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Leon MartinMartín De León Martín De León Rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario This article is about the Mexican empresario. For the saint, see Martin of Leon. Martín De León (1765–1833) was a rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario in Texas who was descended from Spanish aristocracy. He was the patriarch of one of the prominent founding families of early Texas. De León and his wife Patricia de la Garza established De León's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas. They founded the town of Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Victoria Nombre de Jesús (now known as Victoria) on the Guadalupe River. The name referred both to the river and to Mexico's president Guadalupe Victoria. Quick facts Born, Died ... Martín… (Source: Wikipedia)
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