Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain

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Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain, was a 16th-century Spanish colonial administrator known for his relatively humane policies toward Indigenous peoples and efforts to reform and stabilize the governance of New Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
viceroy ⓘ
appointedBy Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
areaOfInfluence New Spain ⓘ
Spanish Empire in the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Spanish America
birthCentury 15th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
deathDate 1564 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Spanish ⓘ
familyName de Velasco ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
governance of overseas territories ⓘ
givenName Luis ⓘ
implementedPolicy measures to reduce forced labor of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
regulation of encomenderos ⓘ
support for Indigenous legal appeals to the Audiencia ⓘ
knownFor efforts to stabilize governance in New Spain ⓘ
promotion of public works in New Spain ⓘ
protection of Indigenous communities from enslavement ⓘ
reforms of the encomienda system ⓘ
relatively humane policies toward Indigenous peoples ⓘ
support for missionary activity ⓘ
legacy remembered as one of the more benevolent viceroys of New Spain ⓘ
memberOf Spanish nobility ⓘ
monarchDuringReign Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Philip II of Spain ⓘ
nativeLanguage Spanish ⓘ
notableWork implementation of the New Laws limiting encomienda abuses ⓘ
officeEnd 1564 ⓘ
officeStart 1550 ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mexico City ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
positionHeld President of the Audiencia of Mexico ⓘ
Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
predecessor Antonio de Mendoza ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Mexico City ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
successor Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquis of Falces ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
workLocation Mexico City ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ

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Alameda Central → creator → Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo → predecessor → Luis de Velasco y Castilla (as Viceroy of Peru) ⓘ
linked to: Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain
Velasco → hasNotableBearer → Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
Luis de Velasco y Castilla → relative → Luis de Velasco, 1st Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
linked to: Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain