Bartolomé Jaimes

Bartolomé Jaimes
Conquistador of the Spanish Empire
Monarch Philip II
Personal details
Born Bartolome González y Jaimes Sánchez
1522
Huelva, Spain
Died November 14, 1603
Córdoba, Argentina
Resting place Cathedral of Córdoba
Nationality Spanish
Occupation Politician
Profession Officer of the Royal Armies
Military service
Allegiance  Spain
Service/branch Spanish Army
Years of service 1540s-1603
Rank Captain
Battles/wars Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Arauco War

Bartolomé Jaimes (c. 1522 – 14 November 1603) was a Spanish nobleman, who served in the conquest of Perú, Chile and Tucumán.[1] He participated in the founding of the city of Córdoba by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.[2]

Biography

Bartolomé Jaimes was born in Ayamonte, Huelva, (Spain) the son of Alonso González Jaimes and Marina Sánchez, belonging to a noble family originally from Andalusia.[3]

Jaimes possibly arrived in Peru around the year 1540. In 1547, he had participated in the Battle of Huarina, under the command of General Diego Centeno against the hosts of Gonzalo Pizarro.[4] Captain Jaimes accompanied Pedro de Valdivia in the Conquest of Chile and participated with great value in the Arauco War.[5] He also participated of the Conquest of Tucumán,[6] and attended the foundation of Santiago del Estero by Francisco de Aguirre in 1553.[7]

After participating in the foundation of the city of Córdoba (Argentina), Bartolomé Jaimes served as Alcalde in 1581.[8] And was elect as Regidor of the Cabildo in 1575, 1577, 1579 and 1584.[9] His last prominent public post, was as Fiel Ejecutor in 1590 and 1599.[10]

On May 17, 1579, Bartolomé Jaimes received land grants in Córdoba,[11] including the village of Ansenuza,[12] and Caroya, where he requested permission to establish a cattle ranch.[13] He made his will on the same day of his death, on November 14, 1603, being buried in the Iglesia Mayor de Córdoba.[14]

Family

Bartolomé Jaimes was married four times to native women of South America. His wives Catalina and Ana, were belonging to Araucan lineages, and Isabel, born in Catamarca was of Diaguita origin. His last wife was Luisa Martín, a mixed Indian, daughter of Alonso Martín del Arroyo, a Spanish politician, who served as Procurador of Santiago del Estero.[15]

His descendant, Antonio Jaimes (born in Córdoba) was the founder of the Jaime family in Buenos Aires. In 1692, he was married in the Buenos Aires Cathedral to María de la Rosa Fernández, born in Buenos Aires.[16] His son, Juan Jaimes Fernández was married to Juana Chiclana Navarro,[17] daughter of Diego Chiclana (soldier) and Luisa Navarro Estebáñez de Cevallos, belonging to a noble family from Buenos Aires of Basque origin (related to Coutinho de Mendoza).[18]

Antonio Jaimes served as soldier of the Presidio de Buenos Aires in 1690s and 1710s.[19] He was possibly the great-grandson of Juan Maldonado and Lucía González Jaimes Díaz (daughter of Bartolomé Jaimes).[20] His granddaughter, Josepha Lucía Jaimes Chiclana was married to Joseph Antonio Roberto.[21] This family (Roberto Jaimes) was related to numerous Argentinean families,[22] including the family of Casimiro Alegre,[23] alcalde and Captain of Militias of San Vicente, Buenos Aires.[24]

The surname Jaimes or Jaime is originally from Aragon.[25] Ancient sources indicated that the surname came from the knight Ruiz Perez de Jaimes (descendant of James I of Aragon), who had participated in the Granada War.[26]

Notes

  1. ↑ Los conquistadores de Chile, Volume 2. Tomás Thayer Ojeda.
  2. ↑ Indígenas y Conquistadores de Córdoba. Aníbal Montes, Carlos J. Freytag.
  3. ↑ Hallazgos de Investigacion. Elsa Andrada de Bosch.
  4. ↑ Homenaje al cuarto centenario de la segunda fundación de la Ciudad de la Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, Volumen 1. Instituto de Estudios Iberoamericanos.
  5. ↑ Anales de la Universidad de Chile. Imprenta del Siglo.
  6. ↑ Los pueblos de indios del Tucumán colonial:. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy.
  7. ↑ Humanidades:. La Facultad, 1961.
  8. ↑ Archivo Municipal de Córdoba. Archivo Municipal de Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina).
  9. ↑ Cabildantes de Córdoba;. Libreria Assandri.
  10. ↑ Crónicas:. Instituto de Estudios Iberoamericanos.
  11. ↑ Congreso de Historia del Descubrimiento (1492-1556):. Real Academia de la Historia.
  12. ↑ Y ellos forjaron un pueblo:. Argentina.
  13. ↑ Jesuitas 400 años en Córdoba:. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,.
  14. ↑ Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino. Institución Mitre.
  15. ↑ Mujeres de la Conquista. Lucía Gálvez.
  16. ↑ Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas. Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas.
  17. ↑ Bautismos 1713-1727. Nuestra Señora de La Merced.
  18. ↑ Los pobladores de Buenos Aires y su descendencia. Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson.
  19. ↑ Matrimonios 1656-1762. Catedral de Buenos Aires.
  20. ↑ Arquitectura colonial argentina. Marina Waisman.
  21. ↑ Bautismo de la Inmaculada Concepción de Buenos Aires - Vice-Parroquia Libro III. Barbadori, Anibal Ramón.
  22. ↑ Confirmaciones, matrimonios 1769-1854. Nuestra Señora de la Piedad.
  23. ↑ Matrimonios 1808-1864. Nuestra Señora de la Piedad.
  24. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires (Argentina) Cabildo, José Juan Biedma.
  25. ↑ Blasones y apellidos. Fernando Muñoz Altea.
  26. ↑ Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España:. Francisco Piferrer.
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