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Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquess of Falces

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(1510 -Link title 1587) Gastón de Peralta was born in Pau, France and died in Valladolid, Spain. Viceroy of the New Spain from October 19, 1566 to November 11, 1567. Being the previous viceroy Luis de Velasco dead, a conspiration attempting to obtain independence from Spain was discovered. Some personalities of high position, including the son of Hernán Cortés, Martin, were involved in these secret practices. A local judge of the Real Audiencia de México sentenced this personalities to death, but Gastón de Peralta, being just arrived, held the situation without determination. He personally revised the cases of each prisoner and suspeded the death penalty for the son of Cortés.

Rise and Fall of his Government

His pacific tone and his good will to govern made him popular among the people of the New Spain, and he substracted power to the members of the Real Audiencia. These conducts lead the members of the Audiencia to write a letter to Philip II of Spain, accusing him of lack of courage and many other lies. Unfortunately, the monarch believed these accusations and summoned the viceroy back to Spain. The government of the New Spain was then held by the president of the Real Audiencia, Alonso de Muñoz.


Sede Vacante

Alonso de Muñoz began a paranoic regime, sentencing to death everyone thought of being against the Spanish Regime and the Audiencia's interests. Some citizens wrote a letter to the Consejo de Indias (Council of the Indies) asking for the destitution of this tyrant and the prompt designation of a viceroy. De Muñoz was summoned to Spain, where he was tried and imprisoned.


Events during Gaston de Peralta's regime

1565 -- De Urdaneta finds the return route from the Philippines to the New Spain. 1566 -- Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, deffender of the Indians, dies in Michoacán. 1567 -- The compilation of the Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indies) is finished. 1568 -- Bernal Díaz del Castillo finishes La Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España.

External References

Rosas, Alejandro et al. Historua de México a través de sus Gobernantes 1ed. Planeta. Mexico City, MEXICO. 2003

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