New book/De nobleza inmemorial

Published by Erik Andrés Re… –

I have completed my fourth book, titled De Nobleza Inmemorial, which documents families of proven nobility from Nueva Galicia and New Spain. The work consists of eleven chapters and eight essays on the subject of hidalguía, and will feature a prologue by my friend Mariano González-Leal, Caballero de la Real Hermandad de Infanzones de Illescas.

The book will first be available in Spanish on Amazon, with an English edition to follow.

Chapters:

  1. Los Condes de la Maza y sus parientes en América: La rama michoacana de los Gómez Fraile.
  2. El legado de un explorador: Los descendientes de Juan Ponce de León.
  3. Los Orozco y Toledo: Un linaje entre la historia y la leyenda.
  4. Una oligarquía invisible en el occidente novohispano.
  5. Los Ruiz de Esparza: Desde Pamplona hasta el nuevo mundo.
  6. Los Señores de Mirafuentes: El viaje de los Fernández de Balduz al nuevo mundo.
  7. Los Itúrbide y Huarte: La familia detrás del primer imperio mexicano.
  8. Una poderosa unión: los Villavicencio y los Colmenares.
  9. Los Grijalba en la provincia de Colima.
  10. Los Sotelo: Nobleza zamorana en el Nuevo Mundo.
  11. Los Pardo de Lago: Una saga de nobleza gallega. 

Essays:

  1. El rompecabezas genealógico: Descifrando la sangre del Dr. Ignacio Fernández de Córdova.
  2. La controvertida ascendencia de Juan de Portugal.
  3. Los González Carrillo en Michoacán.
  4. Los Ponce y Somoza: Una alianza desde Monforte de Lemos.
  5. Falsos nobles: El licenciado Diego Téllez.
  6. Los Núñez de Soto y los Pantoja: nobleza extremeña en la conquista.
  7. Los Rentería y los Mújica: El poder de los vascos en la empresa indiana.
  8. El misterio de los Lomelín en Nueva España.

This is a book of which I am particularly fond of, as I have been able to present substantiated new information through properly referenced documentation.

For example, I trace the Fernández de Balduz family to its origins using a lawsuit filed by Antonio Fernández de Balduz against Miguel de Mirafuentes, which meticulously documents the family's genealogy. This work also identifies the Fernández de Balduz as a cadet branch of the House of Mirafuentes.

Furthermore, I resolve the genealogy of the Enríquez de Colmenares family, linking them, in their origin, to Báscones de Ojeda in Palencia, from which they departed to Carrión de los Condes. A nobility lawsuit from the Real Chancillería of Granada helps clarify the origins of the Grijalva family from Colima. The proceedings document their lineage as descending from the notable hidalgo Gonzalo Hernández Grijalva. He was also referred to as "Guadiloba," after the dehesa he possessed, a testament to his considerable wealth and influence.

Another highlight is the essay on the Núñez de Soto family, based on documentation I discovered in the R. Ch. of Granada. This record connects Gonzalo Núñez de Soto—husband of Bernardina de Mendoza—to his ancestral family in Jerez de los Caballeros.

For those interested, a short article I authored was released in Japan this past October. «Acceso digital a fuentes históricas ibéricas sobre Japón: PARES y DIGITARQ» Boletín Número 32, Essay No. 8

Sincerely,

Erik Andrés Reynoso y Márquez.

Published by R.A.Ricci – Sun, 2025-12-07 08:26 | Permalink

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Congratulations Erik on your latest book. I look forward to reading it.   If I were to pick the three lineages that I am looking forward to the most is (1) Lomeli (2) Nuñez de Soto and Pantoja, and (3) your research on Juan de Portugal. 

Thanks again,

Rick

Published by R.A.Ricci – Thu, 2025-12-11 17:46 | Permalink

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Hello Erik,


I don’t know if you ever saw a post of mine from many years ago regarding the two Diego Alcocers.

In many cases where someone is illegitimate someone in the family tries to hide that fact and makes up a different family connection. Many years ago I shared the following information based on a primary source, a will, that clearly identifies  Pero (Pedro) Gonzalez de Alcocer is his father. Fernando Diaz de Alcocer is the grandfather to Jurado “Diego Diaz de Alcocer”.

 No hay dos Jurado Diego de Alcocers, pero si hay dos Diego de Alcocer. Fernando de Alcocer si tuvo un hijo Diego de Alcocer que murio joven. El padre de Diego de Alcocer es el Doctor Pero (Pedro) Gonzalez de Alcocer.

I find Diego de Alcocer listed as a son to Fernan Diaz de Alcocer as passing away at a young age, way too young to have left descendants.


Later on when the family all of Fernan’s children are recorded in a document you don’t find Diego’s name there because he had already passed away.    The other Diego Alcocer is from an illegitimate relationship that his son the priest had.

The source where I had picked up my information is Juan de la Barreda y Acedo-Rico in his book Viejas Familias de Alcalá de Henares. My other source was Laura Balletto's citation of the will stating that Diego is Pedro Gonzalez de Alcocer’s son and therefore Fernando de Alcocer’s grandchild. According to a will, Pedro Gonzalez de Alcocer is his father.

Pedro Gonzalez De Alcocer was a priest (Doctor Pedro González de Alcocer, canónigo de la Iglesia Catedral de Sevilla). In this scenario Diego is illegitimate. Real estate deals involve the buyer checking for legal ownership of the seller. Real estate transactions must be written as oral real estate transactions are not enforceable. Laura Balleto’s citation of the Will shows that chain of ownership from the previous owner, Diego, and how he had acquired it, through an inheritance from his Father Pedro Gonzalez De Alcocer who stated in his will that he was leaving it to his son Jurado Diego Alcocer, Our ancestor Diego.

Rick A. Ricci

Source: my book Mygenes2000

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