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Line 1: {{Short description\|Explorer and governor in New Spain}} {{Infobox person \| name = ~~Poopy~~Alonso ~~Head~~de León "El Mozo" \| image = \| imagesize = Line 10 ⟶ 11: \| death_place =[[Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico]] \| occupation = explorer and governor \| nationality = [[~~Spanish~~New ~~people\|~~Spain,Spanish]] \| footnotes = }} '''Alonso de León "El Mozo" ''' (c. 1639–1691) was an [[explorer]] and governor, in [[New Spain]] who led several expeditions into the area that is now northeastern [[Mexico]] and southern [[Texas]]. ==Early life== Alonso de León González was born in 1639 , in the settlement of [[Cadereyta Jiménez\|Cadereyta]] ~~(presently Montemorelos) within the province of~~, [[Nuevo León]] in [[New Spain]]. He was the third son of General Alonso De León, a celebrated chronicler, historian and [[conquistador]] of the frontier of Nuevo León, and Josefa González.<ref name=cj24>Chipman and Joseph (1999), p. 24.</ref> To distinguish him from his father, who was also a prominent leader in the colony, sometimes the phrase, ''El Mozo,'' would later be appended to his name (or its English equivalent, "the younger"). [[File:Escudo Monclova.jpg\|thumb\|Alonso de León]] De León trained in Spain for a naval career and joined the Spanish navy in 1657. By 1660 he had returned to Nuevo León. He was frequently appointed to lead exploratory parties, and he became an entrepreneur, most notably in [[salt mining]]. De León married Agustina Cantú and had six children with her. Line 33 ⟶ 36: ==Notes== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} ==References== Line 42 ⟶ 45: ''Handbook of Texas Online'', s.v. "[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fde06 De León, Alonso]". Mary G. Ramos (ed.), ''Texas Almanac 2002-2003'', Texas A&M University Press, 2001; pp. 30, 65, 66. {{ISBN\|0-914511-32-7}}. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leon, Alonso de}} Line 49 ⟶ 54: [[Category:1639 births]] [[Category:1691 deaths]] ~~[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]~~ [[Category:People of Spanish Texas]] [[Category:People from Cadereyta, Nuevo León]]