In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas Zapata and the second or maternal family name is Luján Ponce.
Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras
Oil on canvas portrait of Diego de Vargas by Julio Barrera, date unknown, from the collection of the Palace of the Governors
30 and 32nd Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office 1691 – 1697 (as effective) (titular 1688–91)
Preceded by
Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate
Succeeded by
Pedro Rodríguez Cubero
In office 1697–1703
Preceded by
Pedro Rodríguez Cubero
Succeeded by
Juan Páez Hurtado
Personal details
Born
1643 Madrid, Spain
Died
1704 Bernalillo, Nuevo México (New Mexico)
Profession
Political and military
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Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (1643–1704), commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mexico and Arizona). He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692–1696 and 1703–1704.[clarification needed] He is known for leading the reconquest of the territory in 1692 following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This reconquest is commemorated annually during the Fiestas de Santa Fe in the city of Santa Fe.
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the 1692 reconquest (recolonization) of New Mexico by General Don DiegodeVargas (1643–1704). The Spanish were earlier expelled from the city by neighboring...
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companion of future governor Don DiegodeVargas. Renamed La Conquistadora, she was brought back from El Paso del Norte by deVargas as he mounted a reconquest...
alongside it. Fiestas de Santa Fe has been held since 1712 to celebrate the Spanish reconquest of the city in 1692 by Don DiegodeVargas from the Pueblo tribes...
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and Crown: The Pescos Indians and New Mexico, p. 251. Letters of Don DiegodeVargas to His Family from New Spain and New Mexico, p. 56. "The House of Austria...
Governor DiegodeVargas gives the first official land grant for the church to Father Joaquin de Hinojosa. 1693 – The church was renamed Corpus Christi de los...
Expedition of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, who traveled there in 1541, and were still in the region when DiegodeVargas arrived in 1694. Historians believe...
conflicts happened between Spaniards and Pueblos in this period until DiegodeVargas made a peace treaty with them in 1691, which made them subjects of...
very young age. With another servant, Garcilaso had a second son, DiegodeVargas, born in 1590, who helped his father copy the Royal Commentaries and...
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