In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Mazariegos and the second or maternal family name is Porres.
For the colonial governor of Cuba and Venezuela, see Diego de Mazariegos Guadalfajara.
Diego de Mazariegos
Diego de Mazariegos y Porres ([1] conquistador. He conquered Chiapas in Mexico, and in 1528, together with Andrés de la Tovilla, founded San Cristóbal de las Casas (as Villa Real de Chiapa de los Españoles) and Chiapa de Corzo (as Villa Real de Chiapa de los Indios). He was the first Lieutenant Governor of Chiapas from 1528 to 1529.
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- ↑ (in Spanish) Archivo Nacional de Cuba, 1957, Boletín del Archivo Nacional, Volume 55, p206
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