The origin of the surname Quesada is Andaluz. From the villa of his name in the judicial district of Cazorla (Jaén). It spread throughout the peninsula.


A native of Andalusia, from the town of his name (Quesada), in the judicial district in Cazorla, Jaén province. Subsequently spread throughout the peninsula.

One branch went to Cuba.

Alonso de Quesada, born Lima (Peru) by 1570, he married Magdalena Prin Ms. de la Garza. He died in the same city where he was born before 1630. This marriage has resided in the city of Los Reyes (Lima). Worked as a doctor in Lima, and was called the "Lord of Miracles" by the number of lives saved, even though others had given up. The couple had two children: I. - Prin Alonso de Quesada and de la Garza, still II .- Prin Narcisa de Quesada and de la Garza

Alonso de Quesada and Prine, born in Lima (Peru) in 1615, died in Teno (Chile) in 1686 and was buried at the Convent of Mercy Chimbarongo. He had the rank of captain, on arriving at Teno settled in Chile, Colchagua people, married twice: First with Ms. Andrea del Campo (daughter of Juan del Campo and Ms. Cristobolina Gamboa), the mother did Pedro de Quesada Lantadilla del Campo, who married in Santiago de Chile with Dona. Magdalena Hernandez, who made the mother of Pedro and Diego Quezada. That first marriage was the dowry of his wife's family, the amount of "2719 dollars, with the clerk Antonio Sanchez, in Santiago, in the year 1627.La second with Ms. Ibarra Constanza González del Pulgar, the which endowed her parents "1900 $"-a not inconsiderable sum in those days, before the notary José Alvear de Colchagua. Of this second marriage that has had three children: Gregorio de Quesada Ibarra, Alonso de Quesada Ibarra and Narcisa de Quesada Ibarra.