Leonor de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma

"Información de los méritos y servicios de Juanes de Tolosa, Cristóbal Zaldívar,etc" (1593); Archivo General de Indias, PATRONATO,80,N.5,R.1 - 50; Imagen Núm: 47 / 301 ... http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas/servlets/ImageServlet ... On this page: Juan, Isabel, and Leonor are stated to be the legitimate children of Juanes de Tolosa and his legitimate wife Leonor Cortez Montezuma

See a photograph of the original Archivo General de Indias statement (page 47) of patrimony and legitimacy of siblings Juan, Isabel, and Leonor in their respective profiles' "Media/Documents" sections.

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Daughter of Don Juanes de Tolosa and Dona Leonor Cortez Motezuma, who was a daughter of the Marquis Hernando Cortez and Dona Isabel Motezuma, a legitimate daughter of Motezuma, late Aztec ruler of New Spain.

Therefore, she was the grand-daughter of Hernan Cortez and great-grand-daughter of Moctezuma, Emperor of the Aztecs. Her father, Captain Juanes de Tolosa, was a prominent figure in the conquest and settlement of Nueva Galicia, New Spain (Mexico).

Sources:

The Last Conquistador, Juan de Oñate and the settling of the far Southwest by Marc Simmons Mexico under Spain, Society and the Origins of Nationality by Peggy K. Liss