Gonzalo Váez

Gonzalo was born in 1602 in Casteloblanco. Gonzalo's father is Francisco “alias Simón Rodríguez” López Sevilla and his mother was Maria Aeres. His maternal grandparents are Gaspar Gonzalez (Gonzalves) Soburro and Leonor Váez. He had a sister named Leonor. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 47 in 1649 in Coyoacán.

General Notes
- p. 151-4. Born in Casteloblanco. Merchant who made trips inland. Parents: Francisco Lopez Sevilla, alias Simon Rodriguez and Maria Aeres (living in Pisa with her two daughters). Nephew, as his mother was his sister, of Simon Vaez Sevilla. "He claimed that he should be given his liberty because of his rank since he was the son of a real prophet called Francisco Lopez Sevilla, son and grandson of Origano and David. He demanded that his property be delivered to him since he was a Christian Catholic and Jew." p. 152. He also claimed to be Julius Caesar, a "Cardinal Prince" or Gonzalo Vaez Octopec. Claimed that "Christ was not God but only one of the prophets and there was only one King; that all of the viceroys that had come were false; that there was no pope,..." p. 152. HE succeeded in making the officials think he was insane, taken to the "Hospital and to the house of Orares, from which he fled." p. 153. HE had heard from LEonor Vaez that feigning insanity was a plausible tactic. Continued his insanity ploy up to the point when he was burned. He had no property to confiscate. Relaxed in person for bearing false witness and observing the law of moses.