On May 16, 1618, Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar and Viceroy of New Spain, granted Gabriel López de Peralta a mill. In 1643, Gabriel offered lands for livestock and cavalry for the founding of the city, on the condition that he be recognized as the founder and granted a hereditary title. This title was eventually bestowed upon his great-granddaughter, Francisca Catalina Jerónima López de Peralta Sámano Turcios Luyando y Bermeo.

The marquises later chose to build the Marquisate on the lands of the former entailed estate, preserving only the original mill.