Don Juan Bravo de Medrano (1650 in

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– May 15, 1710) was the 1st

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of Santa Rosa and a noble from the Bravo de Medrano family in

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. Juan Bravo de Medrano was the

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General of the Kingdom of

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of his

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, and held the first noble title in Zacatecas, granted by King

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on February 8, 1691. The title of ''Conde de Santa Rosa'' is linked to an immense estate, centered around the Santa Rosa

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situated between

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and

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. The Count of Santa Rosa is a descendant of the founder of Zacatecas, Baltasar Temiño de Bañuelos, and the founder of

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. Juan married Doña Juana de Altamirano Castilla y Aguayo.

Family

Don Juan Bravo de Medrano was the son of Don Felipe Bartolome Bravo de Acuña and Catalina de Medrano y Oñate.

Ancestry

Juan's mother Catalina de Medrano y Oñate was the daughter of Captain Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez and Catalina Temiño-Bañuelos y Oñate Rivadeneira. Captain Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez was the son of Diego de Medrano, born in either Penacerrada, Alava or

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, and Catalina de Velazquez. Juan Bravo de Medrano's maternal grandmother Catalina Temiño-Bañuelos y Oñate y Rivadeneira was the daughter of Diego Ruiz Temiño de Bañuelos Zaldívar (born 1562, Zacatecas, Mexico) Councilor and General Depositary of

, and Catalina de Oñate y Rivadeneira, the latter was a direct descendant of

. Juan Bravo de Medrano's maternal great-grandfather was Diego de Temiño-Banuelos-Saldivar and Catalina de Oñate y Rivadeneira. Their daughter Catalina de Oñate y Bañuelos was born in 1609, Zacatecas and married Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez (b. 1609, Santo Domingo) on 20 August 1629 in Madrid, Spain. Catalina de Oñate y Bañuelos and Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez were the parents of Catalina de Medrano y Oñate, mother of the first count of Santa Rosa.

Descendant of the founder of Zacatecas

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, Mexico. In 1572, he married María de Zaldivar y Mendoza, with whom he had six children. In memory of him there is a lagoon in Zacatecas called Bañuelos.

Early life

Juan Bravo de Medrano was born in

, around 1650, son of Bartolomé Bravo de Acuña and Catalina de Medrano y Oñate.

Count of Santa Rosa

Juan Bravo de Medrano became the first Zacatecan to purchase a noble title, becoming the first Count of Santa Rosa on February 8, 1691, thanks to his mining success and due to his pacification of

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and the Sierra del Nayarit es">:es:Sierra_de_Nayarit">es He was also the Lieutenant Capitán General of

. This lineage of counts bestowed significant nobility upon Zacatecas, engaging in a competition of honor and wealth throughout the Enlightenment century and the so-called Bourbon reforms.

Maestro de Campo

Prominent Zacatecan miners maintained a

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, often consisting of two or three hundred men, whether to defend their own territories or the interests of the

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. Don Juan Bravo de Medrano was also the

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in Zacatecas, and therefore maintained a

and a personal guard consisting of eight German halberdiers, paid by the king, who accompanied him everywhere.

Manuscript

A manuscript written by Gaspar de Sandoval Cerda Silva y Mendoza, 8th Count of Galve, records news concerning Juan Bravo de Medrano, 1st Count of Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa ''Hacienda''

Juan Bravo de Medrano owned the Santa Rosa de Malpaso ''

'' from 1691, the year his mother Catalina de Medrano y Oñate bequeathed it to him, until his death in 1710. The community of Malpaso has its origins in a land grant on February 8, 1561. Throughout its history, Malpaso has had various owners. In the 17th century, it belonged to the family of Juan Bravo de Medrano, the first Count of Santa Rosa, hence its name: Santa Rosa de Malpaso, named after its first patron, Santa Rosa de Lima. The construction of the Santa Rosa

was of strong craftsmanship, as can still be seen in the walls of the Fort (known as El Caracol) that was built back in the distant last years of the 16th century, and as can be seen in the very thick walls of the barns and big house. Juan and his mother Catalina de Medrano y Oñate built a temple with a beautiful

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in honor of Saint Rose of Lima. Currently, the Patron Saint is the Lord of Malpaso or the Ascension, and its façade looks very different.

Bartolomé Bravo de Acuña

The father of the Count of Santa Rosa, General Bartolomé Bravo de Acuña, an enterprising miner from Vetagrande, began acquiring lands (centered around the Santa Rosa hacienda situated between Jerez and Juchipila) in the mid-17th century. These properties were added to his wife Catalina de Medrano y Oñate's dowry, descended from majorat founder

. The first Count of Santa Rosa, Juan Bravo de Medrano, continued acquiring lands, ranging from medium-value estates to large domains and mines mostly in Vetagrande.

Lands and mines owned

Juan Bravo de Medrano owned large

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and

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estates, including the haciendas of Real de Pánuco, Vetagrande, Malpaso, Palomas, San Nicolás in Pinos, Santa Rosa in

, and Santa Rosa in Tlaltenango. In 1699, Don Juan Bravo de Medrano, I Count of Santa Rosa purchased the Palomas hacienda from the clergyman Francisco de Arratia for 5,362 pesos. By 1695, he had acquired lands from the

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convent of Santa Clara de Jesús:

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, Los Edificios, El Cericillo, and El Arenal, southwest of

, not far from the lands associated with the Santa Rosa hacienda, also known as Santa Rosa de Malpaso. Estimated in 1777 after an owner's death, Joseph Martinez de Bustamante, the hacienda had a total value of 57,736

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s 2 reales. This included 1,000 pesos for El Fuerte, 4,000 pesos for Malpaso, 1,500 pesos for El Eje, 2,500 pesos for Santa Rosa, with the main residence valued at 1,800 pesos. The property also included 20 sitios of

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and nearly 180

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s of land, equivalent to 14,144.4

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s (34,988

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s or 141.444 km). Adding

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s, and livestock (247

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s, 248 oxen, 161

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s, and nearly 2,500

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s), its value reached 69,851 pesos 5 reales. However, the hacienda had

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s and numerous

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s, some dating back 40 years, exceeding a third of its value. It was consequently sold by Captain Bustamante's widow, Gertrudis Díaz de la Campa, a relative of the Count of San Mateo, to Ventura de Arteaga, then the general administrator for José de la Borda.

Real de Pánuco Mine in Zacatecas

Silver production in

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—of which

accounted for roughly one-third—grew steadily from the 1570s, reaching its highest levels in the 1620s. In the mid-17th century, Medrano's father Bartolome Bravo de Acuna purchased the Real de Pánuco mines in Zacatecas. Between 1620 and 1630, Zacatecas experienced prosperity in silver production unmatched until the early 18th century. However, setbacks such as the Vetagrande mine flooding in 1619-1620,

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s, and migration occurred. His mines would have utilized Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont's steam-powered pump system to drain water and gas out of the mines. In the 17th century, the Real de Pánuco mine was prosperous; 27

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, 41 smelting mills, 14 amalgamation mills, 39 owners of mines and mills, one blacksmith, among others. Despite Pánuco's thriving economy in the mid-17th century, the descendants of its discoverers, among the wealthiest individuals in Spanish America, inherited illustrious names but faced more debts. Bartolome Bravo de Acuna was succeeded by his son and heir Juan Bravo de Medrano, I Count of Santa Rosa. His son Don Felipe Bartolome Bravo de Medrano y Acuña Altamirano, II Count of Santa Rosa, inherited flooded mines and debts, leading to the inability to sustain the family business. When the II Count of Santa Rosa died, notorial records indicate his properties which included the Pánuco

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and the amalgamation facilities. Zacatecas did not exceed its earlier peak in silver output until after 1710, though its fiscal revenues rebounded sooner thanks to a silver boom in nearby Sombrerete. The region's recovery was driven in part by the establishment of a new credit system, funded by Mexico City's silver merchants and channeled through local intermediaries such as traders, refiners, and magistrates. Additionally, a shift back to smelting—though the reasons remain unclear—helped reduce reliance on mercury, easing one of the major constraints on production.

Family background

Baltasar Temiño de Bañuelos in Zacatecas

Don Juan Bravo de Medrano's mother Catalina de Medrano y Oñate was the maternal great-granddaughter of Baltasar Temiño de Banuelos (

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, 1530 – Zacatecas, 1600), the "discoverer" and one of the founders of

. Baltasar moved to

, capital of the Kingdom of

, where he made contact with

, who proposed him to

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and Diego de Ibarra as

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of the expedition that would culminate in the founding of the mines of Zacatecas around 1548, discovered by Juan de Tolosa two years earlier, and which would become the largest

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producers in

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during the

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. Juan Bravo de Medrano's great-great-grandfather Baltasar Temino de Bañuelos arrived in Zacatecas around 1546 or 1548, the year of its foundation, which would mean that he was only present at the formal act of foundation, although historians refer to him as one of the four conquerors of the

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. In 1550, Baltasar was one of the main miners of Zacatecas, either individually or in company. In 1557, he was named ''deputy of mines'' when Gaspar de Tapia was mayor of Zacatecas. Baltasar, in 1562, was the owner of one of the thirty-five haciendas "''de beneficio de azogue''" that existed in the province of Zacatecas. In the war against the Chichimeca Natives, he was named

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captain general of

in 1572 by Viceroy Enriquez. Juan Bravo de Medrano's maternal grandfather was Captain Don Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez. He was born in

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into the noble house of Medrano. He is the son of Don Diego de Medrano and Doña Catalina de Velazquez. 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 Don Alonso de Oñate Salazar, brother of the famous conquistador Juan de Oñate y Salazar, both sons of

, a descendant of the noble

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. Cristóbal's palace in Guadalajara, inherited by the Medrano family, became the setting of a 19th century play and

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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

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. 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

(Mexico), 1630. Diego was the

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in Guadalajara. Diego de Medrano was also the son of Diego de Medrano, from

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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,

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. The Marriage of Juan de Medrano y Ulloa y Velazquez with Doña Catalina de Temiño-Bañuelos y Oñate y Rivadeneira commenced in Zacatecas (Mexico). The wedding ceremony took place on the 24th of January, 1635. 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. Juan Bravo de Medrano's maternal uncle Capitan General Don Diego de Medrano y Bañuelos, born in Madrid on May 14, 1636, baptized in the parish of San Nicolas, served as Chief Constable of the

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and Provincial

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of the Holy Brotherhood of

. In 1666, the Royal Treasury requested 500 liters of

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from Captain Don Diego de Medrano. 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

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, 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

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, 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 passed away in Zacatecas on May 24, 1687, witnessed by Diego Vazquez. In Zacatecas, on December 17, 1708, the first cousins of Juan Bravo de Medrano are documented as the owners and patrons of the chapel of the Reyes in the church of Santa María, Zacatecas, in favor of Licentiate Nicolás de Medrano,

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of the Holy Office of the

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; 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.

Marriage and heir

Juan Bravo de Medrano married Doña Juana Altamirano Castilla y Aguayo. His wife was the daughter of José Altamirano y Castilla and Juana de Soto Agredano y Carbajal Aguayo. Don Juan Bravo de Medrano and Doña Juana Altamirano Castilla y Aguayo had two children: * Don Felipe Bartolome Bravo de Medrano y Acuña Altamirano, II Count of Santa Rosa, (b. between 1669 and 1729, Zacatecas) husband of Dolores de Navarrete y Argote. He is the father of Ana Josefa Bravo de Medrano y Acuña y Navarrete Argote; and the grandfather of Don Jose Vicente Beltran y Bravo de Medrano y Acuña, III Count of Santa Rosa, Priest * Manuela Bravo de Medrano y Acuña Altamirano y Castilla (b. between 1669 and 1729, Zacatecas)

Death

Juan Bravo de Medrano died on May 15, 1710, without leaving a will. His debts, which his wife Juana Altamirano de Castilla and children committed to paying, amounted to 104,330 pesos 6 granos, primarily owed to the aviator Nicolás de Landa, a resident of

References

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