Editing Mestizo (section)

==Mestizos migrating to Europe==
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[[Martín Cortés (son of doña Marina)|Martín Cortés]], son of the [[conquistador|Spanish conquistador]] [[Hernán Cortés]] and of the [[Nahuatl]]–[[Maya languages|Maya]] Indigenous Mexican interpreter [[La Malinche|Malinche]], was one of the first documented mestizos to arrive in Spain. His first trip occurred in 1528, when he accompanied his father who sought to have him legitimized by [[Pope Clement&nbsp;VII]], from 1523 to 1534.

There is also verified evidence of the grandchildren of [[Moctezuma&nbsp;II]], [[Aztec]] emperor, whose royal descent the [[Spanish Crown]] acknowledged, willingly having set foot on European soil. Among these descendants are the Counts of Miravalle, and the [[Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo|Dukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo]], who became part of the [[Spanish peerage]] and left many descendants in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alvarezgalloso.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/la-descendencia-espanola-de-moctezuma-reclama-pago-de-mexico/|title=La descendencia española de Moctezuma reclama pago de Mexico|work=El Noticiero de Alvarez Galloso|date=30 December 2007|access-date=29 March 2015}}</ref> The Counts of Miravalle, residing in [[Andalusia|Andalucía]], Spain, demanded in 2003 that the government of Mexico recommence payment of the so-called "Moctezuma pensions" it had cancelled in 1934.

The mestizo historian [[Inca Garcilaso de la Vega]], son of Spanish conquistador [[Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega]] and of the [[Inca Empire|Inca]] princess Isabel Chimpo Oclloun, arrived in Spain from Peru. He lived in the town of [[Montilla]], [[Andalucía]], where he died in 1616.