Mateo Antonio de Mendoza

Mateo Antonio de Mendoza Díaz de Arce
35th Governor of Nueva Vizcaya
In office
1753–1761
Preceded by Jaun Francico de la Puerta y de la Barrera
Succeeded by José Carlos de Agüero y González de Agüero
49th Spanish Governor of New Mexico
(Acting)
In office
1761–1761
Preceded by Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle
Succeeded by Manuel Portillo Urrisola
Personal details
Spouse(s) Cecilia Catalina Mendoza y Davalillo
Profession Military leader and Captain General and Governor of Nueva Vizcaya and New Mexico

Mateo Antonio de Mendoza Díaz de Arce was a military leader and the governor of Nueva Vizcaya and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico in 1760. He was the interim governor between Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and Manuel Portillo Urrisola.

Early life

Mendoza's birthdate and birthplace are unknown. He was baptized on the 28th of September 1696 in Burgos, Spain, to Francisco Mendoza y Martínez de Fuidio and Teresa Díaz de Arce y Maeda. He was raised in a solar house in Villacarriedo, in the Spanish province of Santander.

By 1717 he had joined the Town Council in Ábalos, La Rioja. In 1751 Mendoza joined the Order of Santiago and served in the Spanish army, joining the Queens Dragoons as lieutenant colonel and sergeant major.[1]

Career

In 1753, King Charles IV of Spain appointed him governor of the Captaincy General of Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain.[1] After assuming the charge of governor, he settled in Chihuahua (in the modern Mexico), where he resided until he ended his administration.[2] During his administration, on the 8th of November, 1758, he issued the order for the founding of the Presidio of San Fernando de las Amarillas del Carrizal, a foundation that was initially led by Captain Manuel Antonio de San Juan. To the end of his Mexican period, Carrizal´s troops were ordered to protect travelers on the Camino Real on their way to New Mexico or from there to other places. Mendoza performed his duties as governor of Nueva Vizcaya until 1761.

In 1761, Mendoza was appointed interim governor of New Mexico[1][2] by Charles IV to serve between Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and Manuel Portillo Urrisola.[1] Officially, he ruled only for few months,[3] but no document confirms he was in New Mexico.[2]

Mendoza married Cecilia Catalina Mendoza y Davalillo on 27 September 1714, in San Asensio, in the La Rioja (Spain). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 New Mexico history: Mateo Antonio de Mendoza. Posted by Rick Hendricks. Retrieved February 8, 2014, to 23: 50 pm.
  2. 1 2 3 Kessell, John L. (5 August 2013). Miera y Pacheco: A Renaissance Spaniard in Eighteenth-Century New Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-0-8061-5079-6.
  3. Prince, L. Bradford (August 2008). The Student's History of New Mexico: Facsimile of the Original 1921 Second Edition. Sunstone Press. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-0-86534-694-9.
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