Leonor Cortés Moctezuma
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Relatives | Juan de Oñate (son-in-law) |
Background
Doña Isabel Moctezuma was married and widowed four times by the time she was 17 or 18 years old. With the death of her fourth husband in 1527, Cortés, the ruler of New Spain moved her into his palace and, shortly, she became pregnant with her first child.[1] The relationship between Cortés and Doña Isabel was not a happy one and he married the pregnant Doña Isabel to a subordinate, Pedro Gallego de Andrade. Four or five months later in 1528 Doña Leonor was born. Doña Leonor was separated from her mother and raised in the household of Juan Gutiérrez de Altamirano.[1] Cortés, however, acknowledged Doña Leonor as his daughter and ensured that her life would be comfortable.[2]
Marriage and family
Doña Leonor, bearing the two most prestigious surnames in Mexico, became extremely wealthy. Her father, Hernán Cortés, died in 1547 in Spain, leaving her 10,000
Death
The date of Doña Leonor's death is unknown, although apparently she died before 1594, as did her husband.[5]
References
- ^ a b Chipman 2005, p. 51.
- ^ a b Sagaón Infante 1998, pp. 753–760.
- ^ Chipman 2005, pp. 105–106.
- ^ Quijada Cornish 1917, pp. 454–460.
- ^ Chipman 2005, p. 11.
Bibliography
- Chipman, Donald E. (2005). Moctezuma's Children: Aztec Royalty Under Spanish Rule, 1520–1700. ISBN 9780292706286.
- Quijada Cornish, Beatrice (1917). The Ancestry and Family of Juan de Oñate. OL 13992922M. Archived from the original on 25 September 2007 – via University of California Bancroft Library.
- Sagaón Infante, Raquel (1998). "Testamento de Isabel Moctezuma" [Will of Isabel Moctezuma]. Anuario Mexicano de Historia del Derecho (in Spanish). 10. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, MX: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 753–760.