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Antonio de Mendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to 25 November 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551, until his death on 21 July 1552.
Antonio de Mendoza: 14 November 1535 25 November 1550 Charles I: 2 Luís de Velasco: 25 November 1550 31 July 1564 3 Gastón Carrillo de Peralta y Bosquete, 3rd Marquess of Falces: 19 October 1566 11 November 1567 Philip II: 4 Martín Enríquez de Almanza: 5 November 1568 4 October 1580 5 Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, 4th Count of La Coruña: 4 ...
Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla: 23 September 1551 21 July 1552 Int. Melchor Bravo de Saravia, Dean of the Audiencia: July 1552 June 1556 3 Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete: 29 June 1556 30 March 1561 Philip II: 4 Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva: 17 April 1561 20 February 1564 Int. Juan ...
1535 Viceroyalty established, Antonio de Mendoza first Viceroy. 1545 Alcaldia Mayor of Nueva Galicia established. 1549 Audiencia of Nueva Galicia established; administration given to Audiencia President. 1787 Intendencia of Guadalajara created; Audiencia Presidency becomes a judicial role. 1821 Intendancy of Guadalajara part of independent Mexico.
They assembled a force of 450 Spaniards and 30,000-60,000 Aztec, Tlaxcalan, and other natives, and under Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza invaded the land of the Caxcanes. [12] With his overwhelming force, Mendoza reduced the indigenous strongholds one-by-one in a war of no quarter.
Their tales of rich civilizations in the north captivated Spaniards in Mexico City, leading the Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza, to commission Fray Marcos de Niza to search for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. Estevanico served as a guide for the expedition, venturing ahead of the main party with a group of Sonoran Indians and trade ...
Upon hearing the castaways' tales, Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza organized an expedition headed by the Franciscan friar Marcos de Niza, who took Estevanico as his guide. During the voyage, in a place called Vacapa (probably located somewhere around the state of Sonora), de Niza sent Estevanico to scout ahead. A short while later, Estevanico met a ...
José Antonio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía de Arousa (sometimes marqués de Villa García) (1667 in Spain – 17 December 1746 in Cape Horn) was a Spanish colonial administrator in the Americas. From 4 February 1736 to 15 December 1745 he was Viceroy of Peru.