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Gaspar de Ziga Acevedo y Fonseca, 5th Count of Monterrey , Spanish nobleman, the ninth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from November 5, 1595 to October 26, 1603. From January 18, 1604 until his death in 1606, he was viceroy of Peru.

De Ziga y Acevedo was born the eldest son of the fourth Count of Monterrei, Gronimo de Acevedo y Ziga. He studied in Monterrei under the direction of Jesuit priests. In 1578 he entered the service of King Philip II. He participated in the Portuguese campaign, where he led the Galician militia, paying them out of his own pocket. De Ziga y Acevedo also took part in the defense of the port of La Corua when it was attacked by the English corsair Francis Drake in 1589.

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