Antonio de Mendoza

Antonio De Mendoza

Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla (Spanish: Antonio de Mendoza, Marqués de Mondéjar, Conde de Tendilla) (1495 – Alcala la Real, (Jaén); July 21, 1552, Lima), was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from April 17, 1535 to November 25, 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1551 to July 21, 1552. Married to María Ana de Trujillo de Mendoza. Antonio was the son of the Second Conde de Tendilla, Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones and Francisca Pacheco.