Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de Alarcón was the second viceroy of New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century.
Luisde Velasco I
Antonio de Mendoza
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Antonio de Mendoza 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 155
Luis de Velasco, 2nd Viceroy of New Spain
…system. He was accompanied by his son, Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas, himself a future viceroy of New Spain. Velasco replaced the previous viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza. Mendoza had been given his choice of the Viceroyalty of Mexico or of Peru, with Velasco to fill the other office. Velasco arrived at San Juan de Ulúa…
Antonio Mendoza
Monument to Viceroy Mendoza in Morelia, Mexico; featuring a bronze transcription of the city's founding decree.