Gaspar de la Cerda Silva Sandoval y Mendoza, 8th Count of Galve, Lord of Salcedón and Tortola was viceroy of New Spain from November 20, 1688, to February 26, 1696.
Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza
Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún was a religious writer and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadalajara, and Bishop of Tlaxcala. As well as founding charitable institutions in h
Gaspar de la Cerda, 8th Count of Galve
…Mexican poet, died in Mexico City. In September 1695 Cerda Sandoval asked to return to Spain. He tried to turn over the government of the colony to Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz, bishop of Puebla, on January 21, 1696. The bishop did not accept, citing his health and his responsibilities as bishop. Shortly thereafter Juan Ortega…
Santa Cruz in an anonymous portrait - now in the Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, México