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LA CONDESA DE SANTOVENIA Su Genealogía DESCENDENCIA LA CONDESA DE SANTOVENIA Su Genealogía DESCENDENCIA, COLATERALES Y ASCENDENCIA DE D. ELENA MARTIN DE MEDINA Y MOLINA, II CONDESA DE SANTOVENIA DAGMAR S ALCINES DE B LANCO LOSADA (1) La genealogía cubana está muy vinculada a la española, de la que procede y con la cual coincidió durante cuatro siglos. Se dan varios casos en que al regreso a España de las ramas cuba- nas, se entroncan con otras casas de su entorno familiar para dar origen a nuevas líneas que en el transcurso de los años vuel- ven a enlazar con las ramas que permanecieron en Cuba. De esta forma se crea un interesante e intrincado complejo tejido familiar a ambos lados del Atlántico, que los une más que los (1) Licenciada en Filología Inglesa por la Universidad de Oriente, Cuba. Cursos de Post Grado en Harvard y The University of Texas, EE.UU. Master en Ciencias en Lingüística por Georgetown University, Washington DC, EE.UU. Diplomada en Genealogía, Heráldica y Nobiliaria por el Institu- to Luis de Salazar y Castro del C.S.I.C., Madrid, España. 671 DAGMAR SALCINES DE BLANCO LOSADA separa. Los apellidos se repiten así como los nombres propios tanto aquí como allá. La descendencia de Dª Elena Martín de Medina y Molina, II Condesa de Santovenia, es un exponente más de esta relación de ida y vuelta que en el plano familiar, social, político, económico, nobiliario y hasta musical siempre ha existido entre España y su favorita última perla de la Corona. En las siguientes páginas se detalla el parentesco entre las familias Martínez de Campos en España, y de la Cruz, Pedroso, Hernández, García Menocal y Morales (o Recio de Morales) en Cuba. Todos son descendientes directos de D. José Rafael Mar- tín de Medina y de Dª Juana Josefa Monterrey, abuelos pater- nos de Dª Elena Martín de Medina y Molina, quienes constitu- yen el tronco común entre todas estas familias. Unos son des- cendientes directos de Dª Elena y otros colaterales a ella. D. José Rafael Martín de Medina y su esposa Dª Juana Jo- sefa Monterrey, nacidos ambos en La Habana y casados en la Parroquia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje de dicha ciudad el 19 de marzo de 1783, tuvieron por hijos a D. Francisco Jorge, a Dª María del Carmen, y a D. José María Martín de Medina y Monterrey. De los cuales: I. D. Francisco Jorge Martín de Medina y Monterrey casó con Dª Rita Paula Molina y Sotolongo padres de Dª Elena Mar- tín de Medina y Molina, motivo de este trabajo, quien dará origen en su primer matrimonio a la línea de la Cruz, cuya descendencia originará a su vez nuevas líneas de las familias Pedroso y Hernández en Cuba y en su segundo matrimonio a la línea Martínez de Campos en España, de la que se tratará en la LINEA PRIMERA II. Dª María del Carmen Martín de Medina y Monterrey casó con D. Gabriel García Menocal y López de Ramos quie- nes darán origen a una de las líneas de la familia García Me- nocal en Cuba, de la que tratará en la LINEA SEGUNDA. III. D. José María Martín de Medina y Monterrey casó con Dª María de las Mercedes Xenes y Armenteros y darán origen a una de las líneas de la familia Morales (o Recio de Morales) en Cuba, de la que se tratará en la LINEA TERCERA. 672 CONDESA DE SANTOVENIA. SU GENEALOGÍA LINEA PRIMERA I. D. Francisco Jorge Martín de Medina y Monterrey (mencionado anteriormente como hijo de D. Rafael Martín de Medina y de Dª Juana Josefa Monterrey) nació en La Habana y su bautismo consta en la Parroquia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje el día 5 de mayo de 1789. Casó con D. Rita Paula Molina y de Sotolongo, nacida en Guamutas, Cuba y bautiza- da el 25 de febrero de 1790. Casaron el día 26 de diciembre de 1811 en el pueblo de Aguacate, Cuba. Dª. Rita Paula era hija del Capitán del Regimiento de las Milicias de Dragones de Ma- tanzas D. Antonio Molina y de Dª Rita de Sotolongo, nacidos ambos en la Ciudad de Matanzas. Fueron los padres de Dª Elena Martín de Medina y Molina, la futura II Condesa de Santovenia, motivo de este estudio genealógico. 1. Dª Elena Celestina Martín de Medina y Molina nació en Ceiba Mocha, provincia de Matanzas, Cuba, el 6 de abril de 1820 y falleció en París en 1880. Fue bautizada en la Parro- quia de San Agustín de la Nueva Florida de Ceiba Mocha, pro- vincia de Matanzas, Cuba, el viernes 14 de ese mismo mes y año (folio 33 vuelto, nº 200, libro 5). (2). Es interesante resal- tar que este pueblo lleva ese nombre en recuerdo a la proce- dencia de sus fundadores. Eran españoles que llegaron a Cuba desde la Península de La Florida, territorio de la Corona de España, que a raíz del Tratado de Basilea fue canjeado a Gran Bretaña por la ciudad de La Habana en 1774. Los propietarios que perdieron sus tierras por no querer ser súbditos ingleses, fueron indemnizados por el Gobierno de España con nuevas tierras mercedadas en Cuba, que está a 90 millas al sur, sepa- rada por el Estrecho de la Florida. En recuerdo de su origen, varias familias fundaron «Nueva Florida de Ceiba Mocha», en- tre ellas una rama de los antepasados de D. Elena y de la fami- lia García Menocal. (2) Nieto Cortadellas, Rafael. Dignidades Nobiliarias en Cuba. Madrid, Ediciones Cultura Hispánica. 1954. p. 552. 673 DAGMAR SALCINES DE BLANCO LOSADA Dª Elena Martín de Medina y Molina casó tres veces: En primeras nupcias con D. Juan de la Cruz Van der Putter y Writ- ting cuyo bautismo aparece inscrito el día 5 de junio de 1752 en el Libro de Bautismos de la Catedral de Matanzas. Fueron sus padres D. Juan de la Cruz Van der Putter y Dª Catalina Writting, ambos naturales de Alemania. Fué Regidor del Ayuntamiento de Matanzas y Caballero Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel La Católica. Por lo que hemos podido investigar, la descendencia de Dª Elena Martín de Medina y su primer esposo D. Juan de la Cruz Van der Putter y Writting usó como apellido la segunda parte de su nombre de pila «de la Cruz» y no su verdadero ape- llido alemán «Van der Putter» como sería de esperarse, caso muy curioso y poco frecuente. Tuvieron por hijos a Dª Isabel y a D. Juan de la Cruz y Martín. Será Dª Isabel quien continuará la descendencia de ésta genealogía, ya que de D. Juan de la Cruz y Martín no hemos encontrado datos hasta el momento. LINEA DE LA CRUZ I. Dª Isabel de la Cruz y Martín (mencionada como hija de Dª Elena Martín de Medina y Molina y de su primer esposo el Regi- dor D. Juan de la Cruz Van der Putter y Writting) casó con el Dr. Vicente Hernández y González, Médico, bautizado en la Catedral de Matanzas, Cuba, el 4 de diciembre de 1829. Fueron sus padres D. José Hernández y de la Rosa, natural de Canarias, y Dª María del Rosario González y Chirinos, natural de San José de las Lajas, Cuba, e hija de José y de Facunda. El Dr. Hernández fue Diputado a Cortes por Cuba, Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel La Católica y Gran Cruz de Primera Clase de la Orden Civil de Beneficencia. Fueron los padres de Dª María Elena Hernández y de la Cruz quien casó en primeras nupcias con el Licenciado Ramiro Pedroso y Montilla, dando lugar a una de las ramas de la familia Pedroso y que será la línea Pedroso de ésta genealogía descrita a continua- ción. En segundas nupcias casó en la Catedral de La Habana el 8 de diciembre de 1898 con D. Julio Alfonso y de Aldama, II Mar- qués de Montelo, sin sucesión. 674 CONDESA DE SANTOVENIA. SU GENEALOGÍA LINEA PEDROSO I. Dª María Elena Isabel del Rosario Fulgencia Micaela Estefanía Hernández y de la Cruz, González y Martín de Me- dina, (hija de Isabel de la Cruz y Martín de Medina y del Dr. Vicente Hernández y González y nieta de Dª Elena Martín de Medina y de su primer esposo D. Juan de la Cruz Van der Put- ter) «nació en la Habana el 16 de enero de 1862 y su bautismo consta en la Parroquia del Sagrario de la Catedral de La Haba- na el día 7 de febrero de 1862 (folios 150 vuelto y 151 siguien- te, nº 455, libro 36). Casó dos veces: la primera en la Catedral de La Habana el 25 de marzo de 1881 con D. Ramiro Pedroso y Mantilla ( hijo de D. Jacinto Pedroso y Montalvo y de Dª Je- rónima Mantilla y Peñalver, casados en la Catedral de La Ha- bana el 20 de marzo 1850)». (3). Fueron padres de Dª Isabel, D. Ramiro y D. Jacinto Pedroso y Hernández, de los cuales: 1. Dª Isabel Pedroso y Hernández casó con D. Armando Álvarez y Escobar, Abogado, (hijo de D. Antonio Alvarez e In- sua y de Dª Angela Enma Escobar y Cisneros). Fueron padres de Dª Mercedes, D. Ramiro, y D. Armando Álvarez Pedroso, originando la rama Alvarez Pedroso, (4) de los cuales: Rama ALVAREZ PEDROSO A. Dª Mercedes Álvarez y Pedroso casó con D. Francisco Pujals y Mederos. Con sucesión. B. Ramiro Alvarez y Pedroso, Abogado, casó con Dª Jose- fa Antuña y Braga. Con sucesión. C. D. Antonio Álvarez y Pedroso, Abogado, casó con Dª Graciela Otero y Pedro.
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