Leonel
de Cervantes
(c1485-1550)
Other names: Leonel de Cervantes Saavedra y Tello[V35]
Titles and
Honours
Hidalgo[J93]
Commander of the Order of Santiago (Spain)[P1]
Positions Held
Regidor, 1526[J93]
Alcalde ordinario, 1525, 1526 and 1534[J93]
Biographical
Arrived in Cuba in 1519 and returned to Spain in 1520 to fetch his
family. He
left for Mexico City in 1524 with his wife and children.
His children carried the title of don/doña. He was a vecino of Mexico City,
and encomendero of Atlapulco and Xalatlaco.[J93]
Place of birth: Tarancón, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha[V35]
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