Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (born 1495)

Antonio de Mendoza

1st Viceroy of New Spain, (r. 1535-50); 3rd Viceroy of Peru (r. 1551-52)

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 1551, until his death on 21 July 1552.

List of viceroys of New Spain

This article lists the viceroys who ruled the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1821 in the name of the monarch of Spain.