Pedro de Peralta

Pedro de Peralta
2nd Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office
1610–1614
Preceded byCristóbal de Oñate (son of Juan de Oñate)
Succeeded byBernardino de Ceballos
Personal details
Bornc. 1584
Valladolid, Crown of Castile
Died1666
Madrid, Crown of Castile
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Pedro de Peralta (c. 1584 – 1666) was Governor of New Mexico between 1610 and 1613 at a time when it was a province of New Spain. He formally founded the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1610. In August 1613 he was arrested and jailed for almost a year by the Franciscan friar Isidro Ordóñez. Later, he was vindicated by the Mexican Inquisition and held a number of other senior posts in the Spanish imperial administration.