Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca

1485 - 1547  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Hernán Cortés  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca
  Birth	Dec 1485	Medellín, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain   [1, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Hernán Cortés de Monroy  [6]
  Also Known As	Hernando Cortés  [1]
  Also Known As	Hernando Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano  [1]
  Education	Abt. 1499	Salamanca, Salamanca, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  	University of Salamanca
  Fact	Conquistador of the Aztec Empire  [2]
  Title	1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca  [1, 2]
  Title	13 Aug 1521-24 Dec 1521  [1]
  	1st Governor of New Spain
  Death	2 Dec 1547	Castilleja de la Cuesta, Seville, Andalucia, Spain   [1, 3, 6]
  Person ID	I1	Cortés Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Capt. Martín Cortés de Monroy,   b. 10 Nov 1455, Medellín, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain d. 10 Feb 1527 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Catalina Pizarro y Altamirano,   b. Abt. 1450, Medellín, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catalina Suárez Marcaida,   b. Abt. 1495   d. 1522, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	1516	Cuba   [1]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Juana Ramírez de Arellano y Zúñiga,   b. Abt. 1510, Nalda, La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain
  Marriage	1529  [1]
  Children	1. Luis Cortés y Ramírez de Arellano,   b. 1530, Texcoco de Mora, Mexico d. Abt. 1530 (Age 0 years)   2. Catalina Cortés y Zúñiga,   b. 1531, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico d. Abt. 1531, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (Age 0 years) + 3. Martín Cortés y Ramírez de Arellano, 2nd Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca,   b. 1532, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico d. 13 Aug 1589, Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Age 57 years) + 4. María Cortés y Zúñiga,   b. 1533-1536, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico   5. Catalina Cortés de Zúñiga,   b. 1533-1536, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico d. Seville, Seville, Andalucia, Spain   6. Juana Cortés y Zúñiga,   b. 1533-1536, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Leonor Pizarro,   b. Abt. 1495
  Children	+ 1. Catalina Cortés Pizarro,   b. 1514-1515
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 4	Marina
  Children	+ 1. Sir Martín Cortés, Knight of the Order of Santiago ,   b. Abt. 1522, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico d. Abt. 1595, Spain (Age ~ 73 years)
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 5	Antonia de Hermosillo,   b. Abt. 1500, Trujillo, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain
  Children	+ 1. Luis Cortés de Hermosillo,   b. 1525
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 6	Tecuichpotzin Moctezuma,   b. 11 Jul 1510, Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, Mexico d. 9 Jul 1550 (Age 39 years)
  Children	+ 1. Leonor Cortés Moctezuma,   b. 1527-1528, Mexico City, Mexico d. Bef. 1594 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2025

  
  

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  Hernán Cortés, Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] "Hernán Cortés," Wikipedia, last modified 1 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernán_Cortés. [S2] "Rodrigo de Monroy y Almaraz, 5th Lord of Monroy," Wikipedia, last modified 3 Feb 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_de_Monroy_y_Almaraz,_5th_Lord_of_Monroy. [S4] "Martín Cortés (son of Malinche)," Wikipedia, last modified 12 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martín_Cortés_(son_of_Malinche). [S13] "Hernán Cortés, Wikipedia, last modified 25 Dec 2024, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernán_Cortés. [S14] Francis Augustus MacNutt, Fernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico 1485-1547, (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1909). [S15] Alberto García Carraffa and Arturo García Carraffa, Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos, Tomo 25, (Madrid, Spain: Imprenta de Antonio Marzo, 1927). [S16] Dalmiro Valgoma y Díaz-Varela, Ascendientes y Descendientes de Hernán Cortés: Línea de Medina Sidonia y Otras, (Madrid, Spain: Ediciones Cultura Hispánica, 1951).