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Antonio de Mendoza

1494 - 1552

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Antonio de Mendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) 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. Mendoza was born at Alcalá la Real (Jaén, Spain), the son of the 2nd Count of Tendilla Íñigo López de Mendoza y Quiñones, and Francisca Pacheco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio de Mendoza has received more than 284,278 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Antonio de Mendoza is the 6,895th most popular politician (down from 6,547th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Spain (down from 609th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Antonio de Mendoza ranks 6,895 out of 19,576Before him are Francesco Maria del Monte, Jacques Thibaud, Yōsuke Matsuoka, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, and Adem Demaçi. After him are Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Alexander II Zabinas, Shalmaneser IV, Vaballathus, and Joanna of Pfirt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Antonio de Mendoza ranks 14Before him are Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Rosso Fiorentino, Lucas van Leyden, William Tyndale, and Hans Sachs. After him are Saitō Dōsan, Oronce Finé, Hans Tausen, Antoinette de Bourbon, Ambrosius Holbein, and Christina Gyllenstierna. Among people deceased in 1552, Antonio de Mendoza ranks 11Before him are Petrus Apianus, Paolo Giovio, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Olaus Petri, Guru Angad, and Andreas Osiander. After him are Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pierre Attaingnant, and Qiu Ying.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio de Mendoza ranks 627 out of 3,355Before him are García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Junípero Serra (1713), Catalina de Erauso (1592), Ramon Muntaner (1265), Abraham bar Hiyya (1070), and Miguel Hernández (1910). After him are Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Daniel Brühl (1978), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), María Zambrano (1904), and Antonio de Nebrija (1441).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Antonio de Mendoza ranks 233Before him are Clara Campoamor (1888), Muhammad II of Granada (1235), Bonosus (300), García Íñiguez of Pamplona (810), Catalina de Erauso (1592), and Ramon Muntaner (1265). After him are Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354), Ardo (700), Sisenand (605), Manuel Fraga (1922), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), and Eleanor of Castile (1191).