Juan de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Montesclaros
Juan Manuel de Mendoza y Luna, 3rd Marquis of Monte Claros (* January 1571 in Guadalajara, Castile, Spain, † October 9, 1628 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish officer, who from 1603 to 1607 as viceroy of New Spain and 1607 to 1615 served as Viceroy of Peru.
Origin and Youth
Juan de Mendoza was born into a wealthy Spanish noble family. His father died when he was young; the mother took over his education. He entered the service of the Spanish Crown and participated in the expedition of the Duke of Alba in Portugal part. In 1591 he was inducted into the Order of Santiago and served as governor of Seville.
Viceroy of New Spain
In May 1603 Mendoza was appointed viceroy of New Spain. He sailed to the New World, where he met the end of October 1603, a. His first act was to accusing his predecessor Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Conde de Monterrey, who had been transferred from Mexico to Peru for exceeding its powers. However, the allegations proved to be unfounded.
Mexico City was in 1604 haunted by a violent floods. Mendoza suggested a shift in the city; but this idea failed because of the resistance of the inhabitants, who did not want to give up the achievements of the existing buildings and infrastructure. The viceroy then ordered extensive work on drainage and flood protection; at the site were up to 15,000 per day ( indentured ) employs locals. Even otherwise, the viceroy for the construction of new cities and water lines began. In November 1606, he was (like his predecessor ) was appointed as viceroy to Peru.
Viceroy of Peru
On 21 December 1607 reached Lima and solved there Oidor the Juan Fernández de Boán from the Viceroy of Peru. During his term to 1615 he built up a fleet to protect against ( English and Dutch ) buccaneers and initiated some construction projects. In December 1615 he was replaced Francisco de Borja y Aragón from as viceroy.
Back in Europe
After completing his tenure Juan Mendoza returned to Europe. He took over in Spain other high offices, and died in Madrid.