Bartolomé Jaimes

Bartolomé Jaimes (c. 1522 – 14 November 1603) was a Spanish nobleman, who served in the conquest of Perú, Chile and Tucumán.[1] He participated in the founding of the city of Córdoba by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.[2]

Captain Bartolomé Jaimes
Mayor of Córdoba, Argentina
In office 1581–1582
Monarch	Philip II of Spain
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	?
Fiel Ejecutor of Cabildo of Córdoba In office 1591-1592 1599-1600
Personal details
Born	Bartolome González y Jaimes Sánchez 1522 Huelva, Spain
Died	November 14, 1603 Córdoba, Argentina
Resting place	Cathedral of Córdoba
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	conquistador politician army
Profession	Army officer
Military service
Allegiance	Spanish Empire
Branch/service	Spanish Army
Years of service	1540s-1603
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire Arauco War

Biography

He was born in Ayamonte, Huelva (Spain), the son of Alonso González Jaimes and Marina Sánchez, belonging to a noble family originally from Andalusia.[3]

Jaimes had an active participation in the Spanish Conquest of the Americas. He possibly arrived in Peru around the year 1540. In 1547, he had participated in the Battle of Huarina, under the command of General Diego Centeno against the hosts of Gonzalo Pizarro.[4] He accompanied Pedro de Valdivia in the Conquest of Chile and participated with great value in the Arauco War.[5]

Bartolomé Jaimes also participated of the Conquest of Tucumán,[6] and attended the foundation of Santiago del Estero by Francisco de Aguirre in 1553, [7] and of Córdoba by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. He served as Alcalde of Córdoba in 1581,[8] and was elect as Regidor of the Cabildo in 1575, 1577, 1579 and 1584.[9] His last prominent public post, was as Fiel Ejecutor in 1590 and 1599.[10]

On May 17, 1579, Bartolomé Jaimes received land grants in Córdoba,[11] including the village of Ansenuza,[12] and Caroya, where he requested permission to establish a cattle ranch.[13] He made his will on the same day of his death, on November 14, 1603, being buried in the Iglesia Mayor de Córdoba.[14]

Family

Bartolomé Jaimes was married four times to native women of South America. His wives Catalina and Ana, were Mapuche, and Isabel, born in Catamarca was of Diaguita origin. His last wife was Luisa Martín, a mixed Indian, daughter of Alonso Martín del Arroyo, a Spanish politician, who served as Procurador of Santiago del Estero.[15]

His descendant, Antonio Jaimes (born in Córdoba) was the founder of the Jaime family in Buenos Aires. In 1692, he was married in the Buenos Aires Cathedral to María de la Rosa Fernández, born in Buenos Aires.[16] His son, Juan Jaimes Fernández was married to Juana Chiclana Navarro,[17] daughter of Diego Chiclana (soldier) and Luisa Navarro Estebáñez de Cevallos, belonging to a noble family from Buenos Aires of Basque origin (related to Coutinho de Mendoza).[18]

Antonio Jaimes served as soldier of the Presidio de Buenos Aires in 1690s and 1710s.[19] He was possibly the great-grandson of Juan Maldonado and Lucía González Jaimes Díaz (daughter of Bartolomé Jaimes).[20] His granddaughter, Josepha Lucía Jaimes Chiclana was married to Joseph Antonio Roberto.[21] This family (Roberto Jaimes) was related to numerous Argentinean families,[22] including the family of Casimiro Alegre,[23] alcalde and Captain of Militias of San Vicente, Buenos Aires.[24]

His most renowned descendant (non-direct line) was Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of the Argentine Republic between 1868 and 1864.[25] The surname Jaimes or Jaime is originally from Aragon.[26] Ancient sources indicated that the surname came from the knight Ruiz Perez de Jaimes (descendant of James I of Aragon), who had participated in the Granada War.[27]

Notes

1. Los conquistadores de Chile, Volume 2. Tomás Thayer Ojeda.
2. Indígenas y Conquistadores de Córdoba. Aníbal Montes, Carlos J. Freytag.
3. Hallazgos de Investigacion. Elsa Andrada de Bosch.
4. Homenaje al cuarto centenario de la segunda fundación de la Ciudad de la Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires, Volumen 1. Instituto de Estudios Iberoamericanos.
5. Anales de la Universidad de Chile. Imprenta del Siglo.
6. Los pueblos de indios del Tucumán colonial:. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy.
7. Humanidades:. La Facultad, 1961.
8. Archivo Municipal de Córdoba. Archivo Municipal de Córdoba (Córdoba, Argentina). 1882. bartolome jaimes Alcalde y Regidor de Córdoba.
9. Cabildantes de Córdoba;. Libreria Assandri.
10. Crónicas:. Instituto de Estudios Iberoamericanos.
11. Congreso de Historia del Descubrimiento (1492-1556):. Real Academia de la Historia.
12. Y ellos forjaron un pueblo:. Argentina.
13. Jesuitas 400 años en Córdoba:. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
14. Diccionario biográfico colonial argentino. Institución Mitre.
15. Mujeres de la Conquista. Lucía Gálvez.
16. Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas. Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas.
17. Bautismos 1713-1727. Nuestra Señora de La Merced.
18. Los pobladores de Buenos Aires y su descendencia. Hialmar Edmundo Gammalsson.
19. Matrimonios 1656-1762. Catedral de Buenos Aires.
20. Arquitectura colonial argentina. Marina Waisman.
21. Bautismo de la Inmaculada Concepción de Buenos Aires - Vice-Parroquia Libro III. Barbadori, Anibal Ramón.
22. Confirmaciones, matrimonios 1769-1854. Nuestra Señora de la Piedad.
23. Matrimonios 1808-1864. Nuestra Señora de la Piedad.
24. Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires (Argentina) Cabildo, José Juan Biedma.
25. Revista, Temas8-10. Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas.
26. Blasones y apellidos. Fernando Muñoz Altea.
27. Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España:. Francisco Piferrer.

External links

• www.capilladelmonte.gov.ar