Don Antonio Valeriano, the younger was a colonial Mexican Nahua politician.
Family Don Antonio Valeriano was born to don Diego Valeriano and doña María. His paternal grandfather and namesake, Antonio Valeriano the elder, was a prominent member of society in Tenochtitlan and Azcapotzalco, serving as governor in both places, as Antonio Valeriano the younger later would. His paternal grandmother was doña Isabel, a daughter of don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, ruler of Tenochtitlan. His mother's father was don Alonso Tezozomoctzin, ruler of Azcapotzalco Mexicapan.Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 173.
On October 10, 1610, he married doña Bárbara, his niece. They had a son named Nicolás.Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 2, p. 103; Chimalpahin (2006): p. 167.
Career He served as alcalde for San Juan Moyotlan in the cabildo of San Juan Tenochtitlan from 1608 to 1610.Chimalpahin (2006): pp. 107, 155, 163. He was a fiscal in 1611 before becoming governor of Azcapotzalco on November 17 that year.Chimalpahin (2006): pp. 173, 193. Later in the 1620s he was governor of Tenochtitlan.Gibson : p. 170.
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