Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva was born in Magadouro, Portugal, in 1539 in a family of Jewish converts to Catholicism. When he was 8 his family took him to Sahagún, in the Kingdom of León (Spain), and after his father died his tutor, Duarte de León, sent him back to Portugal. After spending thirteen years in Cape Verde, Africa, as a royal accountant in the slave trade, he sailed to Seville and married Guiomar de Ribera, a lady from Lisbon. In 1579 Phillip II, King of Spain, granted him the title of governor and captain-general with the mission to “discover, pacify and settle” a new province in the Americas to be called Nuevo Reyno de León, 200 leagues inland from the port of Tampico, in the New Spain (nowadays Mexico). Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ... The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina (twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... Seville (Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain, crossed by the river Guadalquivir (, ). It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Sevilla. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the landmass in the Western Hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... El Puente Tampico (finished in October 1988) links the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz and is a major element in the Gulf of Mexico highway system. ... Flag of New Spain New Spain (Spanish: Nueva España) was the name given to the viceroy-ruled colonial territories of the Spanish Empire from 1525 to 1821. ...

He sailed onboard the Santa Catarina with 100 families, most of them recruited from his own and his wife's kin. After his arrival and a hard expedition trip inland, he founded a settlement called San Luis Rey de Francia and the New Kingdom of Leon. Monterrey is the capital city of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. ...

In 1590 Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva was accused by the Spanish Inquisition of heresy. The envoy of the Spanish viceroy found that members of his extended family had reverted to Judaism, notably his niece Isabel Rodriguez. He was condemned to a six year exile from the New Spain, but while waiting for the execution of his sentence, he died in prison. On December 8, 1596, most of his extended family, 121 of the original settlers of Monterrey (the capital city), were executed in Mexico City’s main plaza. Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ... Pedro Berruguete. ... Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the catholic or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ... Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people, with around 14 million followers (as of 2005 [1]). It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 5 - 26 catholics crucified in Nagasaki, Japan. ... Monterrey is the capital city of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides...

Monterrey still bears the customs of his Jewish heritage, particularly the cuisine (cabrito, semitas), popular Sephardic family names (like Garza) and some local festivities. Sephardim (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Sfaradim, Tiberian Hebrew ) are a subgroup of Jews, generally defined in contrast to Ashkenazim and/or . ...

External links

• Historia de Nuevo León by Israel Cavazos (in Spanish)
• Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, by Raúl Cadena (in Spanish)
• Texas Handbook Online