d. Zacatecas, before 27 June 1656 (date of daughter’s will);[3] m. Sagrario in Zacatecas, 21 July 1619, CATALINA HERRERA CANTILLANA.[4] Catalina, b. Castile, Spain. Issue: a. Juan Montes Vigil; b. María de Herrera Castilla (of Zacatecas, testament dated 27 June 1656).[3]
Proof of immigrant origin (1): In two versions of his will, dated 1682 and 1683, Juan Montes Vigil, merchant, of Zacatecas, Mexico, identifies his parents as Juan Montes Vigil and Catalina de Cantillana, both natives of “Reynos de Castilla.”[5]
Proof of parentage and immigrant origin (2): A petition, dated 10 Feb. 1609, by Bartolomé de Vigil vecino y regidor perpetio [councilman] de este consejo de Siero, found in Juan’s Pasajeros a Indias paperwork, provides a wealth of genealogical information about his nephew Juan Montes Vigil who was preparing to emigrate “Al Peru por Nueva España.” Bartolomé states he is “curador que soy de la persona y bienes de Juan Montes Vigil mi sobrino vecino y natural de la feligresia de San Martino de Siero de este Concejo y residente en la villa de Madrid corte de su magestad. Digo que el dicho mi menor pretende pasar a las Indias en Nueva España y otras provincias de su majestad y para que en las partes donde estuviere conste de como es hijo dalgo notorio de solar conocido de armas poner y pintar por ser descendiente por linea recta e lijitima de la casa y solar de Vigil que es de la calidades referidos y una de las antiguas y principales de este Consejo y prencipado por ser como era de la dicha casa y solar Juan Montes Vigil y Lucas Montes Vigil sus padres y abuelos lejitimos asimismo tiene necesidad de hacer informacion de como es limpio de toda raza de moros judios ni quemados ni de los penitenciados por el santo oficio y de como es mozo libre y no sujeto a orden de matrimonio ni religion de todo lo cual pido y suplico a vuestra merced me reciba la dicha informacion de los testigos que ante vuestra merced presentare y de como el es tal hijo lejitimo del dicho Juan Montes Vixil y de Maria de Vijil su lijitima mujer sus padres que en uno estuvieron casados y velados in facie eclesies.”[6]
Clue to Spanish ancestors: Alternative surname Argüello[3] (after his illustrious Spanish grandmother Argüelles).
References:
[1] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla of Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “Maria de Herrera Castilla, vecina de esta ciudad, hija legitima de Juan Montes Quiñones y Arguello y de Catalina Herrera, difuntos vecinos fueron de esta ciudad y ella originaria.”
[2] Birthplace identified in Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm.
[3] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla of Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96
[4] “México, Zacatecas, registros parroquiales, 1605-1980,” database with images, FamilySearch image 27 of 494; paróquias Católicas, Zacatecas: Información Matrimonial; FHL Microfilm 283371. There are no baptismal registers for Zacatecas at the Family History Library before the 1630s.
[5] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm; Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[6] Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm; scan of the original record at pares.mcu.es (search for Juan Montes Vigil 1611).

Secondary sources: Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.
30. JUAN MONTES VIGIL [III] aka Juan Montes Argüello,[1] merchant, of Zacatecas, Mexico, b. Mexico City, say 1620s, d. Zacatecas, after 25 April 1683.[2] Did not marry, but in his will, he claims Francisco Montes Vigil as his natural son. Francisco’s unidentified mother must have been of African descent, as Francisco is described in later records as mulato.[3] It is known that Juan was a slave owner.[4]
Proof of parentage (1): In his first will, dated 2 Oct. 1682, Juo Montes Vigil states he is a “natural de la cui’d de Mex’co vezino de esta cuid de n[uest]ra S[eñor]a de los Zacatecas hijo lexitimo de Juan montes Vigil Y de Catt[alin]a de Herrera Cantillana Su legitima muger Ya difuntos naturales de los reynos de castilla y Vezinos que fueron desta d[ic]ha cuid.”[5]
Proof of parentage (2): In his second will, dated 25 April 1683, Juan montes Vigil describes himself as “natural de la Cui’d de Mex’co y mercader Enesta de n’ra Señora de los Zacatecas hijo lex’mo de Juan Montes Vigil y de catalina de Cantillana naturales q’e fueron de los Reynos de Castilla y vz’os desta d[ich]a cuid ya [difun]tos.”[6]
Clue to Spanish ancestors: Alternative surname Argüello[7] (after his illustrious Spanish great-grandmother Argüelles).
References:
[1] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla de Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “...su hermano Juan Montes Argüello.”
[2] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm; Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[3] Inmaculada Concepción, Ciénega de Mata, México, Catholic parish register [FHL Microfilm 640149]: 1689 March 20: “...bautise puse oleo y chrisma a Juan mulato ijo legitimo de Fransisco Montes mulato y de Maria Jimenes de Ansiso, espanola.” Image: https://cybergata.com/roots/5902.htm.
[4] Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas: (1) Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol I, Pg. 8; (2) Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol II, Pg. 181v. Transcripts: Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil.
[5] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[6] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[7] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla de Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “...su hermano Juan Montes Argüello.”

Secondary sources: Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.
31. CAPITÁN FRANCISCO MONTES VIGIL, b. Zacatecas, Mexico, 1665 or 1666 (age 16 in 1682;[1] age 17 in 1683;[2] age 30 in 1695,[3] age 80 in 1730 [exaggerated age][4]), bur. Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 11 Sept. 1730;[5] m. before 25 April 1683 (date of father’s will), MARÍA JIMÉNEZ DE ANCIZO. María, bur. Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 19 Nov. 1745.[6] Issue:[7] a. María (m. Martín Romero), b. Gertrudis, c. Elena, d. Domingo (m. María Estela Márquez), e. Francisco (m. (1) Antonia Jirón, m. (2) Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 28 June 1744, Lorenza Medina), f. Manuel Montes Vigil (soldier, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, b. 1701 [age 32 at death], d. Santa Fe, 21 March 1733, m. c1720 [married 13 years when he wrote his will in 1733], Manuela Sánchez), g. Juan Montes Vigil (d. testate at Santa Fe, 18 May 1762 [names his parents in his will], m. (1) Ynez López, m. (2) Santa Fe, 16 May 1745, Antonia Nicolasa Luján), h. (poss.) Pedro Montes Vigil (of Santa Fe, b. 1684 [age 33 in 1717], m. Juana Trujillo).
Proof of parentage (1): “In Santa Fe in 1695, he said that he was a native of El Real de Zacatecas and thirty years old.”[8]
Proof of parentage (2): In his first will, dated 2 Oct. 1682, Juo montes Vigil “dexo ynombro Por setredivio de todos mis bienes, derechos, qe en qual quier manera me pertenezcan o puedan pertenezer a fran’co montes Vigil q’e declaro por mi hijo natural q’e es de hedad de Diez y Seis años poco mas o menos …”[9]
Proof of parentage (3): In his second will, dated 25 April 1683, Juan montes Vigil “declaro por mi hijo natural havido En muger Soltera Como yo lo Soy y [?]ie Sido a fran’co Montes Vigil qe y sera de hedad de Diez y Siette aos poco mas y esta cassado y Velado infasie eclesie Con Maria Ximenez = declaro Es assi por mi hijo natural por el descargo de mi Conci- Encia y para q’e Conste.”[10]
References:
[1] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[2] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[3] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311.
[4] Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil, cites Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials: 1726-1859.
[5] Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil, cites Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials: 1726-1859.
[6] Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):2-11.
[7] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311–312.
[8] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311.
[9] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[10] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.

Secondary sources: Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311–312. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):2-11. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 53.

Appendix: Crusader ancestors

His ancestor Amadeus/Amadeo III, Count of Savoy and Maurienne served in the Second Crusade https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=893

Amadeus III’s father, Humbert II, Count of Maurienne, Savoy, and Turin, was in the First Crusade https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=430

Pedigree chart of Alfonso IX, King of León: https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00020550&tree=LEO&parentset=0&generations=8&display=standard


I dug out some of the primary sources connecting generations using the Castilian I could recall from living in Perú a year and would like to thank George Ryskamp, JD, AG, FUGA, Lynn Turner, AG, and Evan Christensen, AG, for Hispanic genealogical research guidance. Pre-1600 parish registers do not survive for towns or villages where ancestors of immigrant Juan Montes Vigil lived. Many notarial records for the Siero region have been destroyed. It would be helpful to have someone create a list of surviving notarial records to have someone search for possible testaments, etc. It's unclear from the inventory of records at the Diocesan Archives in Oviedo if there is a large collection of marriage dispensations. (José María Martí Bonet et al., Guía de los Archivos de la Iglesia en España [Barcelona, 2001]; Protocolos Notariales, Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias (España), CENSO-GUÍA de Archivos de España e Iberoamérica [http://censoarchivos.mcu.es/CensoGuia/]).
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I would like to open this proposed Spanish royal descent for discussion.
The last few generations got squished together. Hopefully this second post improves legibility:

23. DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ DE MIRANDA ‘el viejo,’ señor et fundador de la casa de Miranda, d. abt. 1506, bur. desaparecido monasterio de San Francisco de Oviedo, m. (1) MENCÍA DE VALDÉS, m. (2) ISABEL DE QUIRÓS, m. (3) SANCHA DE LAS ALAS. Legatee in father’s testament (dated 13 October 1456). Issue (by Isabel): a. Lope Bernaldo de Miranda (d. c1525, m. Urraca de Ron); b. 24. Diego de Quirós Miranda.

Proof of parentage (1): In his testament dated 13 October 1456, Martyn Vazquez de Quirós gave to “Diego de Miranda, su fijo e de la dicha donna Ignés [de Miranda], su mugger, el su castiello de Alesga, con todos los heredamientos e techos e llantados e vinnas qu’él avía en el vale de Valdesanpedro, de la ponte de Várzana arriba, de mayoralgo e melloría de los otros sus fijos e fijas. Item maes: que mandara al dicho Diego de Mirando los seis mille maravedís que avía en Avillés de merçed de su sennor el rey.” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 329–331)

Proof of parentage (2): Pleito, dated 12 September 1468, summarized by González Calle: “Rodrigo de Miranda, citado como hijo de Diego Fernández de Miranda y como marido de doña Beatriz, se queda con los derechos familiares en los concejos de Salas y Miranda, y en los cotos de Soto de los Infantes (Salas), Quinzanas y Luerces (Pravia), así como ciertos derechos en el concejo de Grado. Por su parte, Diego de Miranda, expresado como hijo de Martín Vázquez de Quirós y doña Inés, se queda con la casa, torre y coto de Villanueva (Grado), y los cotos de Villarruiz (Yernes y Tameza) y Villalperi (¿Villapérez, en el alfoz de Oviedo?). Además, ambos acuerdan compartir otros bienes, como el piélago del Cabrón, los bienes de Murias y una viña en Grullos (Candamo). También acuerdan hacer frente a pretensiones de terceras personas, de manera que Rodrigo de Miranda se compromete a responder a las de Diego Fernández de Laciana y su hermana casada con Diego García de Tineo, en tanto que Diego de Miranda atendería las reclamaciones de la viuda de Gómez Arias de Ponferrada (aridea, fondo cv, Casa de Miranda).” (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 145)

Proof of parentage (3): González Calle also summarizes this document, dated to the period 1470–1474: “Menén Peláez y María Peláez solicitan al juez correspondiente que les dé posesión de los bienes de María González, quien les había proahijado, y que establezca un coto o multa a quien les contraviniese de 600 maravedíes ‘para la parte del señor Diego de Miranda e de su madre sennora dona Ynés de Miranda’ y de 48 maravedíes para el propio juez (Fernández Suárez, 1993: doc. 287).” Citing: Ana Fernández Suárez, Registro notariales del archivo de la Casa de Valdecarzana (1397–1495) (Oviedo, 1993), doc. 207. (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 146)

Proof of parentage (4): González Calle also summarizes this document, dated 31 May 1490: “La ascendencia de ambos se pone de relieve cuando su hijo, Lope Bernaldo de Miranda, realiza una pesquisa sobre la transmisión del señorío de Valdecarzana de Teverga, a 31 de mayo de 1490, figurando Isabel de Quirós como hija de Lope Bernaldo de Quirós, nieta de Juan Bernaldo de Quirós y bisnieta de Gutier González de Quirós, en tanto que Diego de Miranda era hijo de Martín Vázquez de Quirós y nieto de Lope González de Quirós (el cual era hermano del antes citado Gutier González de Quirós); así lo declaran cuatro de los testigos presentados: Alvar Pérez de Taja, Juan Álvarez de Campos, Juan González de Vigidel y Pedro Alfonso de Redral (Fernández Suárez, 1992: doc. 18).” (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 146)

Proof of parentage (5): Monument at desaparecido monasterio de San Francisco de Oviedo: “Aqui yace Lope Gonzalez de Quiros, fijo de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros, y Diego de Miranda, su nieto, fijo de Martin Vazquez de Quiros y de Dona Ines Ponce de Miranda, su muger. Esta sepulture mando facer el dicho Diego de Miranda: es este su bulto.” (de la Rada y Delgado, 370)

Proof of parentage (6): In 1496, “los Reyes Catolicos, atendiendo a las suplicas del caballero asturiano Diego de Mirando, le confirmal de privilegio de un juro 4.000 maravedis anuales.” Quote: “agora el dicho Diego de Miranda vos ha pedido vuestra carta de previllejo de los dichos quatro mill maravedis, e ge la non queredes dar syn que primeramente vos muestre el testamento que’l dicho Lope Gonzalez de Quirós, su avuelo, al tiempo de su finamiento, fizo; e asymismo Martin Vazquez, su padre, e asymismo vos muestre la carta de previllejo oreginal del dicho rey don Juan que de los quatro mill maravedis tenia, la qual diz que non puede mostrar porque’l dicho Lope Goncalez diz que ha acerca de ochenta annos que es finado, e por aver tanto tiempo non se ha podido fallar nin aver su testamento para vos le mostrar, nin del dicho Martin Vazquez, su hyjo, padrel del dicho Diego de Miranda. E que el dicho previllejo, porque non sabe sy quedo en poder de los confirmadores del dicho sennor rey don Juan ...” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 301; Fernández Suárez, Teverga, doc. no. 22)

Secondary sources: Genealogía de la casa de Miranda. [9/317, fº 27 a 42, en el cual hay anotaciones de Luis de Salazar.], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=55133) (Quirós and Miranda coats of arms). Juan de Dios de la Rada y Delgado, Viaje de SS. MM. Y AA. Por Catilla, León, Asturias y Galicia, en el Verano de 1858 (Madrid, 1860), 370. Fermín Canella y Secades, El Libro de Oviedo: Guía de la Ciudad y su Consejo (Oviedo, 1887), 227. Marqués de Saltillo, “Palacios Ovetenses: Datas para su Historia, 1474–1786,” Revista de la Universidad de Oviedo 9–10 (1942):272 (includes text of mayorazgo foundation from the codicil to his testament). Miguel Lasso de la Vega y López de Tejada Saltillo (marqués del), Francisco Javier Pérez de Rada y Díaz Rubín Jaureguízar (marqués de), Linajes y Palacios Ovetenses: Datos para su Historia (Madrid, 1992), 46–47 (full text of the foundation of the mayorazgo from the codicil to his testament). Ana Fernández Suárez, Teverga, un concejo de la montaña asturiana en la Edad Media (Oviedo, 1992), doc. no. 22. F. Diego Santos, Inscripciones Medievales de Asturias (Oviedo, 1993), pp. 139–140, 271, 277. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 6 (2001):146–147 (biography of Isabel; all three of Diego’s wives). Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Marqueses de Valdecarzana, Señores de Vasallos en la Asturias del Antiguo Regimen (Siglos XVI–XVIII),” Revista de Historia Moderna 24 (2006):363–394. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “‘¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?’ El Misterio de una Sepultura en la Baja Edad Media Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 2 (2007):275–296. Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):5–6. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.

24. DIEGO DE QUIRÓS MIRANDA, señor de la casa de Miranda de Cudillero (Vigil Gonzalez, 14), b. prob. by 1462 (summoned to court in 1483). His wife has not been identified. Issue: a. Martín de Miranda y Quirós, señor de la casa de Miranda de Cudillero; b. 25. María de Quirós y Miranda (m. Diego de Argüelles).

Proof of parentage (1): In a document dated 1483, “Diego de Miranda, e Lope de Quirós e Diego de Quirós, sus hijos,” are mentioned: “Primeramente, carta en forma para que luego salgan del Principado e vengan a la Corte, Diego de Miranda, e Lope de Quirós e Diego de Quirós, sus hijos; Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quirós e Pero Bernaldo de Quirós, su hijo; Fernando de Valdés, e Álvaro e Fernando, sus hijos; Suero de Caso e Diego de Caso, hijo de Joan de Caso; Sancho de Estrada e Fernando de Tuergrandas, su hermano; Fernando de Estrada e sus hijos, Gonzalo de Estrada e sus hijos, e Gonzalo de Argüelles, e con ellos los otros que hí ovieren, que cumplan salir de la tierra del día que fueren requeridos hasta nueve días primeros siguientes, e dende los otros diez días, se presenten ante el rey o ante la reina, nuestros señores, e ante la merced de los nuestros reyes, e d’ella non partan sin mandamiento de sus altezas, e con acuerdo de la merced de vosotros señores, e si dentro d’este término no salieren de la tierra, que los prendan e enbíen presos a sus costas e les secuestren los bienes’ (Rubín, 1969: 103; Uría Ríu, 1979: 119-121). Sobre la datación precisa de este memorial, véase González Calle (‘Luchas de bandos en Asturias en la época de los Reyes Católicos,’ en prensa).” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 287)

Proof of parentage (2): In 1493, information about the improper [indebido] rights Diego de Quirós and his father Diego de Miranda and Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quirós take of the municipalities of Pravia, Teverga, Babia, Pola de Lena, and others was presented before Real Cancillería de los Reyes de Castilla (Registro del Sello de Corte, RGS,LEG,149309,28; digital image, PARES [http://pares.mcu.es]).

Proof of parentage (3): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies “Doña María de Quirós, madre de mi, el dicho Lope de Argüelles,” as “hija lexítima que fue de Diego de Quirós de Cudillero, hermano de Martín [illegible] y nieta de [testator’s great-grandfather] Diego de Miranda, señor de la Casa de Miranda.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (4): In 1760, Trelles published that “Diego de Arguelles (a quien llamaron de Candamo, por haver tenido allì su habitacion) casò con Doña Maria de Quiròs y Miranda, hermana de Martin de Miranda y Quiròs, Señor de la Casa de Miranda de Cudillero, hijos ambos de Diego de Quiròs Miranda, Señor de la Casa de Miranda; y de la referida union tuvo Diego de Arguelles por hijo primogenito à…” Cites: Consta esta filiacion de el Testamento de su hijo Lope de Arguelles en el Archivo de esta Casa, legajo 2.num. 53. (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123)

Proof of parentage (5): “Interestingly, doña María de Quirós y Miranda was a daughter of don Diego de Quirós and a granddaughter of the famed don Diego de Miranda, Señor de Miranda (1504).” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 15)

Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, p. 123. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.

25. MARÍA DE QUIRÓS Y MIRANDA, m. by say 1525, DIEGO DE ARGÜELLES, of Candamo, Asturias. Possible reference: In 1546, Diego de Argüelles, resident of Candamo sued Pedro Fernández de Grado, resident of Grado over the possession of certain [heredades], meadows, vineyards, and other goods in Fenolleda [parish in Candamo]. (PL CIVILES,MORENO (OLV),CAJA 1331,3; PARES [http://pares.mcu.es])
Proof of parentage (1): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies “Doña María de Quirós, madre de mi, el dicho Lope de Argüelles,” as “hija lexítima que fue de Diego de Quirós de Cudillero….” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Diego de Arguelles (a quien llamaron de Candamo, por haver tenido allì su habitacion) casò con Doña Maria de Quiròs y Miranda, hermana de Martin de Miranda y Quiròs, Señor de la Casa de Miranda de Cudillero, hijos ambos de Diego de Quiròs Miranda, Señor de la Casa de Miranda…” Cites: Consta esta filiacion de el Testamento de su hijo Lope de Arguelles en el Archivo de esta Casa, legajo 2.num. 53. (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, p. 123. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.

26. LOPE DE ARGÜELLES, of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias, prob. b. prob. by 1525 (estimate based on five married children in 1573); d. between 20 December 1574 (date of plea) and 9 Oct 1577 (son Lope’s usage of inheritance to support education as a priest of the Orden de Santo Domingo); m. (1) MARÍA VALDÉS. Issue: a. María Valdés (eldest daughter, m. by 1573, Albaro Díaz de Lena); b. Estébana de Argüelles; c. unnamed daughter [mother not explicitly stated] (m. by 1573, Rodrigo/Toribio de Belmonte and had daughter María, a nursing baby girl in 1573). Lope, m. (2) María de Estrada y Argüelles. Issue: d. Juan de Arguelles (eldest legitimate son, m. by 1573, María de Junco; their eldest son to inherit and possess the estate of the mayorazgo); e. Gabriel de Argüelles (in service of His Majesty in Flanders in 1573), f. Lope de Argüelles (a child in 1573), g. Catalina de Argüelles (m. Francisco de Vigil); h. Leonor; i. Isabel; j. Mencia; k. Lucrecia de Argüelles (m. by 1573, Gutierre de Hevia); l. Marquesa; m. María.
On 20 December 1574, the plea of Lope Argüelles de Vega, resident of the Municipality of Siero (Asturias), as guardian of María, his granddaughter, daughter of Rodrigo de Belmonte, deceased against Julian de Restiello, resident of the municipality of Grado (Asturias) concerning the restitution of cows, jatos, and el cuarto y medio of the mil of las Vegas that belonged to the minor as heir of her father was executed. (ES.47186.ARCHV/9.8.1//REGISTRO DE EJECUTORIAS,CAJA 1303,64; digital images, PARES [http://pares.mcu.es].)
Proof of parentage (1): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies himself as the “hixo lexítimo de Diego de Argüelles de Candamo y Doña María de Quirós y Miranda, su lexítima muger.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Lope de Arguelles, sucessor en los bienes esta linea, el qual casò con Doña Maria de Estrada y Arguelles, hija de Diego de Arguelles, que llamaron el Sordo, y de su muger Doña Maria de Herrera … Lope de Arguelles (de quien vamos tratando en este numero) havia casado de primer matrimonio con Doña Maria de Valdès Vigil, Señora de la Torre, y antiguo Solàr de los Vigiles en San Martin de Vega de Poxa, junto al Rio Nora (que es, el de que hacen repetida mencion los Nobiliarios) y de este matrimonio tuvo hija unica à Doña Maria de Arguelles Valdes y Vigil, que casò con Alvar Diaz de Lena; y haviendo fundado à su favor Vinculo su madre con carge de ciertos Anniversarios, estos los assegurò, y fundò Lope de Arguelles en bienes suyos, que señalò, quedandose con la Casa, y Torre de los Vigiles en Vega de Poxa, que havia sido de su primer muger; y despues fundò Lope de Arguelles Vinculo, y Mayorazgo de la referida Torre, y otros bienes à favor de su hijo Juan de Arguelles, con llamamientos regulares. Todo lo referido, sucessiones, y matrimonios, que van expressados, consta puntualmente de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que fuè otorgado en el Lugar de Vega de Poxa à 6. de Abril de el año de 1573. ante Melchor de Guergo, Escrivano de el Concejo de Siero. Fueron hijos de Lope de Arguelles, y de su segunda muger, Juan de Arguellez, sucessor en el Mayorazgo de esta linea, Gabrièl de Arguelles, que se dedicò al servicio de el Rey, Lope de Arguelles, que quando muriò su padre, era de corta edad, Lucìa de Arguelles, que casò con Gutierre de Evia, Señor de esta Casa, y Cathalina de Arguelles, que casò con Francisco Vigil.” Cites: “Toda esta linea, y matrimonios consta de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que esta legajo 2. num.53. y de otros Papeles de esta Casa.” (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123-124)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 123-124. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.

27. CATALINA DE ARGÜELLES, b. by 1552 (assuming 18 or older at time she bore a child), m. by say 1570 (definitely by 1573), FRANCISCO DE VIGIL, of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias. Issue: María de Vigil (m. Juan Montes Vigil).
Proof of parentage (1): In their will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles and his wife Doña María de Estrada “Mandamos y dezimos que a Francisco de Vigil nuestro yerno, al tiempo que caso con Catthalina de Arguelles nuestra hija, le dimos ciertos bienes…” They refer to testigo “Francisco Vigil de San Martino” as “nuestro yerno.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Fueron hijos de Lope de Arguelles, y de su segunda muger … Cathalina de Arguelles, que casò con Francisco Vigil.” Cites: “Toda esta linea, y matrimonios consta de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que esta legajo 2. num.53. y de otros Papeles de esta Casa.” (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:125)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 5. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35, citing: Will of Don Lope de Argüelles and Doña María de Estrada, Archivo Histórico de la Universidad de Oviedo, Archivo Argüelles-Meres, Caja 1, Documento no. 13. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.

28. MARÍA DE VIGIL, b. by 1570 (assuming 18 or older at time she bore a child), m. by 1588, JUAN MONTES VIGIL [I], of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]). Bartolomé de Vigil, vecino y regidor perpetio de este consejo de Siero, was brother to either María or Juan. (Pasajeros a Indias, Contratación, leg. 5323.N.29) Their issue: Juan Montes Vigil (m. Catalina Herrera Cantillana).
Proof of parentage: In Bartolomé de Vigil’s petition, dated 10 Feb. 1609, he states Juan Montes Vigil “es nieto lijitimo por linea de la dicha su madre de Francisco de Vigil de San Martino y de Catalina de Arguelles su lejitima muger que asimismo estuvieron casados in facie el uno con el otro y durante el dicho matrimonio hubiero por su hijo a la dicha su madre.” (Pasajeros a Indias, Contratación, leg. 5323.N.29)
Sources: Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.

29. JUAN MONTES VIGIL [II] aka Juan Montes Quiñones y Argüello,[1] of Zacatecas, Mexico, b. Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias, Spain, 1588,[2] d. Zacatecas, before 27 June 1656 (date of daughter’s will);[3] m. Sagrario in Zacatecas, 21 July 1619, CATALINA HERRERA CANTILLANA.[4] Catalina, b. Castile, Spain. Issue: a. Juan Montes Vigil; b. María de Herrera Castilla (of Zacatecas, testament dated 27 June 1656).[3]
Proof of immigrant origin (1): In two versions of his will, dated 1682 and 1683, Juan Montes Vigil, merchant, of Zacatecas, Mexico, identifies his parents as Juan Montes Vigil and Catalina de Cantillana, both natives of “Reynos de Castilla.”[5]
Proof of parentage and immigrant origin (2): A petition, dated 10 Feb. 1609, by Bartolomé de Vigil vecino y regidor perpetio [councilman] de este consejo de Siero, found in Juan’s Pasajeros a Indias paperwork, provides a wealth of genealogical information about his nephew Juan Montes Vigil who was preparing to emigrate “Al Peru por Nueva España.” Bartolomé states he is “curador que soy de la persona y bienes de Juan Montes Vigil mi sobrino vecino y natural de la feligresia de San Martino de Siero de este Concejo y residente en la villa de Madrid corte de su magestad. Digo que el dicho mi menor pretende pasar a las Indias en Nueva España y otras provincias de su majestad y para que en las partes donde estuviere conste de como es hijo dalgo notorio de solar conocido de armas poner y pintar por ser descendiente por linea recta e lijitima de la casa y solar de Vigil que es de la calidades referidos y una de las antiguas y principales de este Consejo y prencipado por ser como era de la dicha casa y solar Juan Montes Vigil y Lucas Montes Vigil sus padres y abuelos lejitimos asimismo tiene necesidad de hacer informacion de como es limpio de toda raza de moros judios ni quemados ni de los penitenciados por el santo oficio y de como es mozo libre y no sujeto a orden de matrimonio ni religion de todo lo cual pido y suplico a vuestra merced me reciba la dicha informacion de los testigos que ante vuestra merced presentare y de como el es tal hijo lejitimo del dicho Juan Montes Vixil y de Maria de Vijil su lijitima mujer sus padres que en uno estuvieron casados y velados in facie eclesies.”[6]
Clue to Spanish ancestors: Alternative surname Argüello[3] (after his illustrious Spanish grandmother Argüelles).
References:
[1] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla of Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “Maria de Herrera Castilla, vecina de esta ciudad, hija legitima de Juan Montes Quiñones y Arguello y de Catalina Herrera, difuntos vecinos fueron de esta ciudad y ella originaria.”
[2] Birthplace identified in Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm.
[3] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla of Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96
[4] “México, Zacatecas, registros parroquiales, 1605-1980,” database with images, FamilySearch image 27 of 494; paróquias Católicas, Zacatecas: Información Matrimonial; FHL Microfilm 283371. There are no baptismal registers for Zacatecas at the Family History Library before the 1630s.
[5] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm; Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[6] Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm; scan of the original record at pares.mcu.es (search for Juan Montes Vigil 1611).

Secondary sources: Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.

30. JUAN MONTES VIGIL [III] aka Juan Montes Argüello,[1] merchant, of Zacatecas, Mexico, b. Mexico City, say 1620s, d. Zacatecas, after 25 April 1683.[2] Did not marry, but in his will, he claims Francisco Montes Vigil as his natural son. Francisco’s unidentified mother must have been of African descent, as Francisco is described in later records as mulato.[3] It is known that Juan was a slave owner.[4]
Proof of parentage (1): In his first will, dated 2 Oct. 1682, Juo Montes Vigil states he is a “natural de la cui’d de Mex’co vezino de esta cuid de n[uest]ra S[eñor]a de los Zacatecas hijo lexitimo de Juan montes Vigil Y de Catt[alin]a de Herrera Cantillana Su legitima muger Ya difuntos naturales de los reynos de castilla y Vezinos que fueron desta d[ic]ha cuid.”[5]
Proof of parentage (2): In his second will, dated 25 April 1683, Juan montes Vigil describes himself as “natural de la Cui’d de Mex’co y mercader Enesta de n’ra Señora de los Zacatecas hijo lex’mo de Juan Montes Vigil y de catalina de Cantillana naturales q’e fueron de los Reynos de Castilla y vz’os desta d[ich]a cuid ya [difun]tos.”[6]
Clue to Spanish ancestors: Alternative surname Argüello[7] (after his illustrious Spanish great-grandmother Argüelles).
References:
[1] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla de Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “...su hermano Juan Montes Argüello.”
[2] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm; Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[3] Inmaculada Concepción, Ciénega de Mata, México, Catholic parish register [FHL Microfilm 640149]: 1689 March 20: “...bautise puse oleo y chrisma a Juan mulato ijo legitimo de Fransisco Montes mulato y de Maria Jimenes de Ansiso, espanola.” Image: https://cybergata.com/roots/5902.htm.
[4] Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas: (1) Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol I, Pg. 8; (2) Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol II, Pg. 181v. Transcripts: Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil.
[5] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[6] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[7] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla de Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “...su hermano Juan Montes Argüello.”

Secondary sources: Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.

31. CAPITÁN FRANCISCO MONTES VIGIL, b. Zacatecas, Mexico, 1665 or 1666 (age 16 in 1682;[1] age 17 in 1683;[2] age 30 in 1695,[3] age 80 in 1730 [exaggerated age][4]), bur. Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 11 Sept. 1730;[5] m. before 25 April 1683 (date of father’s will), MARÍA JIMÉNEZ DE ANCIZO. María, bur. Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 19 Nov. 1745.[6] Issue:[7] a. María (m. Martín Romero), b. Gertrudis, c. Elena, d. Domingo (m. María Estela Márquez), e. Francisco (m. (1) Antonia Jirón, m. (2) Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 28 June 1744, Lorenza Medina), f. Manuel Montes Vigil (soldier, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, b. 1701 [age 32 at death], d. Santa Fe, 21 March 1733, m. c1720 [married 13 years when he wrote his will in 1733], Manuela Sánchez), g. Juan Montes Vigil (d. testate at Santa Fe, 18 May 1762 [names his parents in his will], m. (1) Ynez López, m. (2) Santa Fe, 16 May 1745, Antonia Nicolasa Luján), h. (poss.) Pedro Montes Vigil (of Santa Fe, b. 1684 [age 33 in 1717], m. Juana Trujillo).
Proof of parentage (1): “In Santa Fe in 1695, he said that he was a native of El Real de Zacatecas and thirty years old.”[8]
Proof of parentage (2): In his first will, dated 2 Oct. 1682, Juo montes Vigil “dexo ynombro Por setredivio de todos mis bienes, derechos, qe en qual quier manera me pertenezcan o puedan pertenezer a fran’co montes Vigil q’e declaro por mi hijo natural q’e es de hedad de Diez y Seis años poco mas o menos …”[9]
Proof of parentage (3): In his second will, dated 25 April 1683, Juan montes Vigil “declaro por mi hijo natural havido En muger Soltera Como yo lo Soy y [?]ie Sido a fran’co Montes Vigil qe y sera de hedad de Diez y Siette aos poco mas y esta cassado y Velado infasie eclesie Con Maria Ximenez = declaro Es assi por mi hijo natural por el descargo de mi Conci- Encia y para q’e Conste.”[10]
References:
[1] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[2] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[3] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311.
[4] Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil, cites Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials: 1726-1859.
[5] Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil, cites Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials: 1726-1859.
[6] Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):2-11.
[7] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311–312.
[8] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311.
[9] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[10] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.

Secondary sources: Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311–312. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):2-11. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 53.

Appendix: Crusader ancestors

His ancestor Amadeus/Amadeo III, Count of Savoy and Maurienne served in the Second Crusade https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=893

Amadeus III’s father, Humbert II, Count of Maurienne, Savoy, and Turin, was in the First Crusade https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=430

Pedigree chart of Alfonso IX, King of León: https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00020550&tree=LEO&parentset=0&generations=8&display=standard


I dug out the primary sources connecting generations using the Castilian I could recall from living in Perú a year and would like to thank George Ryskamp, JD, AG, FUGA, Lynn Turner, AG, and Evan Christensen, AG, for Hispanic genealogical research guidance. Pre-1600 parish registers do not survive for towns or villages where ancestors of immigrant Juan Montes Vigil lived. Many notarial records for the Siero region have been destroyed. The inventory of records at the Diocesan Archives in Oviedo doesn’t include marriage dispensations. (José María Martí Bonet et al., Guía de los Archivos de la Iglesia en España [Barcelona, 2001]; Protocolos Notariales, Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias (España), CENSO-GUÍA de Archivos de España e Iberoamérica [http://censoarchivos.mcu.es/CensoGuia/]).
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23. DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ DE MIRANDA ‘el viejo,’ señor et fundador de la casa de Miranda, d. abt. 1506, bur. desaparecido monasterio de San Francisco de Oviedo, m. (1) MENCÍA DE VALDÉS, m. (2) ISABEL DE QUIRÓS, m. (3) SANCHA DE LAS ALAS. Legatee in father’s testament (dated 13 October 1456). Issue (by Isabel): a. Lope Bernaldo de Miranda (d. c1525, m. Urraca de Ron); b. 24. Diego de Quirós Miranda.
Proof of parentage (1): In his testament dated 13 October 1456, Martyn Vazquez de Quirós gave to “Diego de Miranda, su fijo e de la dicha donna Ignés [de Miranda], su mugger, el su castiello de Alesga, con todos los heredamientos e techos e llantados e vinnas qu’él avía en el vale de Valdesanpedro, de la ponte de Várzana arriba, de mayoralgo e melloría de los otros sus fijos e fijas. Item maes: que mandara al dicho Diego de Mirando los seis mille maravedís que avía en Avillés de merçed de su sennor el rey.” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 329–331)
Proof of parentage (2): Pleito, dated 12 September 1468, summarized by González Calle: “Rodrigo de Miranda, citado como hijo de Diego Fernández de Miranda y como marido de doña Beatriz, se queda con los derechos familiares en los concejos de Salas y Miranda, y en los cotos de Soto de los Infantes (Salas), Quinzanas y Luerces (Pravia), así como ciertos derechos en el concejo de Grado. Por su parte, Diego de Miranda, expresado como hijo de Martín Vázquez de Quirós y doña Inés, se queda con la casa, torre y coto de Villanueva (Grado), y los cotos de Villarruiz (Yernes y Tameza) y Villalperi (¿Villapérez, en el alfoz de Oviedo?). Además, ambos acuerdan compartir otros bienes, como el piélago del Cabrón, los bienes de Murias y una viña en Grullos (Candamo). También acuerdan hacer frente a pretensiones de terceras personas, de manera que Rodrigo de Miranda se compromete a responder a las de Diego Fernández de Laciana y su hermana casada con Diego García de Tineo, en tanto que Diego de Miranda atendería las reclamaciones de la viuda de Gómez Arias de Ponferrada (aridea, fondo cv, Casa de Miranda).” (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 145)
Proof of parentage (3): González Calle also summarizes this document, dated to the period 1470–1474: “Menén Peláez y María Peláez solicitan al juez correspondiente que les dé posesión de los bienes de María González, quien les había proahijado, y que establezca un coto o multa a quien les contraviniese de 600 maravedíes ‘para la parte del señor Diego de Miranda e de su madre sennora dona Ynés de Miranda’ y de 48 maravedíes para el propio juez (Fernández Suárez, 1993: doc. 287).” Citing: Ana Fernández Suárez, Registro notariales del archivo de la Casa de Valdecarzana (1397–1495) (Oviedo, 1993), doc. 207. (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 146)
Proof of parentage (4): González Calle also summarizes this document, dated 31 May 1490: “La ascendencia de ambos se pone de relieve cuando su hijo, Lope Bernaldo de Miranda, realiza una pesquisa sobre la transmisión del señorío de Valdecarzana de Teverga, a 31 de mayo de 1490, figurando Isabel de Quirós como hija de Lope Bernaldo de Quirós, nieta de Juan Bernaldo de Quirós y bisnieta de Gutier González de Quirós, en tanto que Diego de Miranda era hijo de Martín Vázquez de Quirós y nieto de Lope González de Quirós (el cual era hermano del antes citado Gutier González de Quirós); así lo declaran cuatro de los testigos presentados: Alvar Pérez de Taja, Juan Álvarez de Campos, Juan González de Vigidel y Pedro Alfonso de Redral (Fernández Suárez, 1992: doc. 18).” (González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” 146)
Proof of parentage (5): Monument at desaparecido monasterio de San Francisco de Oviedo: “Aqui yace Lope Gonzalez de Quiros, fijo de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros, y Diego de Miranda, su nieto, fijo de Martin Vazquez de Quiros y de Dona Ines Ponce de Miranda, su muger. Esta sepulture mando facer el dicho Diego de Miranda: es este su bulto.” (de la Rada y Delgado, 370)
Proof of parentage (6): In 1496, “los Reyes Catolicos, atendiendo a las suplicas del caballero asturiano Diego de Mirando, le confirmal de privilegio de un juro 4.000 maravedis anuales.” Quote: “agora el dicho Diego de Miranda vos ha pedido vuestra carta de previllejo de los dichos quatro mill maravedis, e ge la non queredes dar syn que primeramente vos muestre el testamento que’l dicho Lope Gonzalez de Quirós, su avuelo, al tiempo de su finamiento, fizo; e asymismo Martin Vazquez, su padre, e asymismo vos muestre la carta de previllejo oreginal del dicho rey don Juan que de los quatro mill maravedis tenia, la qual diz que non puede mostrar porque’l dicho Lope Goncalez diz que ha acerca de ochenta annos que es finado, e por aver tanto tiempo non se ha podido fallar nin aver su testamento para vos le mostrar, nin del dicho Martin Vazquez, su hyjo, padrel del dicho Diego de Miranda. E que el dicho previllejo, porque non sabe sy quedo en poder de los confirmadores del dicho sennor rey don Juan ...” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 301; Fernández Suárez, Teverga, doc. no. 22)
Secondary sources: Genealogía de la casa de Miranda. [9/317, fº 27 a 42, en el cual hay anotaciones de Luis de Salazar.], Colección Salazar y Castro, Real Academia de la Historia; digital image, Biblioteca Real Academia de la Historia (http://bibliotecadigital.rah.es/dgbrah/es/consulta/registro.cmd?id=55133) (Quirós and Miranda coats of arms). Juan de Dios de la Rada y Delgado, Viaje de SS. MM. Y AA. Por Catilla, León, Asturias y Galicia, en el Verano de 1858 (Madrid, 1860), 370. Fermín Canella y Secades, El Libro de Oviedo: Guía de la Ciudad y su Consejo (Oviedo, 1887), 227. Marqués de Saltillo, “Palacios Ovetenses: Datas para su Historia, 1474–1786,” Revista de la Universidad de Oviedo 9–10 (1942):272 (includes text of mayorazgo foundation from the codicil to his testament). Miguel Lasso de la Vega y López de Tejada Saltillo (marqués del), Francisco Javier Pérez de Rada y Díaz Rubín Jaureguízar (marqués de), Linajes y Palacios Ovetenses: Datos para su Historia (Madrid, 1992), 46–47 (full text of the foundation of the mayorazgo from the codicil to his testament). Ana Fernández Suárez, Teverga, un concejo de la montaña asturiana en la Edad Media (Oviedo, 1992), doc. no. 22. F. Diego Santos, Inscripciones Medievales de Asturias (Oviedo, 1993), pp. 139–140, 271, 277. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “Mujeres de la Nobleza Bajomedial Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 6 (2001):146–147 (biography of Isabel; all three of Diego’s wives). Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Marqueses de Valdecarzana, Señores de Vasallos en la Asturias del Antiguo Regimen (Siglos XVI–XVIII),” Revista de Historia Moderna 24 (2006):363–394. Jesús Antonio González Calle, “‘¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?’ El Misterio de una Sepultura en la Baja Edad Media Asturiana,” Territorio, Sociedad y Poder: Revista de Estudios Medievales 2 (2007):275–296. Mara González Morejón, “Algunos datos sobre los apellidos Miranda, Tamayo, de la Torre, y algunos descendientes desconocidos de Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa en la Isla de Cuba,” Cuadernos de Genealogía 4 (2008):5–6. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.
24. DIEGO DE QUIRÓS MIRANDA, señor de la casa de Miranda de Cudillero (Vigil Gonzalez, 14), b. prob. by 1462 (summoned to court in 1483). His wife has not been identified. Issue: a. Martín de Miranda y Quirós, señor de la casa de Miranda de Cudillero; b. 25. María de Quirós y Miranda (m. Diego de Argüelles).
Proof of parentage (1): In a document dated 1483, “Diego de Miranda, e Lope de Quirós e Diego de Quirós, sus hijos,” are mentioned: “Primeramente, carta en forma para que luego salgan del Principado e vengan a la Corte, Diego de Miranda, e Lope de Quirós e Diego de Quirós, sus hijos; Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quirós e Pero Bernaldo de Quirós, su hijo; Fernando de Valdés, e Álvaro e Fernando, sus hijos; Suero de Caso e Diego de Caso, hijo de Joan de Caso; Sancho de Estrada e Fernando de Tuergrandas, su hermano; Fernando de Estrada e sus hijos, Gonzalo de Estrada e sus hijos, e Gonzalo de Argüelles, e con ellos los otros que hí ovieren, que cumplan salir de la tierra del día que fueren requeridos hasta nueve días primeros siguientes, e dende los otros diez días, se presenten ante el rey o ante la reina, nuestros señores, e ante la merced de los nuestros reyes, e d’ella non partan sin mandamiento de sus altezas, e con acuerdo de la merced de vosotros señores, e si dentro d’este término no salieren de la tierra, que los prendan e enbíen presos a sus costas e les secuestren los bienes’ (Rubín, 1969: 103; Uría Ríu, 1979: 119-121). Sobre la datación precisa de este memorial, véase González Calle (‘Luchas de bandos en Asturias en la época de los Reyes Católicos,’ en prensa).” (González Calle, “¿Que fue de Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quiros el Bastardo?”, 287)
Proof of parentage (2): In 1493, information about the improper [indebido] rights Diego de Quirós and his father Diego de Miranda and Gonzalo Bernaldo de Quirós take of the municipalities of Pravia, Teverga, Babia, Pola de Lena, and others was presented before Real Cancillería de los Reyes de Castilla (Registro del Sello de Corte, RGS,LEG,149309,28; digital image, PARES [http://pares.mcu.es]).
Proof of parentage (3): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies “Doña María de Quirós, madre de mi, el dicho Lope de Argüelles,” as “hija lexítima que fue de Diego de Quirós de Cudillero, hermano de Martín [illegible] y nieta de [testator’s great-grandfather] Diego de Miranda, señor de la Casa de Miranda.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (4): In 1760, Trelles published that “Diego de Arguelles (a quien llamaron de Candamo, por haver tenido allì su habitacion) casò con Doña Maria de Quiròs y Miranda, hermana de Martin de Miranda y Quiròs, Señor de la Casa de Miranda de Cudillero, hijos ambos de Diego de Quiròs Miranda, Señor de la Casa de Miranda; y de la referida union tuvo Diego de Arguelles por hijo primogenito à…” Cites: Consta esta filiacion de el Testamento de su hijo Lope de Arguelles en el Archivo de esta Casa, legajo 2.num. 53. (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123)
Proof of parentage (5): “Interestingly, doña María de Quirós y Miranda was a daughter of don Diego de Quirós and a granddaughter of the famed don Diego de Miranda, Señor de Miranda (1504).” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 15)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, p. 123. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 56.
25. MARÍA DE QUIRÓS Y MIRANDA, m. by say 1525, DIEGO DE ARGÜELLES, of Candamo, Asturias. Possible reference: In 1546, Diego de Argüelles, resident of Candamo sued Pedro Fernández de Grado, resident of Grado over the possession of certain [heredades], meadows, vineyards, and other goods in Fenolleda [parish in Candamo]. (PL CIVILES,MORENO (OLV),CAJA 1331,3; PARES [http://pares.mcu.es])
Proof of parentage (1): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies “Doña María de Quirós, madre de mi, el dicho Lope de Argüelles,” as “hija lexítima que fue de Diego de Quirós de Cudillero….” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Diego de Arguelles (a quien llamaron de Candamo, por haver tenido allì su habitacion) casò con Doña Maria de Quiròs y Miranda, hermana de Martin de Miranda y Quiròs, Señor de la Casa de Miranda de Cudillero, hijos ambos de Diego de Quiròs Miranda, Señor de la Casa de Miranda…” Cites: Consta esta filiacion de el Testamento de su hijo Lope de Arguelles en el Archivo de esta Casa, legajo 2.num. 53. (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, p. 123. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.
26. LOPE DE ARGÜELLES, of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias, prob. b. prob. by 1525 (estimate based on five married children in 1573); d. between 20 December 1574 (date of plea) and 9 Oct 1577 (son Lope’s usage of inheritance to support education as a priest of the Orden de Santo Domingo); m. (1) MARÍA VALDÉS. Issue: a. María Valdés (eldest daughter, m. by 1573, Albaro Díaz de Lena); b. Estébana de Argüelles; c. unnamed daughter [mother not explicitly stated] (m. by 1573, Rodrigo/Toribio de Belmonte and had daughter María, a nursing baby girl in 1573). Lope, m. (2) María de Estrada y Argüelles. Issue: d. Juan de Arguelles (eldest legitimate son, m. by 1573, María de Junco; their eldest son to inherit and possess the estate of the mayorazgo); e. Gabriel de Argüelles (in service of His Majesty in Flanders in 1573), f. Lope de Argüelles (a child in 1573), g. Catalina de Argüelles (m. Francisco de Vigil); h. Leonor; i. Isabel; j. Mencia; k. Lucrecia de Argüelles (m. by 1573, Gutierre de Hevia); l. Marquesa; m. María.
On 20 December 1574, the plea of Lope Argüelles de Vega, resident of the Municipality of Siero (Asturias), as guardian of María, his granddaughter, daughter of Rodrigo de Belmonte, deceased against Julian de Restiello, resident of the municipality of Grado (Asturias) concerning the restitution of cows, jatos, and el cuarto y medio of the mil of las Vegas that belonged to the minor as heir of her father was executed. (ES.47186.ARCHV/9.8.1//REGISTRO DE EJECUTORIAS,CAJA 1303,64; digital images, PARES [http://pares.mcu.es].)
Proof of parentage (1): In his will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles identifies himself as the “hixo lexítimo de Diego de Argüelles de Candamo y Doña María de Quirós y Miranda, su lexítima muger.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Lope de Arguelles, sucessor en los bienes esta linea, el qual casò con Doña Maria de Estrada y Arguelles, hija de Diego de Arguelles, que llamaron el Sordo, y de su muger Doña Maria de Herrera … Lope de Arguelles (de quien vamos tratando en este numero) havia casado de primer matrimonio con Doña Maria de Valdès Vigil, Señora de la Torre, y antiguo Solàr de los Vigiles en San Martin de Vega de Poxa, junto al Rio Nora (que es, el de que hacen repetida mencion los Nobiliarios) y de este matrimonio tuvo hija unica à Doña Maria de Arguelles Valdes y Vigil, que casò con Alvar Diaz de Lena; y haviendo fundado à su favor Vinculo su madre con carge de ciertos Anniversarios, estos los assegurò, y fundò Lope de Arguelles en bienes suyos, que señalò, quedandose con la Casa, y Torre de los Vigiles en Vega de Poxa, que havia sido de su primer muger; y despues fundò Lope de Arguelles Vinculo, y Mayorazgo de la referida Torre, y otros bienes à favor de su hijo Juan de Arguelles, con llamamientos regulares. Todo lo referido, sucessiones, y matrimonios, que van expressados, consta puntualmente de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que fuè otorgado en el Lugar de Vega de Poxa à 6. de Abril de el año de 1573. ante Melchor de Guergo, Escrivano de el Concejo de Siero. Fueron hijos de Lope de Arguelles, y de su segunda muger, Juan de Arguellez, sucessor en el Mayorazgo de esta linea, Gabrièl de Arguelles, que se dedicò al servicio de el Rey, Lope de Arguelles, que quando muriò su padre, era de corta edad, Lucìa de Arguelles, que casò con Gutierre de Evia, Señor de esta Casa, y Cathalina de Arguelles, que casò con Francisco Vigil.” Cites: “Toda esta linea, y matrimonios consta de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que esta legajo 2. num.53. y de otros Papeles de esta Casa.” (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:123-124)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 3, part 1, pp. 123-124. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.
27. CATALINA DE ARGÜELLES, b. by 1552 (assuming 18 or older at time she bore a child), m. by say 1570 (definitely by 1573), FRANCISCO DE VIGIL, of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias. Issue: María de Vigil (m. Juan Montes Vigil).
Proof of parentage (1): In their will dated 1573, Lope de Argüelles and his wife Doña María de Estrada “Mandamos y dezimos que a Francisco de Vigil nuestro yerno, al tiempo que caso con Catthalina de Arguelles nuestra hija, le dimos ciertos bienes…” They refer to testigo “Francisco Vigil de San Martino” as “nuestro yerno.” (Vigil Gonzales et al., 21–35)
Proof of parentage (2): “Fueron hijos de Lope de Arguelles, y de su segunda muger … Cathalina de Arguelles, que casò con Francisco Vigil.” Cites: “Toda esta linea, y matrimonios consta de el Testamento de Lope de Arguelles, que esta legajo 2. num.53. y de otros Papeles de esta Casa.” (Trelles Villademoros, 3[1]:125)
Secondary sources: Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademoros, Asturias Ilustrada: Primitivo Origen de la Nobleza de España, su Antigüedad, y Diferencias, con la Descendencia Sucessiva de las Principales Familias del Reyno, 8 vols. (Madrid, 1760), vol. 5. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35, citing: Will of Don Lope de Argüelles and Doña María de Estrada, Archivo Histórico de la Universidad de Oviedo, Archivo Argüelles-Meres, Caja 1, Documento no. 13. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 55.
28. MARÍA DE VIGIL, b. by 1570 (assuming 18 or older at time she bore a child), m. by 1588, JUAN MONTES VIGIL [I], of Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]). Bartolomé de Vigil, vecino y regidor perpetio de este consejo de Siero, was brother to either María or Juan. (Pasajeros a Indias, Contratación, leg. 5323.N.29) Their issue: Juan Montes Vigil (m. Catalina Herrera Cantillana).
Proof of parentage: In Bartolomé de Vigil’s petition, dated 10 Feb. 1609, he states Juan Montes Vigil “es nieto lijitimo por linea de la dicha su madre de Francisco de Vigil de San Martino y de Catalina de Arguelles su lejitima muger que asimismo estuvieron casados in facie el uno con el otro y durante el dicho matrimonio hubiero por su hijo a la dicha su madre.” (Pasajeros a Indias, Contratación, leg. 5323.N.29)
Sources: Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.
29. JUAN MONTES VIGIL [II] aka Juan Montes Quiñones y Argüello,[1] of Zacatecas, Mexico, b. Vega de Poja Parish (dedication: San Martino [de Siero]), Asturias, Spain, 1588,[2] d. Zacatecas, before 27 June 1656 (date of daughter’s will);[3] m. Sagrario in Zacatecas, 21 July 1619, CATALINA HERRERA CANTILLANA.[4] Catalina, b. Castile, Spain. Issue: a. Juan Montes Vigil; b. María de Herrera Castilla (of Zacatecas, testament dated 27 June 1656).[3]
Proof of immigrant origin (1): In two versions of his will, dated 1682 and 1683, Juan Montes Vigil, merchant, of Zacatecas, Mexico, identifies his parents as Juan Montes Vigil and Catalina de Cantillana, both natives of “Reynos de Castilla.”[5]
Proof of parentage and immigrant origin (2): A petition, dated 10 Feb. 1609, by Bartolomé de Vigil vecino y regidor perpetio [councilman] de este consejo de Siero, found in Juan’s Pasajeros a Indias paperwork, provides a wealth of genealogical information about his nephew Juan Montes Vigil who was preparing to emigrate “Al Peru por Nueva España.” Bartolomé states he is “curador que soy de la persona y bienes de Juan Montes Vigil mi sobrino vecino y natural de la feligresia de San Martino de Siero de este Concejo y residente en la villa de Madrid corte de su magestad. Digo que el dicho mi menor pretende pasar a las Indias en Nueva España y otras provincias de su majestad y para que en las partes donde estuviere conste de como es hijo dalgo notorio de solar conocido de armas poner y pintar por ser descendiente por linea recta e lijitima de la casa y solar de Vigil que es de la calidades referidos y una de las antiguas y principales de este Consejo y prencipado por ser como era de la dicha casa y solar Juan Montes Vigil y Lucas Montes Vigil sus padres y abuelos lejitimos asimismo tiene necesidad de hacer informacion de como es limpio de toda raza de moros judios ni quemados ni de los penitenciados por el santo oficio y de como es mozo libre y no sujeto a orden de matrimonio ni religion de todo lo cual pido y suplico a vuestra merced me reciba la dicha informacion de los testigos que ante vuestra merced presentare y de como el es tal hijo lejitimo del dicho Juan Montes Vixil y de Maria de Vijil su lijitima mujer sus padres que en uno estuvieron casados y velados in facie eclesies.”[6]
Clue to Spanish ancestors: Alternative surname Argüello[3] (after his illustrious Spanish grandmother Argüelles).
[1] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla of Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “Maria de Herrera Castilla, vecina de esta ciudad, hija legitima de Juan Montes Quiñones y Arguello y de Catalina Herrera, difuntos vecinos fueron de esta ciudad y ella originaria.”
[2] Birthplace identified in Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm.
[3] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla of Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96
[4] “México, Zacatecas, registros parroquiales, 1605-1980,” database with images, FamilySearch image 27 of 494; paróquias Católicas, Zacatecas: Información Matrimonial; FHL Microfilm 283371. There are no baptismal registers for Zacatecas at the Family History Library before the 1630s.
[5] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm; Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[6] Transcript of Pasajeros: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla, Contratacion, leg. 5323.N.29, Imagen 1-5 1611, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222051551/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvijil.htm; scan of the original record at pares.mcu.es (search for Juan Montes Vigil 1611).
Secondary sources: Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):21–35. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.
30. JUAN MONTES VIGIL [III] aka Juan Montes Argüello,[1] merchant, of Zacatecas, Mexico, b. Mexico City, say 1620s, d. Zacatecas, after 25 April 1683.[2] Did not marry, but in his will, he claims Francisco Montes Vigil as his natural son. Francisco’s unidentified mother must have been of African descent, as Francisco is described in later records as mulato.[3] It is known that Juan was a slave owner.[4]
Proof of parentage (1): In his first will, dated 2 Oct. 1682, Juo Montes Vigil states he is a “natural de la cui’d de Mex’co vezino de esta cuid de n[uest]ra S[eñor]a de los Zacatecas hijo lexitimo de Juan montes Vigil Y de Catt[alin]a de Herrera Cantillana Su legitima muger Ya difuntos naturales de los reynos de castilla y Vezinos que fueron desta d[ic]ha cuid.”[5]
Proof of parentage (2): In his second will, dated 25 April 1683, Juan montes Vigil describes himself as “natural de la Cui’d de Mex’co y mercader Enesta de n’ra Señora de los Zacatecas hijo lex’mo de Juan Montes Vigil y de catalina de Cantillana naturales q’e fueron de los Reynos de Castilla y vz’os desta d[ich]a cuid ya [difun]tos.”[6]
Clue to Spanish ancestors: Alternative surname Argüello[7] (after his illustrious Spanish great-grandmother Argüelles).
[1] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla de Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “...su hermano Juan Montes Argüello.”
[2] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm; Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[3] Inmaculada Concepción, Ciénega de Mata, México, Catholic parish register [FHL Microfilm 640149]: 1689 March 20: “...bautise puse oleo y chrisma a Juan mulato ijo legitimo de Fransisco Montes mulato y de Maria Jimenes de Ansiso, espanola.” Image: https://cybergata.com/roots/5902.htm.
[4] Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas: (1) Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol I, Pg. 8; (2) Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 – 1682 Vol II, Pg. 181v. Transcripts: Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil.
[5] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[6] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[7] Testamento, María de Herrera Castilla de Zacatecas, dated 27 June 1656, Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Caja: 3, Libro: 8, Año: 1678, no. 96: “...su hermano Juan Montes Argüello.”
Secondary sources: Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 54.
31. CAPITÁN FRANCISCO MONTES VIGIL, b. Zacatecas, Mexico, 1665 or 1666 (age 16 in 1682;[1] age 17 in 1683;[2] age 30 in 1695,[3] age 80 in 1730 [exaggerated age][4]), bur. Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 11 Sept. 1730;[5] m. before 25 April 1683 (date of father’s will), MARÍA JIMÉNEZ DE ANCIZO. María, bur. Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 19 Nov. 1745.[6] Issue:[7] a. María (m. Martín Romero), b. Gertrudis, c. Elena, d. Domingo (m. María Estela Márquez), e. Francisco (m. (1) Antonia Jirón, m. (2) Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico, 28 June 1744, Lorenza Medina), f. Manuel Montes Vigil (soldier, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, b. 1701 [age 32 at death], d. Santa Fe, 21 March 1733, m. c1720 [married 13 years when he wrote his will in 1733], Manuela Sánchez), g. Juan Montes Vigil (d. testate at Santa Fe, 18 May 1762 [names his parents in his will], m. (1) Ynez López, m. (2) Santa Fe, 16 May 1745, Antonia Nicolasa Luján), h. (poss.) Pedro Montes Vigil (of Santa Fe, b. 1684 [age 33 in 1717], m. Juana Trujillo).
Proof of parentage (1): “In Santa Fe in 1695, he said that he was a native of El Real de Zacatecas and thirty years old.”[8]
Proof of parentage (2): In his first will, dated 2 Oct. 1682, Juo montes Vigil “dexo ynombro Por setredivio de todos mis bienes, derechos, qe en qual quier manera me pertenezcan o puedan pertenezer a fran’co montes Vigil q’e declaro por mi hijo natural q’e es de hedad de Diez y Seis años poco mas o menos …”[9]
Proof of parentage (3): In his second will, dated 25 April 1683, Juan montes Vigil “declaro por mi hijo natural havido En muger Soltera Como yo lo Soy y [?]ie Sido a fran’co Montes Vigil qe y sera de hedad de Diez y Siette aos poco mas y esta cassado y Velado infasie eclesie Con Maria Ximenez = declaro Es assi por mi hijo natural por el descargo de mi Conci- Encia y para q’e Conste.”[10]
[1] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[2] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
[3] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311.
[4] Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil, cites Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials: 1726-1859.
[5] Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez, “Montes Vigil,” Beyond Origins of NM Families, https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/nm-families-a-z/mondragon/montes-vigil, cites Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Roll 39, Santa Cruz Church, Burials: 1726-1859.
[6] Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):2-11.
[7] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311–312.
[8] Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311.
[9] Transcript of 1st Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 1-2 Oct. 1682, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050359/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil1.htm.
[10] Transcript of 2nd Will and Testament of Juan Montes Vigil, dated 25 April 1683, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families (WayBack Machine), https://web.archive.org/web/20101222050343/http://pages.prodigy.net/bluemountain1/montesvigil2.htm.
Secondary sources: Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (rev. ed., Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1992), 311–312. Marietta Vigil Gonzales, José Antonio Esquibel, and Juan Díaz Álvarez, “Los Arguellos, A.D. 1350-A.D. 1600,” Herencia: The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico 13 (2005):2-11. Brent Alexander Cruz, Una Familia Mas Noble y Antigua: A Preliminary Study of the Asturian Ancestry of Capitán Francisco Montes Vigil of New Mexico (Vigil, Colorado, 2016), 53.
Appendix: Crusader ancestors
His ancestor Amadeus/Amadeo III, Count of Savoy and Maurienne served in the Second Crusade https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=893
Amadeus III’s father, Humbert II, Count of Maurienne, Savoy, and Turin, was in the First Crusade https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/person/?id=430
Pedigree chart of Alfonso IX, King of León: https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00020550&tree=LEO&parentset=0&generations=8&display=standard
I dug out the primary sources connecting generations using the Castilian I could recall from living in Perú a year and would like to thank George Ryskamp, JD, AG, FUGA, Lynn Turner, AG, and Evan Christensen, AG, for Hispanic genealogical research guidance. Pre-1600 parish registers do not survive for towns or villages where ancestors of immigrant Juan Montes Vigil lived. Many notarial records for the Siero region have been destroyed. The inventory of records at the Diocesan Archives in Oviedo doesn’t include marriage dispensations. (José María Martí Bonet et al., Guía de los Archivos de la Iglesia en España [Barcelona, 2001]; Protocolos Notariales, Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias (España), CENSO-GUÍA de Archivos de España e Iberoamérica [http://censoarchivos.mcu.es/CensoGuia/]).
Dear Nathan, sorry for the late reply, but, I should note that I had already seen this Spanish gateway in https://cybergata.com/roots/5904.htm, while searching for genealogies of the Nuevomexicanos of New Mexico and Southern Colorado, who are descended from Spanish colonial settlers, there.
Nathan Murphy
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Dear Nathan, sorry for the late reply, but, I should note that I had already seen this Spanish gateway in https://cybergata.com/roots/5904.htm, while searching for genealogies of the Nuevomexicanos of New Mexico and Southern Colorado, who are descended from Spanish colonial settlers, there.
Hi Paulo,

Yes, that's the family. I also came across this very useful site. The compiler cites many of the same sources discussed in the post. Thanks for the link.

If you come across other Spanish gateways, I'd be very interested in hearing about them.

Nathan
Paulo Ricardo Canedo
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Dear Nathan, sorry for the late reply, but, I should note that I had already seen this Spanish gateway in https://cybergata.com/roots/5904.htm, while searching for genealogies of the Nuevomexicanos of New Mexico and Southern Colorado, who are descended from Spanish colonial settlers, there.
Hi Paulo,
Yes, that's the family. I also came across this very useful site. The compiler cites many of the same sources discussed in the post. Thanks for the link.
If you come across other Spanish gateways, I'd be very interested in hearing about them.
Nathan
According to https://cybergata.com/roots/5905.htm, María de Vigil was aunt of her husband Juan Montes Vigil I. Juan Montes Vigil I was son of her sister Ysabel de Vigil.
This is strange, don't you think?
What were the Spanish laws regarding aunt-nephew marriage, at the time?
Nathan Murphy
2019-06-23 23:08:27 UTC
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According to https://cybergata.com/roots/5905.htm, María de Vigil was aunt of her husband Juan Montes Vigil I. Juan Montes Vigil I was son of her sister Ysabel de Vigil.
This is strange, don't you think?
What were the Spanish laws regarding aunt-nephew marriage, at the time?
Nancy Lucía López must have misunderstood the article she cites:

"The Montes Vigil Family Genealogy and the Genealogy of the Argüellles Family," Herencia, Vol. 13.2, pp. 2-35

In that article, the authors do not identify the parentage of Isabel de Vigil, wife of Lucas de Montes Vigil. As far as I know, Isabel's parents have never been identified.

Best,

Nathan
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2019-06-24 07:04:28 UTC
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According to https://cybergata.com/roots/5905.htm, María de Vigil was aunt of her husband Juan Montes Vigil I. Juan Montes Vigil I was son of her sister Ysabel de Vigil.
This is strange, don't you think?
What were the Spanish laws regarding aunt-nephew marriage, at the time?
In his book, Dr. Cruz highlights that three of the four grandparents of immigrant Juan Montes Vigil [II] were Vigils. I checked to see if dispensas/expedientes matrimoniales exist at the Diocesan Archives at Oviedo, but I haven't found any yet. It might be worth digging deeper.

For now though, it's not actually known if the three grandparents were closely related. Parish registers for Vega de Poja, which don't survive, might have clarified.

Best,

Nathan
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According to https://cybergata.com/roots/5905.htm, María de Vigil was aunt of her husband Juan Montes Vigil I. Juan Montes Vigil I was son of her sister Ysabel de Vigil.
This is strange, don't you think?
What were the Spanish laws regarding aunt-nephew marriage, at the time?
In his book, Dr. Cruz highlights that three of the four grandparents of immigrant Juan Montes Vigil [II] were Vigils. I checked to see if dispensas/expedientes matrimoniales exist at the Diocesan Archives at Oviedo, but I haven't found any yet. It might be worth digging deeper.
For now though, it's not actually known if the three grandparents were closely related. Parish registers for Vega de Poja, which don't survive, might have clarified.
Best,
Nathan
Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
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According to https://cybergata.com/roots/5905.htm, María de Vigil was aunt of her husband Juan Montes Vigil I. Juan Montes Vigil I was son of her sister Ysabel de Vigil.
This is strange, don't you think?
What were the Spanish laws regarding aunt-nephew marriage, at the time?
In his book, Dr. Cruz highlights that three of the four grandparents of immigrant Juan Montes Vigil [II] were Vigils. I checked to see if dispensas/expedientes matrimoniales exist at the Diocesan Archives at Oviedo, but I haven't found any yet. It might be worth digging deeper.
For now though, it's not actually known if the three grandparents were closely related. Parish registers for Vega de Poja, which don't survive, might have clarified.
Best,
Nathan
Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
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2019-06-25 01:44:34 UTC
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.

Best, Nathan
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.
Best, Nathan
Sure. Here is his basic line from Domingo, descending. No accent marks, I have my keyboard set to English now. If anyone wants the source(s) just let me know.
Domingo Vigil - Maria Estela Marquez
Cristoval Vigil - Theodora Medina
Felipe de Jesus Vigil (1758-1844) - Maria Bartola Aragon
Antonio Jose Vigil - Maria Apolinia Montanya
Juna Antonio Vigil (1811 - ?) - Maira Guadalupe Salonme Aragon
Maria Estefana Romana Vigil (1836-1906)- Jose Felis de Jesus Sanchez
Juan Sanchez y Vigil (1860-1934) - Beatriz Otero
Then to the client's grandparents, 100% NM
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.
Best, Nathan
Sure. Here is his basic line from Domingo, descending. No accent marks, I have my keyboard set to English now. If anyone wants the source(s) just let me know.
Domingo Vigil - Maria Estela Marquez
Cristoval Vigil - Theodora Medina
Felipe de Jesus Vigil (1758-1844) - Maria Bartola Aragon
Antonio Jose Vigil - Maria Apolinia Montanya
Juna Antonio Vigil (1811 - ?) - Maira Guadalupe Salonme Aragon
Maria Estefana Romana Vigil (1836-1906)- Jose Felis de Jesus Sanchez
Juan Sanchez y Vigil (1860-1934) - Beatriz Otero
Then to the client's grandparents, 100% NM
Ms Hockaday,

Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Median are my 6th Great grandparents. The parents of Juan Cristobal Vigil are Domingo Vigil and Pascuala Salazar, who was Domingo's first wife. Maria Estela Marquez was his second wife. This is proven by Juan Cristobal Vigil's 1791 Marriage to Juana Luna. There is also a DM in Durango which survived that proves the relationship.

Cristobal Vegil 1791 Marriage Translation
to Juana Luna 2nd Wife.
FHL Film: 17022 Image 30 DGS: 007854398

Taos Marriages - 24 Aug 1791
Don Cristobal Vigil, widowed of Maria Teodora Medina s/o don Domingo Vigil and doña Pascuala Salazar, natives of La Cañada, with doña Juana de Luna, widowed of both Bernardo Ballejos and Mariano Aragon, d/o Bernardo de Luna and Jacinta (?) residents of Valencia, Padrinos: Juan Nepomuseno Chaves and his granddaughter Clarita Sanches.
Translation by-- Patricia Sanchez Rau
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-17MB?cat=414536


Church records, 1701-1956
Catholic Church. Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Language: Spanish

I have proven decent from 3 of Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Media's sons.
(1)Juan Miguel married to Anna Maria Vallejos
(2)Cristobal Faustin Vigil married to Maria Josefa Sanchez
(3)Francisco Salvador de Jesus Vigil married (2) Maria Barbara Baca

Juan Cristobal Vigil and two of his sons qualify for the Sons of the American Revolution due to their donations to the cause. I was first approved for Membership in 2016 using Juan Cristobal Vigil who was the Alcalde Mayore of San Geronimo de Taos during the 1782 time frame.
Here is a link to the proven lines. https://sarpatriots.sar.org/member/display/200314
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.
Best, Nathan
Sure. Here is his basic line from Domingo, descending. No accent marks, I have my keyboard set to English now. If anyone wants the source(s) just let me know.
Domingo Vigil - Maria Estela Marquez
Cristoval Vigil - Theodora Medina
Felipe de Jesus Vigil (1758-1844) - Maria Bartola Aragon
Antonio Jose Vigil - Maria Apolinia Montanya
Juna Antonio Vigil (1811 - ?) - Maira Guadalupe Salonme Aragon
Maria Estefana Romana Vigil (1836-1906)- Jose Felis de Jesus Sanchez
Juan Sanchez y Vigil (1860-1934) - Beatriz Otero
Then to the client's grandparents, 100% NM
Ms Hockaday,
Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Median are my 6th Great grandparents. The parents of Juan Cristobal Vigil are Domingo Vigil and Pascuala Salazar, who was Domingo's first wife. Maria Estela Marquez was his second wife. This is proven by Juan Cristobal Vigil's 1791 Marriage to Juana Luna. There is also a DM in Durango which survived that proves the relationship.
Cristobal Vegil 1791 Marriage Translation
to Juana Luna 2nd Wife.
FHL Film: 17022 Image 30 DGS: 007854398
Taos Marriages - 24 Aug 1791
Don Cristobal Vigil, widowed of Maria Teodora Medina s/o don Domingo Vigil and doña Pascuala Salazar, natives of La Cañada, with doña Juana de Luna, widowed of both Bernardo Ballejos and Mariano Aragon, d/o Bernardo de Luna and Jacinta (?) residents of Valencia, Padrinos: Juan Nepomuseno Chaves and his granddaughter Clarita Sanches.
Translation by-- Patricia Sanchez Rau
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-17MB?cat=414536
Church records, 1701-1956
Catholic Church. Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Language: Spanish
I have proven decent from 3 of Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Media's sons.
(1)Juan Miguel married to Anna Maria Vallejos
(2)Cristobal Faustin Vigil married to Maria Josefa Sanchez
(3)Francisco Salvador de Jesus Vigil married (2) Maria Barbara Baca
Juan Cristobal Vigil and two of his sons qualify for the Sons of the American Revolution due to their donations to the cause. I was first approved for Membership in 2016 using Juan Cristobal Vigil who was the Alcalde Mayore of San Geronimo de Taos during the 1782 time frame.
Here is a link to the proven lines. https://sarpatriots.sar.org/member/display/200314
Thank you for the correction! It is much appreciated and will be amended i the family tree.
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.
Best, Nathan
Sure. Here is his basic line from Domingo, descending. No accent marks, I have my keyboard set to English now. If anyone wants the source(s) just let me know.
Domingo Vigil - Maria Estela Marquez
Cristoval Vigil - Theodora Medina
Felipe de Jesus Vigil (1758-1844) - Maria Bartola Aragon
Antonio Jose Vigil - Maria Apolinia Montanya
Juna Antonio Vigil (1811 - ?) - Maira Guadalupe Salonme Aragon
Maria Estefana Romana Vigil (1836-1906)- Jose Felis de Jesus Sanchez
Juan Sanchez y Vigil (1860-1934) - Beatriz Otero
Then to the client's grandparents, 100% NM
Ms Hockaday,
Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Median are my 6th Great grandparents. The parents of Juan Cristobal Vigil are Domingo Vigil and Pascuala Salazar, who was Domingo's first wife. Maria Estela Marquez was his second wife. This is proven by Juan Cristobal Vigil's 1791 Marriage to Juana Luna. There is also a DM in Durango which survived that proves the relationship.
Cristobal Vegil 1791 Marriage Translation
to Juana Luna 2nd Wife.
FHL Film: 17022 Image 30 DGS: 007854398
Taos Marriages - 24 Aug 1791
Don Cristobal Vigil, widowed of Maria Teodora Medina s/o don Domingo Vigil and doña Pascuala Salazar, natives of La Cañada, with doña Juana de Luna, widowed of both Bernardo Ballejos and Mariano Aragon, d/o Bernardo de Luna and Jacinta (?) residents of Valencia, Padrinos: Juan Nepomuseno Chaves and his granddaughter Clarita Sanches.
Translation by-- Patricia Sanchez Rau
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-17MB?cat=414536
Church records, 1701-1956
Catholic Church. Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Language: Spanish
I have proven decent from 3 of Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Media's sons.
(1)Juan Miguel married to Anna Maria Vallejos
(2)Cristobal Faustin Vigil married to Maria Josefa Sanchez
(3)Francisco Salvador de Jesus Vigil married (2) Maria Barbara Baca
Juan Cristobal Vigil and two of his sons qualify for the Sons of the American Revolution due to their donations to the cause. I was first approved for Membership in 2016 using Juan Cristobal Vigil who was the Alcalde Mayore of San Geronimo de Taos during the 1782 time frame.
Here is a link to the proven lines. https://sarpatriots.sar.org/member/display/200314
Thank you for the correction! It is much appreciated and will be amended i the family tree.
Hello,
I am Roberta Irene Valdez Vigil Arguello. Vigils from my grandmother Teresina and Arguello from my grandfather Reyes Arguello. Valdez comes from San Pablo. My father being Roberto Silviano Valdez. His cousins were Mondragon and Sanchez. My mothers cousin was an Arguello married to Philomeno Sanchez from San Luis. This couple was related to my mom from her father and related to my father from his mother or father. People interbred for survival reasons and it served them well. That's how it was in old times.
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.
Best, Nathan
Sure. Here is his basic line from Domingo, descending. No accent marks, I have my keyboard set to English now. If anyone wants the source(s) just let me know.
Domingo Vigil - Maria Estela Marquez
Cristoval Vigil - Theodora Medina
Felipe de Jesus Vigil (1758-1844) - Maria Bartola Aragon
Antonio Jose Vigil - Maria Apolinia Montanya
Juna Antonio Vigil (1811 - ?) - Maira Guadalupe Salonme Aragon
Maria Estefana Romana Vigil (1836-1906)- Jose Felis de Jesus Sanchez
Juan Sanchez y Vigil (1860-1934) - Beatriz Otero
Then to the client's grandparents, 100% NM
Ms Hockaday,
Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Median are my 6th Great grandparents. The parents of Juan Cristobal Vigil are Domingo Vigil and Pascuala Salazar, who was Domingo's first wife. Maria Estela Marquez was his second wife. This is proven by Juan Cristobal Vigil's 1791 Marriage to Juana Luna. There is also a DM in Durango which survived that proves the relationship.
Cristobal Vegil 1791 Marriage Translation
to Juana Luna 2nd Wife.
FHL Film: 17022 Image 30 DGS: 007854398
Taos Marriages - 24 Aug 1791
Don Cristobal Vigil, widowed of Maria Teodora Medina s/o don Domingo Vigil and doña Pascuala Salazar, natives of La Cañada, with doña Juana de Luna, widowed of both Bernardo Ballejos and Mariano Aragon, d/o Bernardo de Luna and Jacinta (?) residents of Valencia, Padrinos: Juan Nepomuseno Chaves and his granddaughter Clarita Sanches.
Translation by-- Patricia Sanchez Rau
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-17MB?cat=414536
Church records, 1701-1956
Catholic Church. Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Language: Spanish
I have proven decent from 3 of Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Media's sons.
(1)Juan Miguel married to Anna Maria Vallejos
(2)Cristobal Faustin Vigil married to Maria Josefa Sanchez
(3)Francisco Salvador de Jesus Vigil married (2) Maria Barbara Baca
Juan Cristobal Vigil and two of his sons qualify for the Sons of the American Revolution due to their donations to the cause. I was first approved for Membership in 2016 using Juan Cristobal Vigil who was the Alcalde Mayore of San Geronimo de Taos during the 1782 time frame.
Here is a link to the proven lines. https://sarpatriots.sar.org/member/display/200314
Thank you for the correction! It is much appreciated and will be amended i the family tree.
Hello,
I am Roberta Irene Valdez Vigil Arguello. Vigils from my grandmother Teresina and Arguello from my grandfather Reyes Arguello. Valdez comes from San Pablo. My father being Roberto Silviano Valdez. His cousins were Mondragon and Sanchez. My mothers cousin was an Arguello married to Philomeno Sanchez from San Luis. This couple was related to my mom from her father and related to my father from his mother or father. People interbred for survival reasons and it served them well. That's how it was in old times.
Hi Roberta,

The Montes Vigils have fabulous ancestry. Very jealous.

Nathan
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2020-08-31 01:53:27 UTC
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Me too! I met the gentleman who you assisted with this line on FB.
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Hello all. I posted to Facebook but would like to follow the discussion here as well. I don't have anything to add genealogically but can provide a descendant of Fransico Montes de Vigil 2x, through son Domingo and daughter Maria, who married Martin Romero. I am a genealogist with Legacy Tree and have been working with this client on his early NM and MX lines for the past two years. I have let the client know of the possibility with the understanding this line has not been accepted by the OCC yet. I did use secondary sources to his line to Fransico, with NM DMs and Fray Angelico Chavez' works. If anyone is interested I can post his line here starting in the mid 19th century or so. It's very endogomous as most NM lines are. I have a feeling once this line has approved the client will want to join the OCC. We assisted him with his dual Spanish citizenship as well. Thanks for all of your hard work!
And I spelled Francisco incorrectly. Excuse me.
We'd love to see the line Rebecca.
Best, Nathan
Sure. Here is his basic line from Domingo, descending. No accent marks, I have my keyboard set to English now. If anyone wants the source(s) just let me know.
Domingo Vigil - Maria Estela Marquez
Cristoval Vigil - Theodora Medina
Felipe de Jesus Vigil (1758-1844) - Maria Bartola Aragon
Antonio Jose Vigil - Maria Apolinia Montanya
Juna Antonio Vigil (1811 - ?) - Maira Guadalupe Salonme Aragon
Maria Estefana Romana Vigil (1836-1906)- Jose Felis de Jesus Sanchez
Juan Sanchez y Vigil (1860-1934) - Beatriz Otero
Then to the client's grandparents, 100% NM
Ms Hockaday,
Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Median are my 6th Great grandparents. The parents of Juan Cristobal Vigil are Domingo Vigil and Pascuala Salazar, who was Domingo's first wife. Maria Estela Marquez was his second wife. This is proven by Juan Cristobal Vigil's 1791 Marriage to Juana Luna. There is also a DM in Durango which survived that proves the relationship.
Cristobal Vegil 1791 Marriage Translation
to Juana Luna 2nd Wife.
FHL Film: 17022 Image 30 DGS: 007854398
Taos Marriages - 24 Aug 1791
Don Cristobal Vigil, widowed of Maria Teodora Medina s/o don Domingo Vigil and doña Pascuala Salazar, natives of La Cañada, with doña Juana de Luna, widowed of both Bernardo Ballejos and Mariano Aragon, d/o Bernardo de Luna and Jacinta (?) residents of Valencia, Padrinos: Juan Nepomuseno Chaves and his granddaughter Clarita Sanches.
Translation by-- Patricia Sanchez Rau
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-17MB?cat=414536
Church records, 1701-1956
Catholic Church. Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film
Language: Spanish
I have proven decent from 3 of Juan Cristobal Vigil & Maria Teodora Media's sons.
(1)Juan Miguel married to Anna Maria Vallejos
(2)Cristobal Faustin Vigil married to Maria Josefa Sanchez
(3)Francisco Salvador de Jesus Vigil married (2) Maria Barbara Baca
Juan Cristobal Vigil and two of his sons qualify for the Sons of the American Revolution due to their donations to the cause. I was first approved for Membership in 2016 using Juan Cristobal Vigil who was the Alcalde Mayore of San Geronimo de Taos during the 1782 time frame.
Here is a link to the proven lines. https://sarpatriots.sar.org/member/display/200314
Thank you for the correction! It is much appreciated and will be amended i the family tree.
Hello,
I am Roberta Irene Valdez Vigil Arguello. Vigils from my grandmother Teresina and Arguello from my grandfather Reyes Arguello. Valdez comes from San Pablo. My father being Roberto Silviano Valdez. His cousins were Mondragon and Sanchez. My mothers cousin was an Arguello married to Philomeno Sanchez from San Luis. This couple was related to my mom from her father and related to my father from his mother or father. People interbred for survival reasons and it served them well. That's how it was in old times.
Hi Roberta,
The Montes Vigils have fabulous ancestry. Very jealous.
Nathan
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15. ALFONSO IX, KING OF LEÓN, b. Zamora, Reino de León, 15 August 1171, d. on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela at Villanueva de Sarria, Reino de León, 24 September 1230, bur. catedral de Santiago de Compostela. By a mistress, ALDONZA MARTÍNEZ DE SILVA, he had Aldonza.
Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 16, generation 14, no. 332a. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1984), Neue Folge, vol. 2, tables 38, 62, 63; (Marburg, 1985), Neue Folge, vol. 3 table 530a. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (sub Castile & Leon, Counts & Kings), https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/. Gregoria Cavero Domínguez, “Alfonso IX,” in Real Academia de la Historia, Diccionario Biográfico electrónico, www.rah.es.
16. ALDONZA ALFONSO DE LEÓN, d. 1267, m. (1) DIEGO FROILAZ SEÑOR DE MANSILLA Y RUEDA, m. (2) before October 1235, PEDRO PONCE DE CABRERA, ricohombre leonés, señor del Valle de Aria. Pedro, b. between 1181 and 1202 (minor in 7 July 1202), d. 1248/1254. She was the King’s illegitimate daughter. Both bur. monasterio de Santa María de Nogales, León. Issue: a. 17. Fernán Pérez Ponce de León, b. Rodrigo Pérez Ponce de León (Maestre de Calatrava [1284], Mayordomo mayor of Sancho IV King of Castile [1293–1295], Comendador mayor de Alcaniz), c. Juan Pérez Ponce de León (d.s.p.), d. Pedro Pérez Ponce de León (13th Comendador mayor de Santiago). Some compiled genealogies also list these children: a. Elvira Ponce de León, b. Álvaro Ponce de León, c. Juana Ponce de León. I haven’t attempted to verify these claims.
Proof of parentage (1): Cawley states that “The Nobiliario of Pedro Conde de Barcelos [?1287–1354] names ‘D. Rodrigo Alonso, D. Aldonça Alonso, D. Teresa Alonso’ as the children of King Alfonso IX and ‘D. Aldonça Martinez de Silva,’ and in a later passage records that ‘Conde D. Pedro Ponce’ married ‘D. Aldonça Alonso.’”
A while back in an email, Todd Farmerie pointed out a study of the illegitimate children of generation 15 Alfonzo IX, King of León. Aldonza is included and Vajay's research supports the lineage in this post:

Szabolcs de Vajay, "From Alfonso VIII to Alfonso X, on the First Two Centuries of the Burgundian Dynasty in Castilla and Leon, a Prosopographical Catalogue in Social Genealogy, 1100-1300," in Lindsay L. Brook, ed., Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday (Salt Lake City, Utah: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989), 366-417.

Best,

Nathan
taf
2021-06-24 20:12:25 UTC
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A while back in an email, Todd Farmerie pointed out a study of the illegitimate children of
generation 15 Alfonzo IX, King of León. Aldonza is included and Vajay's research supports
Not directly relevant, but for what it's worth, there is a relatively new discussion of the children of Alfonso X:

Jaime de Salazar y Acha, "Alfonso X y su descendencia", Alcanate, 11 (2018-2019): 187-219.

Briefly, he gives Alfonso the following children,

by wife Violante of Aragon:
Berenguela (d.unm.), Beatriz (m. Wm VII of Montferrat), Fernando de la Carpa, Leonor (d.unm.), Sancho IV, Constanza (d.unm.), Pedro de Ledesma, Juan de Valencia de Campos, Isabel (d.inf.), Violante (m. Diego Lopez de Haro), and Jaime de los Cameros (d.unm.)

by mistress Elvira Rodriguez de Villada:
Alfonso Fernandez 'el nino'

by mistress Maria Alfonso (his half-aunt, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso IX):
Berenguela m. Pedro de Guzman

by mistress Mayor Guillen de Guzman:
Beatriz m. Afonso III of Portugal

by unknown mistress:
Urraca (d.unm.)
Martin (d.y.)

The main genealogical contributions here are the identification of the mother of Alfonso Fernandez 'el nino' as Elvira Rodriguez de Villada, and his discussion of the ancestry of Mayor Guillen de Guzman. Specifically on the latter, the dispensation for Alfonso's marriage to Violante was not only on the basis of their own shared ancestry, but also because Violante was related to women (plural) with whom Alfonso had carnal knowledge. Maria Alfonso is obvious as she shared the same relationship with Violante as did Alfonso, only one generation closer, from Alfonso VII. Elvira Rodriguez was of too low a status, so Salazar y Acha focuses on Mayor Guillen de Guzman. She has no apparent route for a close enough relationship through her mother. As to her father, Guillen Perez de Guzman was son of Pedro Rodriguez de Guzman, who is usually attributed children by two women, a mysterious Mafalda, and Urraca Diaz, given traditionally as mother of Guillen Perez. Salazar argues that this confuses distinct men named Guillen Perez, with Pedro's son too old to be the Guillen who was son of Urraca, and hence Mayon's father Guillen was son of Pedro's sole wife Mafalda (if I am reading this correctly - he calls her 'first wife' but then goes on to relate that she remarried after Pedro's death). He argues that she was a foreigner, and given her name Mafalda (Matilda) and her son's name Guillen (William, not a common name among the Castilian nobility), he is struck by the coincidence of these names in Violante's ancestry, her grandmother's grandparents, William VII of Montpellier and Matilda of Burgundy, and suggests that this couple were also parent's of Mafalda, grandmother of royal mistress mayor Guillen de Guzman.

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Peter Stewart
2021-06-25 05:31:18 UTC
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Post by Nathan Murphy
A while back in an email, Todd Farmerie pointed out a study of the illegitimate children of
generation 15 Alfonzo IX, King of León. Aldonza is included and Vajay's research supports
Jaime de Salazar y Acha, "Alfonso X y su descendencia", Alcanate, 11 (2018-2019): 187-219.
Briefly, he gives Alfonso the following children,
Berenguela (d.unm.), Beatriz (m. Wm VII of Montferrat), Fernando de la Carpa, Leonor (d.unm.), Sancho IV, Constanza (d.unm.), Pedro de Ledesma, Juan de Valencia de Campos, Isabel (d.inf.), Violante (m. Diego Lopez de Haro), and Jaime de los Cameros (d.unm.)
Alfonso Fernandez 'el nino'
Berenguela m. Pedro de Guzman
Beatriz m. Afonso III of Portugal
Urraca (d.unm.)
Martin (d.y.)
The main genealogical contributions here are the identification of the mother of Alfonso Fernandez 'el nino' as Elvira Rodriguez de Villada, and his discussion of the ancestry of Mayor Guillen de Guzman. Specifically on the latter, the dispensation for Alfonso's marriage to Violante was not only on the basis of their own shared ancestry, but also because Violante was related to women (plural) with whom Alfonso had carnal knowledge. Maria Alfonso is obvious as she shared the same relationship with Violante as did Alfonso, only one generation closer, from Alfonso VII. Elvira Rodriguez was of too low a status, so Salazar y Acha focuses on Mayor Guillen de Guzman. She has no apparent route for a close enough relationship through her mother. As to her father, Guillen Perez de Guzman was son of Pedro Rodriguez de Guzman, who is usually attributed children by two women, a mysterious Mafalda, and Urraca Diaz, given traditionally as mother of Guillen Perez. Salazar argues that this confuses distinct men named Guillen Perez, with Pedro's son too old to be the Guillen who was son of Urraca, and hence Mayon's father Guillen was son of Pedro's sole wife Mafalda (if I am reading this correctly - he calls her 'first wife' but then goes on to relate that she remarried after Pedro's death). He argues that she was a foreigner, and given her name Mafalda (Matilda) and her son's name Guillen (William, not a common name among the Castilian nobility), he is struck by the coincidence of these names in Violante's ancestry, her grandmother's grandparents, William VII of Montpellier and Matilda of Burgundy, and suggests that this couple were also parent's of Mafalda, grandmother of royal mistress mayor Guillen de Guzman.
I think Salazar y Acha may have been cobbling together work of his own
from different stages of working out his hypothesis - it may be just a
slip retaining mention of Mafalda as the "first" wife of Pedro Ruiz de
Guzman, when he went on to suggest that Urraca was not a second wife of
the latter but instead perhaps a daughter-in-law. He proposed that a
second Guillen Perez de Guzman, who joined the celibate order of
Calatrava in 1228, was probably nephew of the first, i.e. the elder was
Mafalda's son and the younger a namesake grandson.

This conjectural relationship implies that Mafalda had another son,
Pedro Perez de Guzman, brother of Guillen Perez - is the existence of
such a person documented?
taf
2021-06-25 15:28:51 UTC
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I think Salazar y Acha may have been cobbling together work of his own
from different stages of working out his hypothesis
I see that now - Spanish Wikipedia cites the same hypothesis, that Mafalda was de Montpellier to a 1990 paper on Alfonso X, that he seems to have largely 'rewarmed' for the 2018/2019 one.

https://doc.biblioteca.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/cem/CEM220SalazarAcha.pdf
(and [grimace] I have that paper in one of my notebooks but must have gotten distracted and never got to the point in the paper where he discusses Mafalda)
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He proposed that a
second Guillen Perez de Guzman, who joined the celibate order of
Calatrava in 1228, was probably nephew of the first, i.e. the elder was
Mafalda's son and the younger a namesake grandson.
This conjectural relationship implies that Mafalda had another son,
Pedro Perez de Guzman, brother of Guillen Perez - is the existence of
such a person documented?
I have not looked into the family in detail in these generations, which I know they are a bit confused. I am unaware of any evidence of a Pedro Perez, but there need not have been one if the Guzman family begun to experiment with 'namesake' patronymics at this time, whereby instead of receiving a patronymic based on their father's name, a child would receive the full given name/patronymic combination of a relative. The 'early adopters' of this novel onomastic practice did so at the start of the 13th century. Were this the case, Guillen Perez (the younger) would have been named in full for Guillen Perez (the elder), independent of the name of his father. If they really had begun to do such naming, the younger Guillen could have been son of any Guzman of the prior generation, Nuño Perez, Teobaldo Perez (where did that name come from?), or the elder Guillen Perez himself (though I don't know of evidence of any of them marrying a Urraca Diaz).

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Will Johnson
2021-06-25 18:47:46 UTC
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Juan Jesus Vigil who is 4034 in the (book) author's numbering scheme, see family search catalog item

married Maria Paula Valdez
and had Maria Deluvina Vigil y Montes de Santa Ana born 1830 in Las Vegas, New Mexico (not the famous city in Nevada)

This lady married my third great-grand-uncle Michael DesMarais bap 1806 St Francois Xavier, Vercheres, Quebec

He had come to New Mexico to be a trader (of some kind).
I have no idea why he thought he had to move a twenty-two hundred miles away from his family to be a trader

24 Jan 1848 Miguel Desmarais Single son of Miguel Desmarais and Maria Luisa Chiconil {edit: Chicoine}, resident of this territory because of commerce and native of Canada, with Maria Deluvina Vigil, Single daughter of Juan De Jesus Vigil and Maria Paula Valdes,deceased,Resident of the Placita of Los Dolores of this Parish. Sponsors: Carlos Beaubien and Maria Paula Lobato. Wits: Juan de Jesus Valdes and Antonio Jose Lucero, Residents all of Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe.

I have a large number of New Mexican DNA cousins because of him.
Nathan Murphy
2021-06-26 01:39:15 UTC
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Juan Jesus Vigil who is 4034 in the (book) author's numbering scheme, see family search catalog item
married Maria Paula Valdez
and had Maria Deluvina Vigil y Montes de Santa Ana born 1830 in Las Vegas, New Mexico (not the famous city in Nevada)
This lady married my third great-grand-uncle Michael DesMarais bap 1806 St Francois Xavier, Vercheres, Quebec
He had come to New Mexico to be a trader (of some kind).
I have no idea why he thought he had to move a twenty-two hundred miles away from his family to be a trader
Great connection Will!
taf
2021-06-25 20:07:00 UTC
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I see that now - Spanish Wikipedia cites the same hypothesis, that
Mafalda was de Montpellier to a 1990 paper on Alfonso X, that he
seems to have largely 'rewarmed' for the 2018/2019 one.
[snip]
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If they really had begun to do such naming, the younger Guillen could
have been son of any Guzman of the prior generation, Nuño Perez,
Teobaldo Perez (where did that name come from?), or the elder Guillen
Perez himself (though I don't know of evidence of any of them marrying
a Urraca Diaz).
Got to be said. This hypothesis doesn't cut it for me. When approached from the perspective of Alfonso X, I see how he got here, but there is one HUGE assumption that makes it all possible - that one can deduce that the second lover of Alfonso who was related to Violante was Mayor Guillen de Guzman. This is what allows the candidate parents of Mafalda for be limited to the Montpellier couple, because they are the only likely ones in Violante's pedigree. But can we really be certain Alfonso had no other mistresses that were known to the church? We have two illegitimate children known from his will without a named mother, and no basis to assume the mother was the same as of any of his other bastards, and it is not impossible for there to have been known mistresses who had no children.

Take this assumption away, and we are left with having to explain the Guzman naming from its own context alone, and that is a problem. The three documented children of Pedro Rodriguez de Guzman were Nuno, Guillen and Teobaldo Perez. As such, Guillen is not the only name here that needs explaining, indeed not the rarest of the three in Castile. If we are to use onomastics to crack this, we shouldn't cherry-pick the names that we can explain and ignore the rest - if we can't explain Teobaldo, then onomastics do not solely depend on genealogy, and if that is the case, there is no need for William of Mafalda to have come from ancestors either.

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MaraGM
2021-07-08 17:32:23 UTC
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I think Salazar y Acha may have been cobbling together work of his own
from different stages of working out his hypothesis
I see that now - Spanish Wikipedia cites the same hypothesis, that Mafalda was de Montpellier to a 1990 paper on Alfonso X, that he seems to have largely 'rewarmed' for the 2018/2019 one.
https://doc.biblioteca.uclm.es/biblioteca/ceclm/ARTREVISTAS/cem/CEM220SalazarAcha.pdf
(and [grimace] I have that paper in one of my notebooks but must have gotten distracted and never got to the point in the paper where he discusses Mafalda)
Post by Peter Stewart
He proposed that a
second Guillen Perez de Guzman, who joined the celibate order of
Calatrava in 1228, was probably nephew of the first, i.e. the elder was
Mafalda's son and the younger a namesake grandson.
This conjectural relationship implies that Mafalda had another son,
Pedro Perez de Guzman, brother of Guillen Perez - is the existence of
such a person documented?
I have not looked into the family in detail in these generations, which I know they are a bit confused. I am unaware of any evidence of a Pedro Perez, but there need not have been one if the Guzman family begun to experiment with 'namesake' patronymics at this time, whereby instead of receiving a patronymic based on their father's name, a child would receive the full given name/patronymic combination of a relative. The 'early adopters' of this novel onomastic practice did so at the start of the 13th century. Were this the case, Guillen Perez (the younger) would have been named in full for Guillen Perez (the elder), independent of the name of his father. If they really had begun to do such naming, the younger Guillen could have been son of any Guzman of the prior generation, Nuño Perez, Teobaldo Perez (where did that name come from?), or the elder Guillen Perez himself (though I don't know of evidence of any of them marrying a Urraca Diaz).
taf
Re the younger Guillén Pérez, he was probably not a Guzmán at all. In: Barón Faraldo, Andrés (2006). Grupos y dominios aristocráticos en la Tierra de Campos oriental, Siglos X-XIII. Palencia: Monografías. ISBN 84-8173-122-6.

Page 284: the author mentions that a certain Pedro Gómez was one of the most relevant individuals, member of the lower ranks of the aristocracy in Tierra de Campos. References to Pedro Gómez are indirect, either from his wife, Urraca Díaz, or from his descendants. His properties were in Villarmentero de Campos (Palencia) (the Guzmán properties at that time were mainly in the Burgos region, not in Tierra de Campos. He is first mentioned in 1227 when his widow, Urraca Díaz, and their son Guillén Pérez, make a donation to the Mon. of Las Huelgas in Burgos of several plots of land in Villarmentero for the souls of Pedro as well as Diego and Inés (possibly children of Pedro and Urraca, according to the author).
In p. 285, the autor also mentions other properties in Cisneros (also in Palencia).
When Gonzalo González Girón and his wife Teresa Arias donated properties to the Order of Malta in 1233, they specify that their properties in Cisneros had belonged to Pedro Gómez and that they had purchased these from Urraca Díaz and their son Guillén Pérez.
Mara
taf
2021-07-08 23:13:25 UTC
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Re the younger Guillén Pérez, he was probably not a Guzmán at all.
Ah. That clarifies things.

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Peter Stewart
2019-06-14 23:22:13 UTC
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On 15-Jun-19 5:20 AM, Nathan Murphy wrote:

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1. CHARLEMAGNE, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, b. prob. 2 April 748, d. Aachen, 28 January 814, m. between 1 May 770 and 30 April 1772, HILDEGARDE. She was b. probably between 2 May 757 and 30 April 761, d. Saxony, 30 April 783.
Secondary sources: Erich Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (Frankfurt am Main, 1964), table 1, generation 1. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln (Marburg, 1980), Neue Folge, vol. 1, table 2. Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Villeneuve d’Ascq, 1993), 171, 176, 185, 191, 361. Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project (http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com) [source of spellings and dates]. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (Salt Lake City, 2013), 5:483.
I'm not sure which of your secondary sources states that Hildegarde died
in Saxony, but this is wrong.

She most probably died at Thionville, where she almost certainly would
have been with Charlemagne for Christmas 782. He was still there for
Easter (23 March) in 783, and this prolonged stay was very likely due to
the queen’s approaching confinement (she died in childbirth). His
charter issued on the day after her death was enacted there. She was
buried in Metz, less than 30kms south of Thionville.

Peter Stewart
Nathan Murphy
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I'm not sure which of your secondary sources states that Hildegarde died
in Saxony, but this is wrong.
She most probably died at Thionville, where she almost certainly would
have been with Charlemagne for Christmas 782. He was still there for
Easter (23 March) in 783, and this prolonged stay was very likely due to
the queen’s approaching confinement (she died in childbirth). His
charter issued on the day after her death was enacted there. She was
buried in Metz, less than 30kms south of Thionville.
Peter Stewart
Thank you Peter. I'll correct that in my file.
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