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3. ok, i was being sloppy.

i should have said "daughter of an indigenous chief or cacique". cacique is the taino word for political boss and it became the spanish and portuguese term for native "lords" or those with vassals.
the spanish used the native hierarchy to legitimize their take over of the land. they did this by marrying into the local aristocracy.
even isabel, the daughter of moctezuma II was married to three different spanish men. her spanish descendants include
Doña María del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva, 18th Duchess of Alba de Tormes, Grandee of Spain, the most titled woman in the world.