2.  Don Pedro Cortes, &c. fourth Marquis of the Valley, who married Donna Anna Pacheco de la Cerda, sister of the second Conde de Montalban:  But leaving no issue was succeeded by his sister,

3.  Donna Jeroma Cortes, &c. fifth Marchioness of the Valley, who married Don Pedro Carillo de Mendoza, ninth Conde de Priego, captain-general of Seville, and grand major-domo to Queen Margaret of Austria.  Their only daughter, who carried on the line of the family, was,

III.  Donna Stephania Carillo de Mendoza y Cortes, sixth Marchioness of the Valley, who married Don Diego de Arragon, fourth Duke of Terra Nova, prince of Castel Vetrano, and of the holy Roman empire, Marquis of Avola and Favora, constable and admiral of Sicily, commander of Villa Franca, viceroy of Sardinia, knight of the golden fleece.  Their only daughter was,

IV.  Donna Juana de Arragon, &c. fifth Duchess of Terra Nova, seventh Marchioness of the Valley, &c. who married Don Hector Pignatelli, Duke of Montelione, prince of Noja, &c.  Their only son was,

V. Don Andrea Fabrizio Pignatelli, &c. duke of Montelione and Terra Nova, &c. eighth Marquis of the Valley; who married Donna Teresa Pimentel y Benavides, &c.  Their daughter was,

VI.  Donna J. Pignatelli, &c.  Duchess of Montelione and Terra Nova, ninth Marchioness of the Valley, &c. who married Don Nicolas Pignatelli, viceroy of Sardinia and Sicily, &c.  Their son was,

VII.  Don Diego Pignatelli, &c. duke of Montelione and Terra Nova, tenth Marquis of the Valley, &c.  His son was,

VIII.  Don Fabrizio Pignatelli, &c.  Duke of Montelione and Terra Nova, eleventh Marquis of the Valley, &c.  His son was,

IX.  Don Hector Pignatelli, &c.  Duke of Montelione and Terra Nova, twelfth Marquis of the Valley, grandee of Spain, prince of the holy Roman empire, at present living in Naples[16], and married to Donna N. Piccolomini, of the family of the Dukes of Amalfi.

From the noble couple mentioned in the VI. step of the foregoing deduction, besides Don Diego, who carried on their line, there were three other sons and three daughters:  1.  Don Diego, as above. 2.  Don Ferdinand. 3.  Don Antonio. 4.  Don Fabrizio. 5.  Donna Rosa. 6.  Donna Maria Teresa. 7.  Donna Stephania[17].

[1] According to Robertson, II. 266.  Cortes took the resolution of
    returning into Spain to avoid exposing himself to the ignominy of a
    trial in Mexico, the scene of his triumphs, on hearing that a
    commission of inquiry into his conduct was on the point of coming out
    to New Spain for that purpose.  Diaz almost perpetually neglects dates,
    in the latter part of his work especially:  but we learn from Robertson
    that it was now the year 1528.—­E.

[2] The Mexican Tiger, or Jaguar, called Tlatlauhqui ocelotl by the
    Mexicans, the felis onca of naturalists, is of a yellowish colour
    with cornered annular spots, which are yellow in the middle.  It grows
    to the size of a wolf or large dog, and resembles the Bengal tiger,
    felis tigris, in craft and cruelty, but not in size or courage.—­E.