Hernando de Padilla-Dávila y Pérez de Gallegos El mundo hispano no carece de aventureros cuyas historias los harían compañeros de armas del Capitán Alatriste y en esta ocasión presentamos a uno de ellos: Hernando de Padilla-Dávila y Pérez de Gallegos se llama nuestro personaje: Jerezano de nacimiento y famoso en el siglo XVI por su notorio…
Some time ago I received a message from one of my relatives informing me that from that day on he was the new Marquis of Pánuco, a Spanish nobility title that has been in our family since 1772 (Granted to Francisco Xavier de Vizcarra Moreno, my seventh grandfather). It was a title that became vacant in 2002…
After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to share here a handful of selected emails that I exchanged with Guillermo Tovar de Teresa and that could be of genealogical interest to researchers and those interested in the subject. Guillermo was the “non plus ultra” in New Spanish art, in history and genealogy.…
In 1924 the prestigious genealogist J. Ignacio Dávila Garibi published a family tree regarding the de la Cueva family that traveled from Spain to the kingdom of Nueva Galicia. This family tree began Pedro de la Cueva in the 12th century and ended on his son Ignacio Luis Alberto Dávila Garibi y González (born on November 23rd,…
The Solar de Tejada is a lordship located in the mountains of Cameros, La Rioja, Spain, granted in the year 844 by Ramiro I, King of Asturias and León, in favor of don Sancho de Texada, the ancient Lord of the House Cadina, Master of Field and General in the legendary battle of Clavijo (Cameros-La Rioja).…
Don Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco is, perhaps, one of the most well-known Spanish conquistadores. Partly because he belonged to a noble and distinguished lineage but also because of his deeds in the American territories. Juan de Villaseñor was born in Torrubia de Uclés in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha as one of the sons of Diego…
On March, 18th, 1151 in Segovia a manuscript saw the light that is of importance to the Reinoso lineage. A document that was kept in the Libro Becerro of the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Aguilar de Campoo during many centuries. The content of said manuscript benefits my ancestor Gutierre Pérez de Reinoso. The manuscript begins…
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