Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate

Domingo Jironza Ptriz de Cruzate was a Spanish soldier who was Governor of New Mexico from 1683 to 1686, and again from 1689 to 1691. He came to office at a time a large part of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mxico was independent of Spanish rule due to the Pueblo Revolt. With limited resources, he was unable to reconquer the province.

Domingo Jironza Ptriz de Cruzate was born around 1640 in the province of Huesca in Aragon, Spain. Possibly he was the Domingo Xironza who married Sebastiana de Oquendo in Mexico City onApril 1663. If so, he was the son of Antonio Xironza and Ana Mangues Prez. He joined the Spanish armed forces and served in the wars between Spain and Portugal. OnApril 1680 Jironza sailed from Cadiz as Captain in command of fifty soldiers, bound for New Spain. On his arrival the viceroy, Payo Enrquez de Rivera, made him mayor of Metztitln, an office that he held until 1682.

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