New Mexican Roots - New England Roots Diego Orozco y Tovar

Diego de Villaseñor y Tovar
(1407-)

Isabel Alfonsez de Villaseñor
(1411-)

Diego de Orozco
(1411-)

Guiomar de Sandoval
(1415-)

Diego de Villaseñor y Orozco
(1442-)

Guiomar de Orozco
(1446-)

Diego Orozco y Tovar
(-)

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Spouses/Children:
Ana Mejia

Beatriz Orozco Tovar+

Diego Orozco y Tovar

Born: Villa de Vélez, España, Iberia ²⁵⁴
Marriage: Ana Mejia in Villa de Vélez, España, Iberia
Died: Villa de Vélez, España, Iberia ²⁵⁴

Noted events in his life and other information:

• Family Background Information: ²⁵⁰ ^,254
Diego Orozoco Tovar had two brothers who came to Nueva España (México).
--One was Capitán Juan de Villaseñor y Orozco who was both conquistador in México and the founder of Valladolid in Michoacán. Juan married Catalina Cervantes de Lara.
--The second was Fransico de Orozco Tovar, also a conquistador, yet in Oaxaca.

• Dates & Events: ²⁵⁴
--Diego was a Conqueror of Oaxaca in 1522
--July 23, 1529, before the Real Chancillería de Granada, was knighted.

Diego married Ana Mejia in Villa de Vélez, España, Iberia. (Ana Mejia was born in 1481 in Villa de Vélez, España, Iberia.)

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