Don Diego de la Vega (Character) Don Diego de la Vega (Character) from "Zorro" (1957) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview Don Diego de la Vega is the gentle caballero who must... See more » Alternate Names: Diego / Diego De La Vega / Diego Dela Vega / Diego Vega / Diego de La Vega / Diego de Vega / Diego de la Vega / Diego dela Vega / Don Diego / Don Diego Vega / Don Diego de La Vega / Don Diego de Vega Filmography (as Diego de La Vega) ... aka "The Legend of Zorro" - International (English title) (literal English title) ... aka "Il sogno di Zorro" - Italy (original title) ... aka "Grandsons of Zorro" - USA (as Don Diego de La Vega) ... aka "I nipoti di Zorro" - Italy (original title) ... aka "L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato" - Italy (original title) ...

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Lecz czy na zawsze i dla każdego? Dziewiąta część opowieści o Zorro i Victorii. Rated: T - Polish - Family/Adventure - Chapters: 43 - Words: 181,639 - Reviews: 110 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 5 - Updated: 8h - Published: 1/25/2015 - Complete Anything Fits A Queen by valenelle reviews Takes place after the Zorro Series (The Discovery). Victoria is now betrothed to the Crown Prince of Spain, when Diego gets sent to Madrid to work as her bodyguard.

Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,766 - Reviews: 30 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 12/28 - Published: 11/20 una mejorada historia anteriormente publicada, donde el joven Heraldo viste del Zorro para enfrentar a la tiranía en Tijuana Rated: K+ - Spanish - Adventure - Chapters: 7 - Words: 6,436 - Published: 12/28 - Complete A gift, a promise and a snowstorm -A Christmas story by katie1999 reviews Zorro promises Victoria to attend the Christmas party in the tavern, but something goes wrong.

Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,473 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 12/27 - Published: 12/26 Fruta de la pasión by Hetep-Heres reviews "Señor Zorro, do you think Diego de la Vega could be leading a double life?" A woman arrives in Los Angeles with a child in tow who has surpising news for the Los Angelinos. Could it be that Don Diego, the most confirmed bachelor of the pueblo and a man above suspicion as far as women are concerned, finally had 'it' in him and had managed to keep such a big secret hidden?

Rated: T - English - Family/Adventure - Chapters: 156 - Words: 362,798 - Reviews: 448 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 21 - Updated: 12/27 - Published: 1/23/2015 The Best Man by arty60 reviews My take on "The Best Man" featuring Diego, Victoria, Rafael and Magdalena. Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 30 - Words: 30,764 - Reviews: 86 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 12/27 - Published: 10/1 Zorro: Diego is Fed Up! by QueenNaberrie reviews One-Shot Scene: Diego is tired and fed up with having to put his life on hold for Zorro. When Victoria arrives at the de la Vega hacienda in fear of losing her tavern to the alcalde over an unfair tax, Diego gets into a heated argument with his father over his seemingly unwillingness to stand up the alcalde like a true de la Vega.

Will Diego reveal all in the heat of the moment? Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,008 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 2 - Published: 12/25 - Complete Everyone loves giving Flan to Diego for Christmas. Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,619 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/24 - Complete An unexpected marriage by katie1999 reviews Alejandro arranges for Diego to get married to a friend's daughter. It's either marriage or forfeit the hacienda, but there are a few things his son hasn't told him. Is there a way out of it? Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 15 - Words: 20,136 - Reviews: 87 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 8 - Updated: 12/24 - Published: 9/15 - Complete Diego le Renard by Little Bones reviews WDZ / VF de "Diego, the Fox".

Après qu'une tempête ait frappé quelques jours avant le 25 décembre, laissant des familles de Vaqueros sans foyers, Diego souhaite apporter un peu de joie pour les enfants le jour de Noël. Mais quand Monastario s'en mêle, tout ne va pas se passer comme prévu. Rated: T - French - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,396 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 12/24 - Complete WDZ / VF de " A Memorable Trashing". Une chute conduit Diego dans un court mais étrange rêve, mais ce qui va s'en suivre va éveiller la suspicion d'une amie quant à sa double identité? Rated: T - French - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,895 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/24 - Complete Reflections by arty60 reviews A re-edited version of my previous story, Reflections.

Rated: K - English - Chapters: 5 - Words: 4,346 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 12/23 - Published: 3/8/2010 - Complete The Christmas Missions by La Cuidadora reviews Six months after Emissary Risendo's death, Zorro is missing and presumed dead. Victoria worries about Diego. He hasn't recovered and seems to be a pale imitation of the man he once was. She determines to change that by Christmas. Meanwhile, Diego has Christmas plans of his own. Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 7 - Words: 12,030 - Reviews: 36 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 10 - Updated: 12/23 - Published: 12/10 Rejection by Frapper reviews NWZ. Diego's cousin arrives at Los Angeles unexpectedly, running away from trouble in Madrid. He falls in love with the beautiful tavern owner Victoria Escalante, but... would she love him back?

Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 15 - Words: 37,350 - Reviews: 88 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 12/18 - Published: 8/31 Love Has No Rhyme and No Reason by LaCorelli reviews NWZ. One night, while alone with Diego in an abandoned windmill, Victoria figures out his secret, and everything changes. AU Story Series. Now up: The Fox and the Rabbit. With a con artist on the run with the pueblo's tax money, Don Alejandro insists they can handle matters without Zorro. Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 40 - Words: 254,791 - Reviews: 241 - Favs: 30 - Follows: 51 - Updated: 12/12 - Published: 7/12/2012 1. An exploration of Diego's thoughts during the show-down with Grey Wing in NWZ "The Chase".

Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,402 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/12 de Soto's Ultimate Revenge by mjf2468 reviews After successfully rescuing de Sota from the Indians by taking his place in the trials, Diego finds himself under scrutiny when de Sota starts putting details together. How does Diego avoid suspicions, especially those of the Alcalde? Will his identity be exposed? Rated: T - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,035 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 12/12 - Published: 10/31 The Christmas Note by KatieZfan reviews Victoria writes a Christmas note to Diego, and Zorro catches her putting it on Diego's pillow – with a kiss! Post Risendo. I do not own the characters; I just like to play with them. Nor is any infringement intended on anyone's copyright.

FAM ZORRO Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,497 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/8 - Complete Teasing Will Get You In Trouble by mjf2468 reviews When Zorro visits her the night of Thackery's leaving, Victoria is angry. She's angry he had seemingly forgotten his promise to her, when she had asked him about it earlier in the day, when she thought he'd be pardoned. Takes place after episode 2 x 5. If only Zorro knew the mess he was creating when he decided to tease Victoria that afternoon. Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,167 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 4 - Published: 12/4 As the pueblo prepares for the annual feast of its patroness, Bernardo smells trouble but Diego doesn't believe him. As events unfold Diego's manservant is proved correct, and thanks to his foresight Zorro is able to set things right.

Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 5 - Words: 5,487 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 2 - Published: 11/18 - Complete A Sanctuary After-Thought by mjf2468 reviews What would Victoria's thoughts be if Diego did indeed get involved with another woman? This story examines Victoria's feelings re: the possibility of Diego having a romance with another, unknown, woman, as mentioned in a scene from the NWZ episode "Sanctuary". She realizes that somehow, in the intervening years, her feelings for Diego have developed into more than friendship. Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,106 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 11/14 - Published: 9/1 The Return of Palomarez and Thackery by mjf2468 reviews Both Colonel Palomarez and Sir Miles Thackery were thwarted in their schemes for Los Angeles by one man, Zorro. But yet, another man was also present throughout both encounters, only seemingly on the outskirts of each encounter.

Appearing harmless. But what if Diego de la Vega and Zorro were indeed the same man? These two men return to the pueblo, looking for revenge. Rated: T - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 8 - Words: 18,262 - Reviews: 53 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 11/11 - Published: 6/23 Maggie/Margarita recalls a previous meeting with El Zorro and is less than pleased. Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 977 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 11/9 - Complete This is the second part of my first story The Espiritu del Zorro. You may be a little lost if you don't read the first story but I'm not sure. Please Read and Review! Rated: T - English - Romance/Western - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,228 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11/6 The Marriage of Three Hearts by OhioOwl reviews A young American widow and her father arrive in Los Angeles to claim an inheritance.

She falls in love with both Don Diego and El Zorro, and "both" of them fall in love with her. When Zorro falls prey to Capitan Monastario, she escapes the comandante's iron hold on the pueblo to ride for the Governor. Will they arrive Los Angeles in time to save Diego from an outlaw's fate? Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 30 - Words: 45,849 - Reviews: 58 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 11/1 - Published: 8/27 - Complete Diego de la Vega | Zorro Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Diego de la Vega Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Don Diego de la Vega (also known as Diego Vega) was a Spanish nobleman during the 19th Century. While studying in Madrid, Spain Diego was summoned home by his father, Don Alejandro de la Vega .

Upon returning home he found that Los Angeles was being ruled by a tyrant (usually the Alcalde although in some stories it is an evil Commandante of the Spanish army and even still in other stories, the Governor of California). He quickly adopts the disguise of Zorro , his secret identity known only to his aid Bernardo , and in some stories also Don Alejandro. Don Diego is an accomplished swordsman and won many awards and trophies for fencing, but he downplays is prowess with the blade, and in some stories acts as a rather inept swordsman, to better guard his secret. Diego is often portrayed as a playboy who cares very little of anything beyond his own affairs, although this too is just a ruse. He appears nearly in every books, movies and such. But in some of them, they are different successors to him. Don Diego De la Vega - Zorro - Don Diego de la Vega - Diego in Pictures Don Diego de la Vega is a young aristocrat of Los Angeles. Son of the richest notable of the country, he is a young idler who has never "concerned himself with more than the cut of his clothes or the tuning of his guitar " (Judge, episode I-15).

At the pueblo, Diego is regularly seen accompanied by charming seï¿½oritas for whom he is always ready to play a serenade. " Which one will finally conquer his heart?" his father wonders hopelessly. Diego has built therefore, the reputation of a pacifist intellectual. But sometimes, he possesses curious behaviors which can suggest a well hidden part of his personality. Theme of Diego Don Diego de la Vega (Character) - Quotes Don Diego de la Vega (Character) from "Zorro" (1957) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981) [after spraining his ankle] Don Diego : My father would be very disappointed in me. To have come all this way and miss my destiny by... a foot. Florinda : Why didn't I marry you instead of Esteban? Don Diego : Probably because he asked you and I did not. Don Diego : Los Angeles, California. The birthplace of... me. Charlotte Taylor Wilson : I'm Charlotte Taylor Wilson. I'm with the People's Independence Committee. Don Diego : Don Diego Vega. I'm with the greedy bloodsuckers.

Charlotte Taylor Wilson : You don't really believe the people are happy! Don Diego : All I know is the soldiers are quite happy shooting the people who say the people are not happy. [Diego is about to be shot] Charlotte Taylor Wilson : You're the bravest man I've ever met. Don Diego : I'm very impressed with myself, too. Ramon Vega : Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. All for Zorro, stand up and say so! Don Diego : He is a mute. Esteban : Bueno! Perhaps he can give lessons to my wife. [last lines] Don Diego Vega : If I give my land to the people, where are we going to live? Don Diego Vega : Boston? Charlotte Taylor Wilson : Yes! It is the only civilized city. They have the best art, the best music... Don Diego Vega : You have to be kidding me! I was in Boston for a week, and I never heard a decent Mariachi playing. Florinda : [regarding Esteban] Do you know he only makes love to me 12 times a year? Don Diego : Well, once a month is not so bad.

Florinda : No, he makes love to me 12 times in one night and then, zip, nothing! Don Diego : Tell me, on that one night, does he eat anything special? Oysters? Raw eggs? Florinda : Garlic. A lot of garlic. Esteban : Say something like a sissy girl. Don Diego : Something like a sissy girl... Esteban : No... you know. Swing... your... hips. [puts hands on hips] Esteban : Make them sway and flap your wings. Don Diego : What I would give to have one night in your bootsies. Ramon Vega : In my Bootsies? Don Diego : Bravo, my brother. You've really proven yourself tonight. Is there anything I can do to make you change your mind about staying? Bunny Wigglesworth : I'm afraid not. In two days from now, my ship sails for England. But tell Esteban that if he wants to keep in touch with me, tell him to write to 'Wiggy' of the Royal Navy based in Portsmouth. But only if he's serious.

Don Diego : [teasing Charlotte Taylor Wilson] Do you think you are helping the pipple by telling them they have an occent when they do not have an occent? Ramon Vega : There is e-somethin' wrong wid joo bowels [vowels] Ramon Vega : Joo bowels. Joo a's, joo e's joo i's, o's, u's. [the landowners meet to elect a new Alcade. Each introduces himself to the others,] Don Diego : Don Diego from San Fernando. Don Francisco : Don Francisco from San Jose. Don Fernando from San Diego : Don Fernando from San Diego. Don Jose : Don Jose from San Bernardino. Luis Obispo : Luis Obispo from Bakersfield. Ramon Vega : I say, I'd like my little soldier doll, again. Don Diego : You'd like what? Ramon Vega : Oh, come come, you remember the doll perfectly well. Blue button eyes, tall hat? We called him, Colonel Puh-Pah. Don Diego : Colonel Puh-Pah? I know you? Ramon Vega : Know me? Sink me! We we're once womb-mates.

Don Diego : Womb-mates? Ramon? Ramon! Ramon, my brother's back! Ramon, I can't believe it. Ramon! Ramon Vega : Yes, I'd rather liked that, womb-mates. Yes yes, ha ha ha ha ha. Don Diego : After twenty years, I can't believe it! Ramon! Ramon Vega : Well, I was Ramon, twenty years ago, when father decided it wasn't quite masculine enough, so he shipped me off to sea in a British frigate. They say the navy makes men. Well, I'm living proof they made me. Don Diego : Here, Paco, take the horse from my brother, pronto. You says you were Ramon? You no longer Ramon Viega, Ramon? Ramon Vega : No no, I've dishanded that Latin tradition. I'm Bunny Wigglesworth, now. Don Diego : I can't believe it, my brother's just so different. Ramon Vega : Yeah, well your still the same, aren't you? Still tan, bland, and, uh? Don Diego : Romantic, huh? Ramon Vega : No no, I was about to say, randy.

How did you hurt your foot then? Falling off a tavern maid? Don Diego : No, I broke it fighting against tyrannies and injustices, and for the trodden down peoples, and the little babies, and the... Ramon Vega : Well, I'm sure it's all quite an amusing little story, but I ought to freshen up and say 'Hi-ho' to the Old Gent! Tell me, is he still as loud as ever? Don Diego : No, the last month he's been very... quiet... Don Diego de la Vega : You have passion, Alejandro, and your skill is growing. But to enter Montero's world, I must give you something which is completely beyond your reach. Alejandro Murrieta : Ah, yes? And what is that? Don Diego de la Vega : Charm. Alejandro Murrieta : I miss my brother, sir. Don Diego de la Vega : Your brother is dead. We lose the ones we love; we cannot change it. Put it aside. Alejandro Murrieta : How? How can I do what is needed, when all I feel is... hate.

Don Diego de la Vega : [after beating Alejandro in a training session] Lesson number one: never attack in anger. Lesson number two... [smells Alejandro, who is very dirty] Alejandro Murrieta : [Don Diego de la Vega leaves; Alejandro sniffs his own underarm] What? [later, as he washes in a pool] Alejandro Murrieta : So what is lesson number three? Don Diego de la Vega : To get to lesson number four. Alejandro : I've never lost a fight. Don Diego de la Vega : Except to a crippled old man just now. Don Diego de la Vega : There is a saying, a very old saying: when the pupil is ready the master will appear. Don Diego de la Vega : Do you know how to use that thing? Alejandro Murrieta : Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man. Don Diego de la Vega : [sighs] This is going to take a lot of work. Alejandro Murrieta : I would have killed him. Don Diego de la Vega : No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink.

Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly. Who then would avenge your brother? Don Diego de la Vega : Convince Montero that you're a gentleman of stature, and he will let you into his circle. Alejandro Murrieta : Me? A gentleman? [pause] Alejandro Murrieta : This is going to take a lot of work. Don Diego de la Vega : This is called a training circle, a master's wheel. This circle will be your world, your whole life. Until I tell you otherwise, there is nothing outside of it. Alejandro Murrieta : Capitan Love is... Don Diego de la Vega : There is NOTHING outside of it. Captain Love does not exist until I say he exists. As your skill with the sword improves, you will progress to a smaller circle. With each new circle, your world contracts, bringing you that much closer to your adversary, that much closer to retribution. Alejandro Murrieta : I like that part. Don Diego de la Vega : You should not trade something like that for a mere glass of whiskey. Alejandro Murrieta : Why not? You think I could get two?

Don Diego de la Vega : You cannot imagine, Rafael, how I have dreamed of this moment, night and day, twenty long years. Don Rafael Montero : Really? I haven't given you a second thought. Don Diego de la Vega : [telling a story to his baby daughter] And suddenly lightning flashed and a mighty thunder shook the wasted land, and the evil king glared at the good prince and said... [sees Esperanza watching him] Don Diego de la Vega : She was never yours to protect. Don Diego de la Vega : [to Elena as he lays dying] The world is a very strange place... to have found you at last - only to lose you again. Elena : You will never lose me, Father. Captain Esteban Pasquale : I didn't find it so. Don Diego Vega : Then why did you give it up? Captain Esteban Pasquale : I had the misfortune to kill a man of influence. Don Diego Vega : The gentleman's wife, no doubt? Captain Esteban Pasquale : Just how did you mean that, Señor? Don Diego Vega : I had hoped to be amusing... Have I failed?

Captain Esteban Pasquale : Somewhat. With me. Don Diego Vega : [speaking to his father] I went directly from the ship to our old home. I met Senor Quintero and his charming wife. I found them very pleasant and agreeable. Fray Felipe : Pleasant scorpions! Agreeable rattlesnakes! [last lines] Inez Quintero : Oh, Diego, when may we expect you and our dear little Lolita in Madrid? Don Diego Vega : Not for some time I'm afraid. We're going to follow the customs of California. Inez Quintero : What do you mean? Don Diego Vega : Well, we're going to marry and raise fat children and watch our vineyards grow. Fray Felipe : To think that the boy that I helped to raise, the boy that I taught to hold a firm wrist behind a true point, has turned into a puppy! Bah! Don Luis B. Quintero : [introducing Inez] My wife, senor. Don Diego Vega : Your Excellency is a very fortunate man. Don Luis B. Quintero : I'm not so sure. She thinks pesos grow on mulberry trees.

Captain Esteban Pasquale : His Excellency will never forgive me if I let you go without a word of welcome from him. I'm quite sure that you'll save me a reprimand. Don Diego Vega : How could I refuse a man anything with a naked sword in his hand? Don Diego Vega : [Explaining why he's late to dinner] They heated the water from my bath too early. It was positively tepid! By the time more was carried and properly scented... Life can be trying, don't you think? Don Luis B. Quintero : Well, shall we dine? Come, Diego. Captain Esteban Pasquale : [to Inez] His bath was tepid? Poor Lolita! I'm afraid her married life will be the same! Don Diego Vega : [as Esteban repeatedly stabs a piece of fruit with a knife at the dinner table] Captain, you seem to regard that fruit as an enemy. Don Diego Vega : I must please ask you to change the subject. His Excellency objects to talk of throat-cutting. Captain Esteban Pasquale : Quiet, you Popinjay! I have no reason to letting you live either.

Don Diego Vega : What a pleasant coincidence. I feel exactly the same way about you Capitan. Captain Esteban Pasquale : You wouldn't care to translate that feeling into action would you? Don Diego Vega : I might be tempted. If I had a weapon. "Zorro: Zorro Fights His Father (#1.18)" (1958) Don Diego de la Vega : I have no quarrel with history, but I'm disgusted at some of those who make it. Magistrado Carlos Galindo : Diego, I hope you have now reconsidered and share your father's desire for order and justice. Don Diego de la Vega : Justice is blind, Your Excellency, and she can be led around by anyone. With your permission. Magistrado Carlos Galindo : You are the one who is blind, Diego. You will find nothing in your books that compares to what you will see here where history is being made. Don Diego de la Vega : I have no quarrel with history. But I am often appalled with the people who make it. Magistrado Carlos Galindo : The money is safe, Diego, and it will be returned to peons, but the law moves at an orderly rate.

Don Diego de la Vega : Well, digestion moves at an orderly rate. These people are hungry! Magistrado Carlos Galindo : The money is safe, Diego, and it will be returned to peons, but the law moves at an orderly rate. Don Diego de la Vega : Well, digestion moves at an orderly rate. These people are hungry! Don Alejandro de la Vega : Diego! Don Diego de la Vega : I see the committee has been quite busy since I left the meeting, father. With only seven armed men they have succeeded in capturing one unarmed boy. Don Alejandro de la Vega : I know you're with us in principle, but I wish your feeling were stronger! Don Diego de la Vega : I can assure you, father, my feelings could not *possibly* be stronger! Magistrado Carlos Galindo : Sergeant Garcia, you are a disgrace to the military profession! Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : Yes, Your Excellency. I know. Magistrado Carlos Galindo : In the entire Spanish empire there is only one thing that is fatter than that belly of yours! Do you know what that is, Sergeant? Don Diego de la Vega : Yes. I have also heard other things.

Don Alejandro de la Vega : About a beautiful woman and wealth, people make scandals, my son. A gentleman does not listen. Don Diego de la Vega : Very well, Father. Since it does not concern me, I will not listen. Magdalena Montes : My aunt will watch over us as dueña. Whatever fun we might have had, we are not children now. Don Diego de la Vega : I find that the older we get, the more watching we need. Don Diego de la Vega : [Diego tries to kiss Magdalena. Sargent Garcia interrupts] Well, obviously we should have drowned Sargent Garcia. Don Diego de la Vega : Sergeant, this is a dangerous place for a civilian. I better being getting home. Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : This is a dangerous place for anybody. I think I better get back inside the quartel... just to give my men confidence. Don Alejandro de la Vega : Francisco and I thought you might take her for a drive. Show her around. Don Diego de la Vega : You and don Francisco have become quite close since he has a marriageable daughter, haven't you? Don Diego Vega : Mercy! What have I done? Commandante Sebastian Golle : Nothing.

That's just to keep my hand in incase I have to lash the life out of some fool who would betray me. The Mark of Zorro (1920) Don Diego Vega : Fetch me a pot of honey - - and serve wine to everybody. Don Diego Vega : I detest swords and bloodshed - but - to rid our beautiful country of a menace is a noble deed. Sgt. Pedro Gonzales : We seek the vulture, Zorro! Don Diego Vega : You're too fat, Gonzales. Poison the mountain tops and set your traps in the clouds - perhaps you'll have better luck. Don Diego Vega : So many unpleasant things happen - - it is most fatiguing. Lolita Pulido : You talk - you fight - you look like Zorro! Don Diego de la Vega : Ever since I got that blow on the head yesterday, I keep forgetting things. Cpl. Reyes : That will do it. I was hit on the head once. Cpl. Reyes : I forget. Don Diego de la Vega : Do not turn around Sergeant. This is Zorro. I've released young de la Vega and permitted him to escape. Sgt.

Demetrio Lopez Garcia : I'm glad to see you Senor Zorro, even if I cannot see you at the moment. Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : Oh? Why do you say that? Don Diego de la Vega : Well, one thing I do remember, I saw him up close and he was very poorly dressed. "Zorro: Death Stacks the Deck (#1.19)" (1958) Don Alejandro de la Vega : He is made of good stuff, but he has never had to face responsibilities. It might help him too, Diego, if you could set him an example. And take a greater part in the affairs of the pueblo, and serve the community. Don Diego de la Vega : A famous poet, Father, once said that they also serve who only stand and wait. Don Alejandro de la Vega : I sent my only son away to military school, expecting they would send me back a fighter. I got a poet! Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : And Clara, later when you finish work, then will you sit with me for a while? Barmaid : I will not sit with you now! I will not sit with you when I am finished !

Not tomorrow or the day after! For the last time, I will not sit with you at all! Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : I will finish what I was saying later. Barmaid : You have finished before you have started! Don Diego de la Vega : Well, you're making progress, Sargeant. I remember when she would not even speak with you! Don Diego de la Vega : Well, I do not think that you would refuse me sergent! Garcia : No, Don Diego! Someone recently warned me to stay away from wine! But, Brandy is not wine, is it? Don Diego de la Vega : Love fries a man's brain like a crisp tortilla. Don Diego de la Vega : [as Zorro to Victoria] The man behind this mask is. . . The man behind this mask is afraid of only one thing in this world. That you love a hero with whom he cannot possibly compete. That if this mask were removed, you would still be in love with Zorro and not with the man of flesh and blood.

"Zorro: Bernardo Faces Death (#1.38)" (1958) Don Diego de la Vega : This is the closest either of us has come to death, and we did it to ourselves. There must be a moral here somewhere... Don Diego de la Vega : [to Bernardo] This is the closet either of us have come to death, and we did it to ourselves! Don Diego de la Vega : Like that! Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : It is not so easy. I have tried! How I have tried, you just don't know! I have been pushed into wells, and fallen down flights of stairs... Once he even led me into a tar pit up to here! Don Diego de la Vega : Well, that's just what I mean, Sargeant! You give up too easily! "Zorro: One Special Night (#3.21)" (1992) Victoria Escalante : The fire reminds me when my mother used to read me poems and adventure stories about love and courage. "Love has no rhyme and no reason.

It strikes with a passionate fire, engulfing the hearts in flame." Don Diego de la Vega : [finishing the quote] "And only your cool, sweet lips will quench my burning desire." Victoria Escalante : [looking at him oddly] Diego, something happened today. Something that I've never noticed before. Today when you stood up to the King's emissary, there was something about you. . .well, you seemed different somehow. "Zorro: It's a Wonderful Zorro (#2.14)" (1990) Don Diego de la Vega : Isn't it ironic? I'm trapped by this brilliant illusion I've created. I'm no longer respected by the very people I've sworn to protect. Yes, Zorro is respected. But who am I? Diego de la Vega or 'The Fox'. The phantom of the night, snatching a few fleeting moments with the woman I love. If she heard me speak today, it would have been a simple matter to conclude that Zorro and I are one and the same. But then Zorro would never catch a cold. Zorro is indestructable.

Don Diego de la Vega : It is a great thing to be of proud birth, is it not Señor? Magistrado Carlos Galindo : It is a noble thing, Diego. One should not forget it. Don Diego de la Vega : Oh, I agree with you most heartily. The only trouble is, all the credit goes to our ancestors. I think real pride belongs to people who can make something of themselves. Don Diego de la Vega : Where is your spirit of adventure? Bernardo : [points at Diego] Don Diego de la Vega : Just what exactly is on your mind? Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : On my mind? Why nothing, nothing at all. I mean, how did you know there was? Don Diego de la Vega : Your face. It's an open book. I can read your every thought. Don Diego de la Vega : [Examines Garcia's face] Nothing. Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : That's right! Don Diego, how do you do it? Don Diego de la Vega : It's very simple. One just takes into consideration the mental capacity of the person under analysis, and draws a conclusion.

Now in your case, the betting odds were 100 to 1 in my favor. Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : Oh, it is useless to try to hide my thoughts from you, Don Diego! "Zorro: The Word (#3.25)" (1992) Don Diego de la Vega : Go to the cuartel with the sergeant and get help. I'll stay here in case they return. Don Alejandro de la Vega #2 : Will you act like a de la Vega for once in your life? Don Diego de la Vega : But, Father, you don't know... Don Alejandro de la Vega #2 : Don't 'But, Father' me. Felipe in in danger of being gunned down and you can only muster the courage to say 'I'll stay here.' Don Diego de la Vega : Father, you don't know the whole situation. Don Alejandro de la Vega #2 : I know enough. I know that my only son is... is a coward.

"Zorro: Siege (#3.17)" (1992) Alcalde Ignacio de Soto : [to Don Alejandro] Senor, the tactics employed by the Colonial Regimental Army were good enough for Cortez when he conquered the Indians. Don Diego de la Vega : The problem is these aren't unarmed Indians and you aren't Cortez, are you? Don Cornelio Esperon : And now I propose a toast to a loyal friend who has proved himself every inch a galant soldier. Sergeant Garcia! Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : There is no need to thank me, Senior Esperon. Don Diego de la Vega : You helped save don Cornelio's life and his hacienda, Sergeant. Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia : Si, that is true don Diego, but it is not the entire truth. Moneta : I agree with the Sergeant. Father, let us drink also to another who serves the king and the cause of justice. Seniores I give you el Zorro! The Zorro Chronology (with updates and additions by Win Eckert) There are several problems with writing a history of Don Diego De La Vega, better known as El Zorro.

In this case the problem comes, not from too little information, but from too much. Since Johnston McCully wrote The Curse of Capistrano in 1918, there has been a small flood of sequels and retellings of the legend of the masked rider. Unfortunately, these different versions have usually been created with little concern to remaining true to what has come before. Even the stories of Zorro creator McCully are filled with numerous inconsistencies. This raises a number of problems for any biographer, particularly when setting the date of the stories. Most versions follow the original Walt Disney series, which was set in the 1820s. This is true of the silent film The Mark of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks, the Topps Comics series, and all of the television versions. While widely agreed on though, this date may actually be a little late from a historical perspective. Mexico won its independence from Spain, and control of California in 1820. Most Zorro stories make reference to California being a Spanish possession and this argues for an earlier date. McCully is not a great deal of help, for his California combines aspects of several historical periods.

He gives partial dates in several stories, stating that Zorro Rides Again takes place "...in "17," and The Sign of Zorro "...about 1800..." However, in The Curse of Capistrano, Fray Felipe complains that the secularization of the missions has been going on for twenty years. If this is true, the story would be set in the mid-1850's. A solid date shows up in the serial Zorros Fighting Legion, which is set in 1824. Legion involves Zorro with the early government of Benito Juarez, and could hardly have occurred at any other time. Using this as an anchor, the most likely time-line would be that set out in the movie The Mask of Zorro, in which Diego first became Zorro in 1806. In putting forth the following chronology, I have tried to reconcile as many versions of the Zorro story as possible while staying true to the legend. I have found Sandra Curtis excellent book, Zorro Unmasked: The Authorized History, to be extremely helpful, and recommend it highly to all Zorro fans.

I would be happy to hear from anyone who has any comments or corrections on my speculations. A Chronology of Zorro The pueblo of Riena de Los Angeles is founded. Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife Chiquita de la Cruz come to California. 1782 Don Diego de la Vega is born (Diego is 24 in the first story) - he is the son of Don Alejandro and Chiquita. Diegos mother dies sometime during his childhood, and he is sent to Madrid to complete his education. (Chiquita's death is established in the McCully stories and repeated in the Disney series and elsewhere. Chiquita's appearance in the 1940 movie The Mark of Zorro is fictitious.) Lolita Pulido is born (Lolita is 18 in the first story.) 1806 Diego returns to find that his father, who had been alcalde, has been replaced by the corrupt Luis Quintero. Quintero and the brutal garrison commander, Captain Juan Ramon, are exploiting the peasants, the priests, and the Indians.

Diego poses as a harmless fop so that he can battle Quintero and Ramon in the guise of El Zorro. (The Curse of Capistrano, filmed several times as The Mark of Zorro, The Bold Caballero, and other titles.) Quintero's name is revealed in the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro but the idea that he is Lolita's father is fictitious.) Diego defeats his enemies, and is set to marry Lolita, but a vengeful Ramon enlists the aid of the pirate Bardosa, and Zorro must defeat them before the marriage can take place. (The Further Adventures of Zorro by McCully.) 1806 -1809 Lolitas health fails, and she is taken back to Spain for a three year recuperation. Diego continues to ride as Zorro, and most of the McCully short stories published in West magazine occur during this time. This is also the period when the episodes of the Disney Zorro television series occur. Zorro's main nemesis during these early years is Capitï¿½n Monastario.

1807 (Approximate date) Don Diegos maternal uncle, Estevan de la Cruz, comes to Los Angeles to seek his fortune. He is discouraged in his dishonest efforts by Zorro and leaves California. (As seen in the Disney television series Zorro.) 1809 Diego travels to the Old World to retrieve his bride. While in France, he has an adventure with the descendants of Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan (New World Zorro television series episode, "The Three Musketeers.") He also encounters the vampire Dracula in Spain and France. (This story appears in the Topps Comics miniseries Dracula vs. Zorro. The year 1809 seems likely, for Zorro had reason and opportunity to travel to Spain then. In 1810 a wave of revolutions through Mexico and Latin America made travel to Spain rare and difficult.) Diego returns to California with Lolita and retires as Zorro to prepare for his wedding. Unfortunately, a false Zorro appears and and the real Zorro is accused of the impostor's crimes. The true Zorro rides again to thwart the plot (Zorro Rides Again by McCully).

Diego and Lolita wed. Sadly, Lolitas health is still fragile and she dies of a fever after only a season. Don Estevan settles somewhere in the American West and marries a rich young widow. The couple has a daughter who will marry an American named Stewart. Their son will be Jeff Stewart, the hero of the Republic serial The Son of Zorro. (This account is not found in any of the Zorro stories. It is my own hypothesis to explain Jeff Stewarts assertion that Zorro was a distant relative on his mothers side.) 1810 Diego is still in mourning for Lolita when Zorro must ride again (The Sign of Zorro by McCully). During the course of this adventure he meets, and becomes engaged to, Panchita Canchola. Diego marries Panchita, and goes into a semi-retirement retires as Zorro, riding only when absolutely needed. (Approximate date) Panchita dies giving birth to a son, Don Cesar de la Vega. 1812 Diego dons the mask of Zorro once again to challenge further depredations by Capitï¿½n Monastario.

The events of the Topps Comics ongoing Zorro series, which lasted eleven issues. The comics fall under the umbrella title Zorro's Renegades, and introduces the character Lady Rawhide, who goes on to lead in two comics mini-series of her own. For more on Lady Rawhide, click here . 1815 The events of Zorro and the Jaguar Warriors by Jerome Preisler, a novel published in 1998. Zorro and the Dragon Riders by David Bergantino, published in 1999. Zorro and the Witch's Curse by John Whitman, published in 2000. 1820 Mexico wins its independence from Spain. The events of Tusk Envy and Dead Body Rising by Don McGregor and Thomas Yeates, from Zorro: The Dailies - The First Year. 1821 California is the last territory to accept independence from Spain. Ironically, Mexican rule will eventually prove to be harsher than Spanish rule for the Californios.

1824 Diego becomes involved in thwarting a plot against Mexican president Guadalupe Victoria involving a man posing as the Yacqui Indian deity "Don del Oro." He resumes his identity as Zorro, this time enlisting a legion of masked caballeros as his allies. (The Republic serial Zorro's Fighting Legion. In the movie, the Mexican President is wrongly identified as Benito Juarez. Actually Juarez was not president until 1861-72.) Diego returns home to find Los Angeles suffering under the boot of the harsh new presidio commandante Rafael Montero. Zorro becomes Montero's enemy and Diego becomes Montero's rival for the affections of a woman named Esperanza. (Montero and Esperanza appear in the movie The Mask of Zorro, though the dates the movie lists are incorrect, as the entries for the Murieta brothers will show.

Furthermore, Montero ultimately answers to Mexico, not Spain, as stated in the film.) 1830 (Approximate date) Diego takes on Don Cesar as an "apprentice Zorro." (A highly fictionalized version of this period was seen in the television series Zorro and Son with Don Cesar's name erroneously reported as Don Carlos.) This is also probably the year that famed bandit Joaquin Murieta was baptized. (Joaquin and his younger brother Alejandro are important characters in the movie The Mask of Zorro.) 1832 (Approximate date) Don Cesar travels to Spain and becomes involved in a tangled intrigue. Diego travels to Spain to help clear him of the murder of an archduke. (The movie Don Q, Son of Zorro.) 1833 (Approximate date) Diego returns from Spain and marries Esperanza. Montero is convinced that he is really Zorro, but cannot prove it. A daughter, Elena, is born to Diego and Esperanza. 1835 California revolts against Mexican rule and Montero is forced to flee to Spain, but not before a final conflict with Zorro.

Esperanza is killed, Diego is imprisoned, the de la Vega hacienda burns, and Montero takes Elena to be raised as his own daughter. (This occurs in the prelude of the movie The Mask of Zorro, but the date of 1821 given in the movie is fictitious. The Murieta brothers had not even been born in 1821, but they're featured as young boys in the movie's opening scenes.) (Approximate date) Jeff Stewart, is born. Jeff is the grandson of Don Estevan de la Cruz, and thus is Don Diego's 2nd cousin. Don Cesar marries Dolores de Muro (the love interest from "Don Q"). Don Cesar is informed that Diego, Esperanza and Elena have been killed in a fire at the de la Vega hacienda. With nothing to return to California for, he remains in Spain with his bride. 1849 There is a huge influx of Americans into California following the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. Joaquin Murieta and "Three Fingered Jack" are killed by Captain Harrison Love, though Alejandro survives. Montero returns to California with a plan to carve out a kingdom for himself.

Diego escapes from prison and trains Alejandro Murieta to be the next Zorro. The two of them defeat Montero and Love, though Diego is fatally wounded in the conflict. (The Mask of Zorro.) The events of the novel The Treasure of Don Diego by William McCay. Alejandro, when not riding as the new Zorro, is known by the name Alejandro del Castillo y Garcia. At the end of the novel, Alejandro, in accordance with Don Diego's will, changes his name to Alejandro de la Vega and inherits the de la Vega estate. The novel Skull and Crossbones by Frank Lauria. The novel The Secret Swordsman by William McCay. Later in the year, Elena and Alejandro are married. 1854 (Approximate date) Elena and Alejandro have a son, named Joaquin after his uncle. Eventually the stigma of a Spanish name in the growing American community prompts the couple to change their name to Mason. Joaquin grows up using the nick-name 'Ken' that his classmates give him. (He will eventually become the hero of the serial The Ghost of Zorro. Though she is never mentioned in either Mask or Ghost, Joaquin has a younger sister named Isabella.

She is a necessary addition to the family to explain the connection of Barbara Meredith and her brother.) 1855 (Approximate date) Don Ramon de la Vega is born to Don Cesar. His brother, Don Manuel will be born several years later. (The brothers are born about twenty years after the wedding of Don Cesar and Dolores, so they may be the product of a second marriage. Even with this late date, Don Ramon would be about fifty-five when his son James was born and Don Manuel would be about seventy five when he appeared as a character in the serial Zorro Rides Again.) 1865 Jeff Stewart returns home from the Civil War. Finding his hometown overrun by outlaws and corrupt politicians, Jeff takes on the guise of Zorro to fight for justice. (The Republic serial Son of Zorro.) 1871 (Approximate date) Barbara Meredith is born. She is the daughter of Isabella Mason and her husband, an American named Meredith, who takes the family to the Idaho territory. Barbara is Don Diego's great-granddaughter, and she has an older brother, Randy, who was born in 1870.

1875 (Approximate date) Joaquin 'Ken' Mason, the grandson of Don Diego, takes on the guise of Zorro to battle outlaws and to complete a telegraph line. (The Republic serial The Ghost of Zorro.) 1889 Barbara Meredith, great-granddaughter of Don Diego, dons the Zorro-like guise of "the Whip" to battle criminals trying to prevent Idaho from becoming a state. (Barbara's brother Randy had been the original Whip. When he was killed by the outlaws in the first installment, Barbara took over the role and, eventually, defeated the villains. The republic serial Zorro's Black Whip.) 1910 (Approximate date) James Vega is born. He is the son of Don Ramon, the grandson of Don Cesar, and the great-grandson of Don Diego. James spends his boyhood on the ancestral de la Vega land, but leaves to attend school in the city (New York?) at a young age. When we first meet him in the serial Zorro Rides Again, he has no discernible accent, and his name has been shortened to Vega.

Possibly Don Ramon urged James to insure his success by taking steps to blend in with the dominant anglo culture. 1935 (Approximate date) Diego's great-grandson, James Vega, leaves his job in the city and returns to his ancestral home. Adopting the guise of Zorro, he thwarts a gang of villains who are plotting to gain control of the new railroad under construction. (The Republic serial Zorro Rides Again.) James' father has died sometime before the story begins, and Don Miguel will soon be killed by outlaws. Don Miguel says that James is the last living descendant of the original Zorro, but it is possible that he doesn't count the Meredith, Stewart and Mason branches of the family since they do not carry the de la Vega name. For an expanded version of the De la Vega Family Tree by Dennis Power, please click here .

Question: In fiction who was Don Diego de la Vega?
Answer: Zorro