Conquistador Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia

This post provides genealogical information about Conquistador Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia. He was married to Maria de Peralta.

He was originally from Oropesa, Toledo, Spain and he arrived in the Indies (the New World) in 1514. He later made his way to nowadays Mexico.

He was with Cortez in the conquest of Mexico as a horseman. He was a captain and in 1524 Cortez appointed him as a Regent of Mexico City. He was also assigned as perpetual regent of Mexico City from 1528 until 1559.

It is estimated that he died about 1559.

Below are some charts and then his family group followed by the descendants that I have been able to locate for him. If you have any other descendants for him let me know in the comments.

Parents and Wife of Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia

Children of Conquistador Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia

As you can see, the chart has an unidentified wife with whom he had an illegitimate daughter, whose name we do not know, but she was married to Gines Mercado. Also, we only know the name of one of his children.

Family group for Conquistador: Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia

BERNALDINO (CONQUISTADOR) VASQUEZ1 DE TAPIA ^1-8. He died about 15595. He married (1) MARIA DE PERALTA (daughter of Martin de Goñi y Peralta and Beatriz de Zayas). He married (2) _____ _____. Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia^1-8 arrived in Las Indias about 1514⁵.

Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and Maria de Peralta had the following children:

2.       i. BERNALDINO VASQUEZ2 DE TAPIA^5-6 (son of Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and Maria de Peralta) was born in Mexico City, Mexico⁶. He married LUISA DE  CASTILLA (daughter of Luis de Castilla and Juana de Sosa). She was born in Mexico City, Mexico⁶.

ii. _____ DE TAPIA (son of Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and Maria de Peralta)⁵.

iii. _____ DE TAPIA (son of Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and Maria de Peralta)⁵.

iv. _____ DE TAPIA (son of Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and Maria de Peralta)⁵.

Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and _____ _____ had the following child:

v. _____ (HN) DE TAPIA (daughter of Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez de Tapia and _____ _____)⁵. She married GINES MERCADO.

Generation 2

2. BERNALDINO VASQUEZ² DE TAPIA (Bernaldino (conquistador) Vasquez1)^5-6 was born in Mexico City, Mexico⁶. He married LUISA DE CASTILLA (daughter of Luis de Castilla and Juana de Sosa). She was born in Mexico City, Mexico⁶.

Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia and Luisa de Castilla had the following child:

i. BERNALDINO VASQUEZ³ DE TAPIA (son of Bernaldino Vasquez de Tapia and Luisa de Castilla)⁵.

Sources:

1. Robert Himmerich Y Valencia, The Encomenderos of New Spain 1521-1555: (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1991), Pg. 116 #11.
2. Robert Himmerich Y Valencia, The Encomenderos of New Spain 1521-1555: (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1991), Pg. 137 #78.
3. Robert Himmerich Y Valencia, The Encomenderos of New Spain 1521-1555: (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1991), Pg. 154 #129.
4. Robert Himmerich Y Valencia, The Encomenderos of New Spain 1521-1555: (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1991), Pg. 221 #364.
5. Robert Himmerich Y Valencia, The Encomenderos of New Spain 1521-1555: (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1991), Pg. 256 #475.
6. Guillermo S. Fernandez de Recas, Aspirantes Americanos A Cargos Del Santo Oficio Sus Genealogias Ascendentes (Mexico, D. F., Libreria de Manuel Parrua, S. A., May 5, 1949), Pg.
   46.
7. Victor M. Alvarez, Diccionario de Conquistadores (Departamento de Investigaciones Historicas, INAH, October 1975), Pg. 3.
8. Victor M. Alvarez, Diccionario de Conquistadores (Departamento de Investigaciones Historicas, INAH, October 1975), Pg. 13 #28.