Diego de Montemayor
| Diego de Montemayor | |
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| Governor of Nuevo Reino de León | |
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In office 1588–1610 |
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| Preceded by | Luis de Carabajal y Cueva |
| Succeeded by | Diego de Montemayor "el Mozo" |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1530 Málaga, Andalusia |
| Died | 1610 (aged 80) Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Spouse(s) | Inés Rodríguez María de Esquivel Juana Porcallo y de la Cerda |
| Children | Diego de Montemayor "el Mozo" Estefanía de Montemayor |
Diego de Montemayor (c. 1530 – 1610) was a Spanish conquistador, explorer, officer, and the governor of Nuevo Reino de León.
Historians dispute his date of birth, place of birth, and the identity of his parents. However, Antonio Morales Goméz and Carlos Pérez Maldonado have stated, without proving it, that Montemayor was born in the year 1530. In the Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias, a certain "Diego de Montemayor" appears to have sailed toward New Spain from Sevilla, he is described to be a neighbor of Málaga, son of Juan de Montemayor and Mayor Hernández, and the husband of Inés Rodríguez.
Montemayor is credited with the founding of Monterrey, the capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León, on September 20, 1596. The establishment was officially called Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey ("Metropolitan City of Our Lady of Monterrey," partly to curry favor from the Viceroy of the time, the Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey. Montemayor's founding was the third effort. The two previous ones bore the names Santa Lucia and San Luis Rey de Francia and were headed by Alberto del Canto, the future arch-enemy of Montemayor, and the second by Luis de Carabajal y Cueva. Montemayor brought forty people with him from Saltillo to populate Monterrey; nine married couples, three men without families, fourteen boys, four girls, and one Indian named Domingo Manuel.
Montemayor served as governor of Nuevo León from 1588 to 1610 after he reconquered the province. He may have been married three times. His probably first wife was Inez Rodríguez, who came with him from Spain to the New World in 1548, María de Esquivel, and Juana Porcalla de la Cerda. Montemayor had three children, one from each of his wives. His children were Inez, Diego, and Estefanía.
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