The city was founded in 1640, and received its current name in two stages: first in 1642 in honor of Viceroy Don Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta, and then in 1904 after the lawyer Ezequiel Montes.
Lope de Vega | Diez | Carlos Cruz-Diez | René Marqués | Marques Tuiasosopo | Marques Houston | Lope K. Santos | Harley Marques Silva | Alejandro Díez Macho | Spanish gunboat Marques del Duero | Rafael Marques Pinto | Rafael Marques Mariano | Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital | ''Marques del Duero'' | Manuel Marques (Guge) | Luís Marques Mendes | Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta | Lope de Barrientos | List of automobile marques | Diez (Verbandsgemeinde) | Carlos Francisco de Croix, marqués de Croix | Álvaro Domecq y Díez |