House of the Marquesado

English: , House of The Marquesado , Salvatierra had the distinction during the Viceroyalty of being awarded one of the few noble titles granted by the Spanish Crown on American Land. Indeed, in 1708, King Philip V granted the Marquesate of Salvatierra to one of the descendants founders of the … Don Gabriel López de Peralta. The history of this process goes like this: , Gabriel López de Peralta was the grandson of Gerónimo López who participated in the conquest of Cuba and Mexico for which he received from Charles I of Spain land grants which later would be the Mayorazgo de Tarimoro, which his son inherited and and later his grandson. The valley of Huatzindeo (or Guatzindeo) was part of the lands which were offered by López de Peralta to the king for the foundation of San Andrés of Salvatierra, in exchange for which, he and his descandants would be Mayors of the new city in perpetuity. , However, the town council of Salvatierra and the king did not fulfill this part of the deal. The descendants of López de Peralta initiated a lawsuit against the crown in order to be compensated for the ceded lands and for their rights to be respected. The dispute continued for several generations, until it was sent to the Audiencia de México and the Real Consejo de Indias, who ruled in favor of the complainant. The king’s envoy met with Gerónima López de Peralta, who had the exalted estate with her husband, Juan Bautista de Luyando, and granted with the title of Marquises of Salvatierra, which was professed by the daughter, Francisca Catalina Gerónima López de Peralta Sámano Turcios Luyando Bermejo, who was the first Marquise of Salvatierra., The new nobles built this house, now mostly ruins, in the early XVIII century, and known simply by the name of “El Marquesado of Mayorazgo” faithful witness of Salvatierra’s history since colonial times up to our days., The last Marqués de Salvatierra, Don Miguel Gerónimo Lópezi de Peralta Urritia de Vergara Albornos Cervantes y Velasco, great friend of Iturbide, participated at the entrance of The Trigarante Army of Mexico City, and was one of the nobles who signed the “Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire”. . This historical marker is in Salvatierra Guanajuato Mexico