VELASCO, LUIS DE

BID Number
1893
Birth
1511: CARRION DE LOS CONDES, PALENCIA-ESPANA
Death
1564: MEXICO (CIUDAD)
Occupation
1550 - 1564: NUEVA ESPANA/VIRREY
1553: UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO/(HELPS FOUND) VIRREY
1563: NUEVA ESPANA/VIRREY
1552: MEXICO (CIUDAD)/(FLOOD)
Ethnicity
ESPANOL
Notes
1550 : SECOND VICEROY PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN WARS WITH FRANCE, WAS CAPTAIN GENERAL OF THE GUARDS OF NAVARRA FRONTIER GUARD CORPS. INSTRUMENTAL IN ABOLISHING INDIAN SLAVERY IN NEW SPAIN. ESTABLISHED THE SANTA HERMANDAD IN NEW SPAIN.
Source
BARNES, ET. AL. NORTHERN NEW SPAIN P. 94
Sources
BARNES, ET. AL.: NORTHERN NEW SPAIN (1981) DICCIONARIO: PORRUA (1976)
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