Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete
Diego López de Zúñiga | |
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Personal details | |
Born | c. 1500 Cañete, Spain |
Died | March 30, 1561 Lima, Peru |
Spouse | Magdalena de Manrique |
Children | Diego García |
Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza y Cabrera, 3rd Marquis of Cañete[1] (c. 1500 – March 30, 1561), also known as El Viejo,[2] was a Spanish military officer and, from June 29, 1556 to his death on March 30, 1561, the third Viceroy of Peru.
Biography
Origins and military career
Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza was born at
After being named viceroy of Peru in 1555,[3] he arrived at Panama, at that time part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Here he delayed his journey to deal with a rebellion of fugitive black slaves. He put Pedro de Ursúa in charge of the suppression of the rebels.
Viceroy of Peru
He arrived in Lima on June 29, 1556, finding a colony still recovering from the rebellions of
Among his other security measures were the creation of a permanent guard in Lima, and the construction of additional galleys to guard the coast.
He founded the College of San Juan de la Penitencia in Lima for poor
Also in 1558, the viceroy sent out several exploring expeditions, intended also as punitive forces against bands of adventurers. He entrusted the pacification of the Amazon to his faithful supporter Pedro de Ursúa, and the conquest of the Chiriguanos and the plains of Condorillo to Andrés Manso.
He named his son
Still in 1558 he reestablished the local jurisdiction of native chiefs. On January 5, 1560 he met with the last grandson of Huayna Capac,
Hurtado prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages to the Indigenous.
Meanwhile, complaints about Hurtado's arbitrary and cruel governance, especially from those he had exiled, caused King Philip II to remove him from office. (Other complaints against Hurtado were the lack of control of the economy, and the garroting of Captain Robles in his own bed.) In his place, the king appointed Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva. López arrived at Paita in January 1561. His communications with Hurtado before reaching Lima were disrespectful. Hurtado fell sick and died in Lima, before López arrived the capital. He was interred in the Cathedral of Cuenca, in Spain.
Descendants
In 1532, the Marquis married Magdalena Manrique y Luna, daughter of
By Magdalena Manrique:
- Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 4th Marquis of Cañete
- García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (1535–1609)
- Francisco de Mendoza, Archbishop of Burgos
- Pedro de Mendoza
- Rodrigo Hurtado de Mendoza y Pacheco, 1st Lord of Fregenal de la Sierra
- Fernando de Mendoza
- Juan Hurtado de Mendoza
- Alvaro de Mendoza
- Andrés de Mendoza
- Felipe de Mendoza
- María de Mendoza
- Francisca de Mendoza
- Teresa de Mendoza
Ancestry
8. Juan Hurtado de Mendoza 1st Marquis of Cañete | |||||||||||||||
4. Honorato de Mendoza | |||||||||||||||
9. Inés Manrique | |||||||||||||||
2. Diego Hurtado de Mendoza 2nd Marquis of Cañete | |||||||||||||||
10. Juan de Silva 1st Count of Cifuentes | |||||||||||||||
5. Francisca de Silva | |||||||||||||||
11. Inés de Ribera | |||||||||||||||
1. Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza | |||||||||||||||
12. Pedro López de Madrid | |||||||||||||||
6. Andrés de Cabrera 1st Marquis of Moya | |||||||||||||||
13. María Alonso de Cabrera | |||||||||||||||
3. Isabel de Cabrera | |||||||||||||||
14. Mosén Pedro de Bobadilla | |||||||||||||||
7. Beatriz de Bobadilla | |||||||||||||||
15. María Maldonado Bonal | |||||||||||||||
References
- ^ in full, Spanish: Don Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza y Cabrera, tercer marqués de Cañete, caballero de la Orden de Santiago, montero mayor del Rey, Guarda mayor de Cuenca
- ^ Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo (2004). "Murúa y sus etimologías toponímicas". Lexis. XXVIII (1–2): 273–309.
- ^ Moses, Bernard (1922). Spanish Colonial Literature in South America. New York: Hispanic Society of America. p. 103.
Sources
- Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Fernando de (1995). Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias (in Portuguese). pp. 329–30.
- Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.
- "arteHistoria" (in Spanish). 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- "Mendoza: Poderosos Señores" (in Spanish). 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2010.