Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí "Texas' First Cattle Queen," in Roots by the River (Mission, Texas: Border Kingdom, 1978). Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí (1752–1803) was a rancher known as the first "cattle queen" of Texas. She was born in Mexico, in what is now known as Tamaulipas. Her parents, Juan José de Hinojosa and María Antonia Inés Ballí de Benavides, were Spanish aristocrats who had priority rights to extensive land grants and public offices because they were Primitive Settlers. In 1767 her family moved to Reynosa, where her father had been appointed as alcade. Rosa married José María Ballí,
Felipe Godínez Felipe Godínez Felipe Godínez (1588–1637) was a dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. Felipe Godínez was born into a Portuguese Jewish family. His father was Méndez Duarte Godinez and his mother's name was Mary Denis Manrique. Felipe was the youngest of seven children. Felipe pursued his higher education in Seville. In 1610, he graduated with a Bachelor of Theology degree from the Colegio Mayor de Santa Maria de Jesus of Seville. He also immersed himself in ecclesiastical studies. Felipe's literary career began in 1604 with the publication of his book "Mercurius Trismegistus". In 1610 Godínez published another poetry collection, entitled