Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma

Deceased Person

1568 –

67

Who is Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma?

Dona Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma, was a wealthy Mexican heiress and the wife of conqueror and explorer Don Juan de Onate who led an expedition in 1598 and founded the first Spanish settlement in what is now the state of New Mexico. She was the granddaughter of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernán Cortés, and the great-granddaughter of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II.

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1568
Mexico City
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on July 23, 2013

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