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 third viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551, until his death on 21 July 1552.
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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 third viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551, until his death on 21 July 1552.
Antonio de Mendoza, (born c. 1490, Granada, kingdom of Granada [Spain]—died July 21, 1552, Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru [now in Peru]), the first and probably the most able viceroy of New Spain, who ruled the conquered Mexican territory with justice, efficiency, and a degree of compassion and established policies that endured until the colonies ...
Wikimedia Commons. Don Antonio de Mendoza was the first viceroy (governor) of Nueva España. He first came to the Americas from Spain on the orders of King Charles V in 1535. Among his entourage was a young, ambitious Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. Mendoza played a pivotal role in the Coronado Entrada.
Antonio de Mendoza (Granada, 1490 - Lima, 1552) Primer virrey de Nueva España (1535-1550). Hijo de Íñigo López de Mendoza, conde de Tendilla y marqués de Mondéjar, Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco entró desde muy joven al servicio de la corte, y durante la guerra de las Comunidades apoyó al emperador Carlos V, quien lo recompensó con el ...
Antonio de Mendoza (1495-1552) was the first viceroy of New Spain (Mexico), a position he held from 1535-1550. Mendoza's primary objective was to reinstitute royal authority, limit conquistador ...
Antonio de Mendoza ( b. 1490/94; d. 21 July 1552), count of Tendilla, Spain's ambassador to Hungary, and viceroy of Peru (1551–1552). Mendoza, probably born in Granada, was also the first viceroy of Mexico (1535–1549). Chosen to represent the king and the Council of the Indies as well as to provide a check on the personal power of Hernándo ...
Militar y político. Caballero de la orden de Santiago, Antonio de Mendoza sirvió desde muy joven a la corona española tanto en el ejército como en misiones diplomáticas. Cuando muere Fernando el Católico, viajó a Flandes. Posteriormente participó en la guerra de las Comunidades.
After three high-ranking noblemen declined the appointment, it was accepted by the fourth nominee, don Antonio de Mendoza, count of Tendilla. Mendoza was born in Granada, the last city in Spain to be reconquered from the Moors. A member of a leading Spanish family, he was distantly related to the king.
Around 1541, the first viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza, commissioned a codex to record information about the Aztec empire. The codex, now known as the Codex Mendoza , contained information about the lords of Tenochtitlan, the tribute paid to the Aztecs, and an account of life “from year to year.”
Antonio de Mendoza was the first Viceroy of New Spain,and the third Viceroy of Peru. Background Mendoza was born at Alcalá la Real (Jaén, Spain) in 1495, the son of the Second Conde de Tendilla, Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones and Francisca Pacheco.