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Pizarros  of AntiquitySource of Information Our original Pizarro
tree traces the lineage from Manuel Joseph
Seminario Saldivar (1706-1794) to Teresa
Martinez Pizarro de Carbajal, who lived in the
14th century. Recent findings have enabled
the addition of two trees extending the Pizarro
lineage back to the 5th century. Tree1 runs from
Teresa Martinez Pizarro to Alfonso V, King of
León (994-1028). Tree2 runs from
Alfonso V to Theodemir, King of the Ostrogoths
of Pannonia, who lived in the 5th century. Most of the information in our new trees comes
from the outstanding work of Peruvian historian
José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu, writing in La
Tierra y La Sangre de Francisco Pizarro,
published by the Universidad de Lima in
1993. José Antonio del Busto held doctoral
degrees in History and Geography, and was the
Principal Professor of Peruvian History at the
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and the
Universidad de Lima. He wrote more than 20
books, mostly about the history of Perú. La Tierra y La Sangre de Francisco
Pizarro is must-have for any serious
student of Pizarro genealogy. It contains
detailed descriptions of Trujillo, Spain of the
15th century, including the homes of the
Pizarros. It has short biographies of the
key members of the Pizarro family of
Spain. And it provides great detail of the
links between the ancestors of Francisco Pizarro
and several royal and other noble houses of
Europe. Unfortunately, the book has not been translated
into English, so a reading knowledge of Spanish
is needed. It is also hard to find.
It is listed by Amazon, but the entry has shown
a "currently unavailable" status for several
months. I have located two sources that
show the book as currently in stock, but as I
have not used either one, I cannot recommend
them. One is Libros Peru, an online
bookseller in Lima, which lists a print edition
for 35 soles: http://librosperu.com/la-tierra-y-la-sangre-de-francisco-pizarro/.
The other source lists a digitized edition that
can be downloaded, but I could not find a price
or even the currency used: http://www.libroporvenir.com/pdf/la-tierra-y-la-sangre-de-francisco-pizarro.
The information provided by Doctor del Busto in
his "Arbol Mayor", pages 110 to 113, are names,
relationships, and some occupations and dates of
occupation. I supplemented this
information by finding and adding dates and
places of birth, marriage and death. In
some cases I was able to locate more detailed
information about occupations and dates of
positions held. I also found and added
some portraits or photos of statutes. In the notes section of the record for each
individual listed in the trees, I credited the
source of the information in Dr. del Busto's
book, as well as the original source he cites
for the genealogical information he
located. I also cite the source for the
supplemental information I located. In two instances, I corrected Dr. del Busto's
information. In his "Arbol Mayor", page
111, item 15, he lists Urraca Teresa or Teresa
Florentina as the wife of Ramiro II and mother
of Ordoño III, both Kings of León. Later
research establishes that the mother of Ordoño
III was another of Ramiro II's partners,
Adosinda Gutierrez. In item 16, he lists
Elvira Gonzales de Asturias as the wife of
Ordoño III and mother of Bermudo II. This
information is apparently a notorious
falsification. The true name of Ordoño's
wife and Bermudo's mother is Urraca Fernández. Status / How you can help This research is listed in the category
"relationship appears to exist but has not been
established with certainty", not because of any
fault with the Pizarros of Antiquity trees, but
because of a problem in the original Pizarro
tree with the identity of Juan Pizarro of
Loja. For an explanation of the problem,
please see the report
on the Pizarro/Yupanqui research. We are
still working to resolve the problem and to
connect Juan Pizarro of Loja with the Pizarro
family of Trujillo, Spain, through Francisco
Pizarro or some other way. When this issue
is resolved, the descendants of Juan Pizarro of
Loja can claim the full genealogy of the Spanish
Pizarros, from the 5th century forward. Baptismal records in Spain can be located as
far back as 1450, while marriage certificates
date from about 1500 forward, and death
certificates from about 1550 forward. None
of these records are likely to be available for
most of the people listed on our two Pizarros of
Antiquity trees. However, for some
individuals, sufficient historical documentation
exists to establish their identity,
relationships, and dates of birth, marriage or
death, allowing us to code their records
green. For the records coded amber, we
will continue to make the effort to locate
greater details, though in some instances
additional information may not be available. In four instances, the names of wives of the
males listed in the tree are not known. In
one more instance, only the last name is known
for the wife of Fruela de Cantábria. If you can provide any of the missing
information for individuals coded amber or red,
please contact me by email with the information
and the source. We will be glad to credit
you as the contributor of the information.
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