Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain

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Spanish colonial administrator human nobleman viceroy

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Luis de Velasco y Castilla (as Viceroy of Peru)	1
Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ viceroy ⓘ
appointedBy	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ Philip II of Spain ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Spanish America ⓘ surface form: Spanish Empire in the Americas
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	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
residence	Mexico City ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
successor	Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquis of Falces ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ
workLocation	Mexico City ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alameda Central → creator → Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain ⓘ

Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo → predecessor → Luis de Velasco, viceroy of New Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luis de Velasco y Castilla (as Viceroy of Peru)