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The
arms are the medieval
arms of Corona family
from Santander, Spain,
plus a mark of
difference which is the
general bordure with the
five stars.
Rendition of Arms by
Clyde Webb.
The armiger is a
Commander in The Royal
Order of Saint Michael
of the Wing (Portugal)
and a Knight of the
Noble Compañia de
Ballesteros Hijosdalgo
de San Felipe y
Santiago.
Sergio
Antonio Corona Paez was
born in Torreon, Mexico
on October 12, 1950. He
obtained a Bachelor
Degree in Science and
Techniques of
Communication, a Masters
degree and a Doctorate
of History (with honors)
from the Jesuit
Universidad
Iberoamericana Santa Fe,
in Mexico City.
He is a Professor in the
Universidad
Iberoamericana Laguna
(Torreon); Director of
the Historical Research
Center in said campus;
Author or co-author of
over 20 books; Official
Chronicler of the City
and County of Torreon;
Correspondent Member of
the Academia Melitense
Hispana from Madrid
(Spain) and, by decree
of the City Council of
Torreon (2006),
Illustrious Citizen.
Lineage:
On March 13, 1982,
Sergio Antonio Corona
Paez married Olga
Patricia Reyes
Fernandez, granddaughter
of Divisional General
Manuel H. Reyes Iduñate.
Their son is Sergio
Antonio Corona Reyes
(born in Torreon on June
12, 1983) Bachelor of
Communication.
Parents
Felix Edmundo Corona de
la Fuente, (born in
Monterrey, Mexico,
October 7, 1911) and
Maria Concepcion Paez
Martinez (born in San
Luis Potosi, Mexico, on
June 7, 1922). Married
on December 13th, 1939.
Grandparents (paternal)
Felix Edmundo Corona
Toledano (born in
Jonacatepec, Mexico, on
November 20, 1880) and
Maria Antonia de la
Fuente Treviño (born in
Monterrey, Mexico on
January, 1891). They
were married in
Monterrey, Mexico, on
July 31, 1909.
Felix Edmundo Corona
Toledano was a member of
the Corona lineage which
originated in Santander,
Spain. When Montezuma’s
Empire fell (1521) and
New Spain came to exist,
poor hidalgo Spanish
settlers bearing this
surname (Corona, de la
Corona) came to
establish themselves on
the region of Puebla de
los Angeles and
Tlaxcala. They were
granted lands as
“vecinos” and
“pobladores” (first
settlers at their own
expense) which kept for
them their original
status of “hidalgos”
(gentry).
Maria Antonia de la
Fuente was ninth direct
descendant of Captain
Domingo de la Fuente and
his wife Francisca
Martínez-Guajardo.
Domingo was a settler in
la villa de Santiago del
Saltillo (New Spain) in
1609 and a member of the
landed lesser nobility.
He was a Spanish
benemerito, conqueror,
encomendero, miner and
trader. During his
lifetime, he held these
positions: Council
Scribe (1610), member of
the Council as Alguacil
Mayor (1616, 1618),
General Attorney of the
County (Procurator,
1619, 1631), etc. By the
marriage of Luis de la
Fuente Cabello
(Domingo´s great-great-
grandson) with Josefa
Gonzalez-de-Paredes y de
la Garza-Falcón, Maria
Antonia was tenth direct
descendant of Captain
Alberto do Canto, the
Portuguese founder of
the villa de Santiago
del Saltillo in 1575 and
his wife, Estefania de
Montemayor y Porcayo, an
eleventh direct
descendant of captain
Diego de Montemayor,
founder of Monterrey
(Mexico) and his wife,
Juana
Porcayo-de-la-Cerda.
Grandparents (maternal)
Antonio Paez Sanchez
(born in San Luis
Potosi, Mexico, on June
13, 1867) and Maria
Altagracia Martinez
Castro (born in
Alaquines, S.L.P.,
Mexico on January 6,
1894). Married in San
Luis Potosi on May 28th
1914.
Antonio Paez was the son
of Rafel Paez y
Saavedra, who was born
in Chalatenango
(Guatemala) in 1830, and
Maria Felipa Sanchez
Gutierrez, born in San
Juan de los Lagos
(Mexico) on may 27,
1836. They got married
in San Luis Potosi, on
January 7th 1863.
Rafael´s parents were
general Geronimo Paez y
Saavedra (member of the
old Spaniard
Paez-de-Monteseros
lesser nobility and
landed family) and
Tiburcia Saavedra, who
married in what is now
the city of San
Salvador, El Salvador
(then Guatemala) on
1824. General Geronimo
Paez y Saavedra was a
national hero,
Lieutenant of the
“Freedom” Dragon Corps,
Brigade General, Mayor
of San Salvador, Deputy,
President of El Salvador
Legislative Assembly
(1831). Owner of the
“Sabanetas Hacienda” in
Chiquimula, Guatemala.
Maria Altagracia
Martinez belonged to the
Martinez family, owner
of the XVIII century
“Hacienda de las Tuzas”.
The Martínez were a
cadet branch of the
colonial landed family
Martínez-Saldierna and
Martinez-Moctezuma in
Alaquines, San Luis
Potosi, Mexico.
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