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Bartolomé De Alva
Don Bartolomé de Alva was a Novohispanic mestizo secular priest and Nahuatl translator. Family Alva was one of the youngest children born to indigenous Doña Ana Cortés Ixtlixochitl and her husband, a Spaniard, Juan Pérez de Peralta. Alva may have been ''the'' youngest, or he may have had a younger sister, but records are unclear. He was born around 1597, which appears to be around the time his mother became the ''cacique'' of Teotihuacan. Alva was a younger brother of the chronicler don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl, one of the most cited and studied Amerindian, or mestizo, chroniclers from colonial New Spain. Bartolomé's brother Fernando occupied positions of authority within New Spain's colonial government that had previously been reserved only for indigenous elites, not Spaniards or ''mestizos'', including serving as the governing judge ('' juez gobernador'') of Texcoco and Chalco and as the ''cacique'' of Teotihuacan alongside the oldest Alva Ixtlixochitl brother a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don (honorific)
The terms Don (in Spanish language, Spanish and Italian language, Italian), Dom (in Portuguese language, Portuguese), and Domn (in Romanian language, Romanian), are honorific prefixes derived from the Latin language, Latin ''Dominus'', meaning "lord" or "owner". The honorific is commonly used in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, as well as in the Spanish-speaking world and Portuguese-speaking world, as well as some other places formerly colonized by Spain or Portugal. The feminine equivalents are (), (), (Romanian) and (). The term is derived from the Latin : a master of a household, a title with background from the Roman Republic in classical antiquity. With the abbreviated form having emerged as such in the Middle Ages, traditionally it is reserved for Catholic clergy and nobles, in addition to certain educational authorities and persons of high distinction. Spanish-speaking world In Spanish, although originally a title reserved for royalty, select nobles, and church hierarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |