Juan Bravo de Medrano's mother Catalina de Medrano y Oñate was the maternal great-granddaughter of Baltasar Temiño de Banuelos (
Sevilla, 1530 – Zacatecas, 1600), the "discoverer" and one of the founders of
Zacatecas. Captain Juan de Medrano is the husband of Catalina Temiño-Bañuelos y Oñate Rivadeneira, daughter of Diego Ruiz Temiño de Bañuelos and Catalina de Oñate y Rivadeneira and granddaughter of Alonso de Oñate Salazar, brother of the famous conquistador
Juan de Oñate y Salazar, both sons of
Cristóbal de Oñate, a descendant of the noble
house of Haro. Cristóbal's palace in Guadalajara, inherited by the Medrano family, became the setting of a 19th century play and
tragedy entitled
El Palacio de Medrano. In 1640, Cristóbal's son Don Cristóbal de Oñate and Captain Don Juan de Medrano paid 1,654 pesos, 3 tomines, and 3 grains of 20 quintals of mercury in favor of
Philip IV of Spain. The Count of Santa Rosa's maternal grandfather Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez could be the brother of Diego de Medrano, born in Santo Domingo in the 16th century, who died in
Guadalajara (Mexico), 1630. Diego was the
Oidor in Guadalajara. Diego de Medrano was also the son of Diego de Medrano, from
Soria,
royal treasurer of Santo Domingo, and Doña Catalina de Velazquez, from Santo Domingo. Diego's paternal grandparents were Diego Alfonso de Medrano, from Soria, and Francisca Rodríguez Barrionueva. His brother Juan de Medrano served as the governor of the province of Chametla,
Sinaloa. Captain Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez is the father of
Capitan General Diego de Medrano y Bañuelos Saldívar y Mendoza, maternal uncle, and Catalina de Medrano y Oñate, mother of Don Juan Bravo de Medrano. born in Madrid on May 14, 1636, baptized in the parish of San Nicolas, served as
Chief Constable of the
Holy Inquisition in
Zacatecas and Provincial
Alcalde of the
Holy Brotherhood of
Nueva Galicia. In 1666, the Royal Treasury requested 500 liters of
salt from Captain Don Diego de Medrano. General Diego de Medrano y Bañuelos, who held the rank of lieutenant captain in the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia, formally requested that the municipal notary certify and ratify the appointment previously issued to him as provincial alcalde of the Santa Hermandad of that kingdom. This confirmation was sought in order to comply with a directive from the viceroy of New Spain, who had ordered all officials occupying offices classified as vendible and renounceable to submit their titles for review and registration before the superior authorities. In 1674, The Count's uncle was the provincial mayor of the Holy Brotherhood; in 1679 he became perpetual provincial mayor. In 1676, Captain Don Diego de Medrano was the
corregidor, with a salary of 500 pesos de minas, which is issued to him for said duty. General Diego de Medrano was the husband of Maria Correa de Silva (b. February 21, 1638
Madrid, Spain), married on May 23, 1661, in the Madrid parish of San Juan. He is the father of Margarita de Medrano y Correa de Silva and Nicolás de Medrano y Bañuelos. He died in Zacatecas on May 24, 1687, witnessed by Diego Vazquez. and his brothers, Captains José de Medrano and Juan de Medrano, and Doña Margarita Magdalena de Medrano, children of Captain General Diego de Medrano y Bañuelos, and his wife Doña María Correa de Silva, founders of the mentioned chapel in Zacatecas. == References ==