Alonso de Avalos Saavedra

Abt 1500 - Abt 1587  (~ 87 years)

• Name	Alonso de Avalos Saavedra
  	Alonso D Avalos had also an additional name that he used: A.K.A. Alonso Davalos Saavedra; based on the source 'Who's Who of the Conquistadors by Hugh Thomas Page 315. On 09252016 the first name was changed to Alonso due to so many references having the name. Another source also states his name is Alonso de Avalos Saavedra (No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1) Alonso known as Alonso de Avalos Saavedra and Alonso Davalos Saavedra.
  Nickname	"El Viejo" meaning the old. Also 'The Conqueror'.
  Born	Abt. 1500	Medellin, Badajoz, Spain
  	Source: Wikipedia, birth date 25 May 1502 in Italy. Source: Birth 1520 (GENi; https://www.geni.com/people/Alonso-el-Viejo/6000000020921398028) Source: No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1 states that "Alonso, a native of Medellín, Extreadura, Spain". Source: Ancestry.com...J. Refugio Gonzalez Hermosillo & Ana Olivas Family Tree states birht year 1500.
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt. 1587	Gualadajara, Mexico
  	Information from Wikipedia states he died 31 May 1546 in Vigevano, Italy. The death information of 1587 was provided by source: Guadalajara ganadera: estudio regional novohispano, 1760-1805 By Ramón María Serrera Contreras Another source states: death was January or February 1574 at his ranch Amatitlán, Veracruz, México. (Tasaciones y Tributos de los Pueblos de Indios de la Provincia de Ávalos 1535-1555 by Thomas Hillerkuss) Another source states: death was in 1574 (No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1
  Person ID	I4850	My Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Pedro Lopez de Saavedra
  Mother	Isabel Alvarez Rengel
  Notes	Source: The dewscendants of Don Juan Gutierrez de la Caballeria complied by John D. Incaln (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/genealogia-mexico/HzqOMoRh_2c/GMnGYmrX5vMJ) Marriage source from the book, Mil Familias III by Rodolfo Gonzalez de la Garza. Page 26. Another source states that Alonso de Avalos Saavedra "was the son of López de Saavedra and Isabel Alvarez Rengel." (No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1)
  Family ID	F1765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Inés De Rivera,   d. Before 1552
  Married	Abt. 1540
  	source: No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1) "early 1540's
  Notes	Marriage source from the book 'Who's Who of the Conquistadores' by High Thomas page 315 gives no year or date.
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F1753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Francisca Estrada De la Caballeria,   b. Abt. 1527, Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico ,   d. Abt. 1602  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	Abt. 1551
  	Source: No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1
  Notes	Married between June 1551 and October 1552 Source: No Mere Shadows: Faces of Widowhood in Early Colonial Mexico By Shirley Cushing Flint, chapter 4.1; this source states that Alonso de Avalos Saavedra was a widower when he married Francisca Estrada De la Caballeria. Marriage to Francisca De Estrada (source: from the book 'Who's Who of the Conquistadores' by High Thomas page 315) Also from source: The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555 By Robert Himmerich y Valencia (under item 29, no page number) marriage to Francisca de Estrada.
  Children	1. Francisco de Saavedra Sandoval,   b. Abt. 1545,   d. Abt. 1610  (Age ~ 65 years) + 2. Ysabel de Avalos de Estrada,   b. 6 Nov 1553, Centro, Distrito Federal, Mexico ,   d. Abt. 1575, Amatitlan, Jalisco, Mexico  (Age 21 years) + 3. Alonso Dávalos Saavedra,   c. 24 Nov 1557, Mombetrán, Mexico   4. Fernando López de Avalos,   b. Abt. 1559,   d. Abt. 1594  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F1752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt. 1500 - Medellin, Badajoz, Spain Died - Abt. 1587 - Gualadajara, Mexico  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  According to source: GENI.com Alonso "El Joven" had a brother Francisco De Saavedra Sandoval and half brother Davalos Saavedra. It is mentioned that Alfonso d Avalos (el Viejo) was one of four brothers to accompany Herman Cortes who was their cousin. (Source Chronicles of State by Henry S. De Aguinaga Cortes 08.10.2013 http:''realidadesperiodico.com/nota.php?id=14998). "Alonso de Avalos, brother of Fernando de Saavedra, both related with dn Hernan Cortes." (Source: http://www.elpuente.org.mx/papelytinta/la-conquista-del-sur-de-jalisco/) Also mentioned is two other brothers Juan de Avalos Saavedra and Francisco de Saavedra and a third brother who drowned off the coast of Cuba in 1526. Source: The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555 By Robert Himmerich y Valencia (under item 29, no page number) Hernando Saavedra was related to Hernan Cortes and by 1547, Hernando Saavedra was already deceased. He had a daughter Leonor de Saavedra. Juan de Avalos, his brother, had also died; his children were named Isabel Alvarez Rengel and Pedro Lopez de Saavedra. (source: wikipuebla, WP; Autor: Fatima Garcia de Loera Categoría: Personajes, Poblanos) Leopoldo "Polo" Bouttier mentions that Alonso de Avolos Saavedra Bracamonte was the 'First Count' of Mirabaje. Leopoldo "Polo" states that Isabel de Avalos Saavedra Bracamonte is a nephew of Alonso de Avolos Saavedra Bracamonte "El Viejo" meaning the old. Also 'The Conqueror' who was one of the cousin's to Hernan Cortes.