The Coats of Arms of Mexico
Spanish Arms unlike other European Arms were achieved through military actions and can be passed down through Maternal ancestors. The following 144 men received Coat(s) of Arms from the King of Spain between 1525 and 1589. Twenty two of these men were Native American Nobles and have the title "Don" preceding their names. Historical Backgroun: the Meshica (Aztec) and the Tlaxcalans along with other neighboring tribes were bitter enemies. After creating an alliance with the Tlaxcalans and solidifying a relation- ship with Moctezumas daughter and the Meshica, Cortes was free to renew his alliance with the Tlaxcala once war with the Meshica broke out. Without the Tlaxcala Cortes would have never conquered Mexico. After the Conquest Tlaxcalan nobles were rewarded with land and Arms. This close relationship between the Tlaxcalans and Spanish remained through the Colonial period. The relationship was such that whenever the Spanish encountered problems with hostile tribes they would reward the Tlaxcala with land and provisions to accompany the Spanish and assist in settlement. This occurred in Northern Mexico where many ancestors were from early Tlaxcalan and Spanish settlers. These Arms were for their part in the Conquest of Mexico.

List of Those Who Received Coats of Arms for the Conquest

Aguila, Don Geronimo delAguirre y Recalde, Santiago deAlcantara, Pedro Lopez de
Alcazar, Doctor Juan deAndrada, Sebastian Vazquez deArgones, Hernando
Asencio, PedroAstorga, Bartolome deBadajoz, Gutierre de
Barco, Pedro delBarrera, Pedro de laBejarano, Juan Rodriguez
Bravo, AntonBuitron, Nicolas Gomez deBullon, Pedro Garcia
Burgos, Juan deBurgeno, FernandoCabezas, Francisco
Cadena, Don Antonio de laCamas, Bartolome deCamino, Juan del
Cansino, DiegoCaro de Mesa, Capt. DiegoCarrasco, Gonzalo
Carvajal, Antonio deCastaneda, RodrigoCastellanos, Diego de
Castilla, Don Pablo deCastillo, Diego Diez delCerda, Don Juan de la
Colio, Diego deCoria, Diego deCoronel, Juan
Cortes, Don AntonioCortes, HernandoCuellar, Juan de
Davila, Rodrigo GomezDiego, DonElgueta, Hernando de
Escobar, Cristobal deEspinosa, Juan deEstrada, Francisco de
Ferrer, Miguel JimenezFlorez, FranciscoFrancisco, Don
Fuenmayor, Gabriel OrtizGaleote, AlonsoGallego, Alvaro
Gil, CristobalGomez, HernanGonzalez, Rui
Granada, Francisco deGuevara, Don Antonio deGuillen, Francisco
Hernandez, ChristobalHernandez, GonzaloInfante, Juan
Jaramillo, JuanJuan, DonLara, Don Juan Manrique de
Lopez, GeronimoLopez, JuanLopez, Martin
Locano, PedroMagarzo, PedroMaldonado, Capt. Francisco
Manosalbas, Fray FranciscoMartinez, HernandoMata, Alonso de
Mejia, GonzaloMendoza, Don Diego deMendoza, Don Francisco de
Merida, Juan Hernandez deMichel, JuanMolina, Bartolome de
Monje, MartinMontano, FranciscoMontejo, Francisco de
Montero, DiegoMorzillo, AlonsoMoreno, Pedro
Mota, Gaspar de laMota, Geronimo de laMotezuma, Don Pedro de
Motezuma, Don Martin Cortes deNarvaez, Andres deNieto, Diego Hernandez
Nieto, Francisco SanchezNunez, AndresOchoa de Lexalde, Juan
Olmos, Francisco deOrdaz, Diego deOrdas de Leon, Diego
Ortiz, JuanOviedo, Capt. Alvar Sanchez dePedraza, Diego de
Perez, Bachiller AlonsoPerez, BlasPilar, Garcia de
Pimentel, Don HernandoPonce de Leon, Don LucasPorras, Diego de
Ramirez, FranciscoRobledo, Jorge deRodriguez, Gonzalo
Roman, AlonsoRomero, CristobalRomero, Cristobal
Salamanca, Francisco Miguel deSalamanca, Juan deSaldana, Capt. Antonio de
Salinas, Juan deSanchez, BartolomeSandoval, Capt. Diego de
Santiago, Don Zacarias deSarmiento, Don AlonsoSolis, Francisco de
Sotomayer, Hernand Mendez deSuarez, LorenzoTapia, Bernardino Vazquez de
Tapia, Don Hernando deTellez, Don DiegoTenorio, Francisco Lopez
Tirado, JuanTorres de Paredes, Don Pedro deTovar, Juan de
Valades, DiegoValdivieso, Juan deValiente, Alonso
Valle, Juan delVargas, Gonzalo Diaz deVeas,Juan Garcia de
Venavydes, Nuflo deVerdugo, Don FranciscoVillalobos, Pedro de
Villanueva, Alonso deVillanueva, Hernando deVillanueva, Pedro de
Villanueva, Tomas deZamora, Alvaro deZamora, Francisco de
Zamora, Diego Perez deZaragoza, Juan deZarate, Bartolome de
* Source of the above names: Garcia, Carlos M."Cedulario Heraldico de Conquistadores de Nueva Espana"



Biographies


Aguila, Don Geronimo del - Arms granted 3rd of March 1564. As principal Chief, for his part in providing personnel
and shelter, as well as great personal risk, in the pacification of Mexico.

Aguirre y Recalde, Santiago de -