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This article lists the viceroys who ruled the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1821 in the name of the monarch of Spain. In addition to viceroys, this article lists the highest Spanish governors of the viceroyalty, before the appointment of the first viceroy or when the office of viceroy was vacant. Most of these individuals exercised most ...
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.
In 1766, he succeeded Joaquín de Montserrat as viceroy of New Spain, [citation needed], making him the first foreign-born viceroy of Spain. [1] He arrived in Veracruz on July 10, 1766. The transfer of power occurred at Otumba, en route to Mexico City , on August 23, 1766, but his term of office is usually dated from his formal entry into ...
The Viceroyalty of New Spain was created by royal decree on October 12, 1535, in the Kingdom of New Spain with a viceroy appointed as the king's "deputy" or substitute. This was the first New World viceroyalty and one of only two that the Spanish Empire administered in the continent until the 18th-century Bourbon Reforms.
These individuals sued Carvajal in the highest court in New Spain -The Audiencia de México. Lasting more than three years these legal suits were decided in favor of Carvajal. [4] But the litigants did not give up. Taking advantage of a sympathetic prosecutor and of the arrival of a new viceroy, they argued that Carvajal was enslaving pacified ...
He became the first viceroy of New Spain named under the authority of King Charles II. On April 28, 1672, Enrique de Toledo y Osorio, Marquess of Villafranca was named viceroy of New Spain, but he declined the post. Instead, Colón de Portugal was named viceroy on June 10, 1672, and he arrived in Veracruz in September 1673. He delayed some time ...
Don Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz, 1st Marquess of Cadreita (sometimes Lope Díaz de Armendáriz) (1575 in Quito, Viceroyalty of Peru – 1640 or after) was a Spanish nobleman and the first Criollo to be viceroy of New Spain. He served as viceroy from 16 September 1635 to 27 August 1640.
28 September 1542 – First European landing by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. 4 November 1595 – Sebastián Rodríguez Cermeño claims the coast for Spain. 1697 – First Mission erected in Baja California. 1768 – Spanish settlement begins. 1769 – First Mission and Presidio erected in 'upper' California.