Diego de Vargas, the first descendant of the Inca Empire born in Spain

Abstract

Between the XVIth and XVIIth centuries Spain experienced a growing and fertile cultural stream that was compared to the Italian Renaissance, a burst of knowledge and wit that would go down in history as the Golden Age.
Among his many illustrious names, Garcilaso Inca de la Vega should be highlighted, as the “mestizo”, arrived to Cordoba from the Indies. His gifts and virtues with the pen are a reason for continued praise and study, even in our days. His intellect and exquisite prose remain imperishable, going over the borders of time.
Garcilaso Inca de la Vega is well known as a paradigm of miscegenation, a concept that he himself contributed to spread and introduce in that era of light and splendour, thus favouring the modification and adaptation of the customs and traditions in Cordoba, Spain and America.
His spirituality and philosophical transcendence are beyond doubt. Yet, his genealogical heritage has not been deeply inquired. Here we will reveal who was his most direct descendant, his own son: Diego de Vargas, buried in the universal greatness of his biological father and the anonymity that History granted him. Our study is based on the documents of the minutes of the Cabildo de la Mezquita-Cathedral of Cordoba, where Garcilaso Inca de la Vega lies forever.