Antonio Valeriano (the younger) explained
Don Antonio Valeriano, the younger was a colonial Mexican Nahua politician.
Family
Don Antonio Valeriano was born to don Diego Valeriano and doña María. His paternal grandfather and namesake, Antonio Valeriano the elder, was a prominent member of society in Tenochtitlan and Azcapotzalco, serving as governor in both places, as Antonio Valeriano the younger later would. His paternal grandmother was doña Isabel, a daughter of don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, ruler of Tenochtitlan. His mother's father was don Alonso Tezozomoctzin, ruler of Azcapotzalco Mexicapan.[1]
On October 10, 1610, he married doña Bárbara, his niece. They had a son named Nicolás.[2]
Career
He served as alcalde for San Juan Moyotlan in the cabildo of San Juan Tenochtitlan from 1608 to 1610.[3] He was a fiscal in 1611 before becoming governor of Azcapotzalco on November 17 that year.[4] Later in the 1620s he was governor of Tenochtitlan.[5]
References
- Book: Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón . Chimalpahin . 1997 . Codex Chimalpahin . edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder . Norman . . 36017075.
- Book: Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón . Chimalpahin . 2006 . Annals of His Time: Don Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitin . edited and translated by James Lockhart, Susan Schroeder, and Doris Namala . Stanford . . 0-8047-5454-3 . 61821734.
- Book: Gibson, Charles . Charles Gibson (historian) . 1964 . 1983 . The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519–1810 . Stanford . . 0-8047-0912-2 . 9359010 . registration .
Notes and References
- Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 173.
- Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 2, p. 103; Chimalpahin (2006): p. 167.
- Chimalpahin (2006): pp. 107, 155, 163.
- Chimalpahin (2006): pp. 173, 193.
- Gibson [1964]: p. 170.
