Ancestral line of descent of MT
Sorry about the delay, but it has taken me a bit longer than anticipated, as I have to check the references for each generation in the entry below.
This is the line for the Grand Duchess which will be followed later with the descent from this very line for HM Fabiola, Dowager Queen of Belgium, which will be identcal in the first four generations. I opted to go back a few generations to include the beginning of the Marqués de Villalta title.
01.- Don Gonzalo de Herrera y Tapia, 1st marqués de Villalta (title granted by king Carlos II, on May 13, 1668), was born Oct. 26, 1598, in Villalta del Alcor, Huelva, España, Knight of the order of Calatrava in 1562, Familiar of the Holy Inquisition, Alguacil Mayor in Cartagena de Indias, Infantry Field Marshall, Interim Gobernador and Captain General of Cartagena de Indias in 1637, and named Governor of Antioquia in 1658 (position which he was unable to fulfill due to health problems). He married in Sevilla, doña Francisca Maldonado y Clavijo de Armas, born in Sevilla, España. Among their issue was:
02.- Don Gonzalo de Herrera y Maldonado, 2nd Marqués de Villalta. Sargent Major of Cartagena de Indias (1670), baptized at the Catedral in Cartagena de Indias, Dec. 11, 1632, and who died in that same city on Aug. 3, 1681. He married at that same church on Feb. 3, 1681, doña Teresa de Gastelbondo y Uzquiano, baptized in Cartagena de Indias, Jan. 28, 1654, where she made a Last Will and Testament dated Nov. 11, 1707. She was the daughter of Sebastián de Gastelbondo y Monreal and Mariana Uzquiano and Fernández de Pineda. Their son was:
03.- Martín Francisco de Herrera y Gastelbondo, 3rd Marqués de Villalta, baptized at the Cathedral of Cartagena de Indias, in Jan. 25, 1674. He married at that same church in 1702, his cousin, doña María Ana Estefanía de Berrio-Guzmán y Núñez de Quero, daughter of Captain Gonzalo de Berrio-Guzmán y Herrera and María Antonia Núñez de Quero y Portocarrero. María Ana married secondly Diego de Córdoba y Lasso de la Vega, marqués del Vado del Maestre, captain of the Guard and Knight of the Order of Santiago, distinguished scion of the house of the Counts de Puertollano, who took possession of the Captaincy General of Cuba on Oct. 3, 1695. The Marqués de Villalta and his wife had as their son:
04.- Gonzalo Luis de Herrera y Berrio-Guzmán, 4th Marqués de Villalta, Knight of the Order of Carlos III,baptized Jan. 21, 1704 at the parish church of San Juan Evangelista de San Puer, in Cartagena de Indias, Nueva Granada (now Colombia), who was buried on Sep. 22, 1776 at the Cathedral of Habana, having made a Last Will and Testament with his wife, dated May 31, 1772, and who granted a codicial dated Nov. 21, 1775. He was Alcalde ordinario and director of the Real Factoría de Tabacos. He married at the Cathedral in Habana, Cuba, April 25, 1722, doña María Catalina Chacón y Torres, daughter of Félix Chacón y Castellón and Tomasa María de Torres-Ayala y Bayona (from the Counts de Casa Bayona and Marqués de Casa Torres), who was baptized Aug. 25, 1704 at the Cathedral in Habana, Cuba; and who died in the same city on May 7, 1781. Among their children was:
05.- Luisa María de Herrera y Chacón. BornMay 29, 1729 in Habana, where she died on Feb. 8, 1806. She made a Last Will and Testament dated May 24, 1779. She married secondly on July 11, 1746 at the Cathedral in Habana, Juan José O' Farrill y Arriola, son of Ricardo O'Farrill y O’Daly and María Josefa Arriola y García de Londoño.Con sucesión en:
06.- Doña María Josefa O’Farril y Herrera, baptized at the Cathedral in Habana, Cuba, on March 9, 1748, where her death certificate is recorded on April 9, 1784. She married at the same church, on Sept. 5, 1768, don Ignacio Montalvo y Ambulodi, Conde de Casa Montalvo (title granted by king Carlos III of Spain, on Oct. 24, 1779), Bridadier of the Royal Spanish Armies, Colonel of the Dragoons Regiment in Matanzas, Prior of the Real Consulado in Habana, Gentelman of the His Majesty’s Chamber, Member of the Sociedad de Amigos del País, and Knight of the Order of Santiago, born in Habana, baptized at the Cathedral on Aug 1st, 1748 and his death record is kept at the same church dated Aug. 9, 1795. Among their children was:
07.- Don José Lorenzo Montalvo y O'Farrill, II Conde de Casa Montalvo, baptized at the Cathedral in Habana, Dec. 7, 1773, and his burial record there is dated Sept. 12, 1814. He made a cojoint Last Will and Testament dated Sept. 7, 1814. He married at the same church on Feb. 17, 1794, doña María Micaela Núñez del Castillo y Espinosa de Contreras, daugther opf Juan Clemente Núñez del Castillo y Molina, IV Marqués of San Felipe y Santiago and I Count del Castillo, Grandee of Spain, and María Ignacia Espinosa de Contreras y Jústiz. She was La Habana, el 12 de noviembre de 1774 y fallecida allí, el 21 de septiembre de 1842. Among their children was:
08.- Doña María Micaela Montalvo y Núñez del Castillo, whose burial record is kept at the Santo Cristo church in Habana and is dated Jan. 11, 1879. She married at the Santo Ángel church in Habana, on Jan. 7, 1820, don Joaquín Pedroso y Echeverría, Alcalde of Habana and Knight of the Order of Isabel la Católica , born in Habana on Aug. 16, 1795 and his death record is recorded at the Santo Cristo church in Habana, dated Feb. 16, 1879. He made a Last Will and Testament dated March 18, 1872. He was the son of Ignacio Pedroso y Barreto and his second wife doña María Luisa Echevarría y Peñalver.. Among their children was
09.- Doña María de las Mercedes Pedroso y Montalvo, born in Habana in 1835 and who died there in 1895. She married at Espíritu Santo church in Habana, on March 30, 1855, don Antonio González de Mendoza y Bonilla, baptized at Guadalupe church in Habana, April 21, 1828 and who died in Habana, on Jan. 14, 1906; son of don Antonio González de Mendoza y Govantes and María del Rosario Bonilla y Cabrera. He was a lawyer by profession, Alcalde in Habana, and the first Chief Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice in Cuba. Among their children was:
10.- Doña Julia González de Mendoza y Pedroso, born in Habana April 12, 1860 and died in the same city on April 16, 1934. Married in Habana, on April 12, 1883, don Melchor Batista y Varona, lawyer, born in Puerto Príncipe (Camagüey city) in 1859 and died in Habana in 1932, son of don Melchor Batista y Caballero and doña Irene de Varona y de la Torre. Among their children was:
11.- Don Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza. Lawyer. Born in Habana in 1899 and died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968. He married in El Vedado, Habana, Cuba in 1926, doña María Falla y Bonet, born in Santa Isabel de Las Lajas, Las Villas in 1898 and who died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1973. Among their children was:
12.- Doña María Teresa Batista y Falla, born in El Vedado, Habana, Cuba in 1928 and died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1988. She married en El Vedado, in 1951, don José Antonio Mestre y Álvarez, born in El Vedado, Habana, Cuba in 1926, son of José Antonio Mestre y Ramos-Almeyda and María Narcisa Álvarez y Tabío. They were the parents of:
13.- Doña María Teresa Mestre y Batista, who married HRH Henri Albert Gabriel de Nassau-Bourbon, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.