Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque
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One of the last incidents in the era of Peñuela was a suit between himself and former governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes. This legal battle became complicated because the Church, particularly Fray Juan de Tagle, Franciscan custodio, took the side of Cuervo while the cabildo of Santa Fe sided with the Marques. [ 47 ]
In 1706 provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdés ordered that a Spanish garrison (the future Albuquerque) be established near the Tiwa pueblos. By Spanish law, to gain recognition as a village, the new settlement was required to have a population of 30 Spanish families.
Spanish Colonial Economy, 1706-1821. When Francisco Cuervo y Valdés founded the villa of Alburquerque in 1706, he chose the place because it would be good for farming. He wrote to his superiors that it was “a good place as regards land, water, pasture and firewood,” all required by Spanish law.
Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes. EDWARD K. FLAGLER Francisco Cuervo y Valdes, soldier andadministrator, served the Span ish Crown for almostforty years on the northern frontier ofNew Spain, from 1678 until about 1715. From March. 1705. through July. 1707. he was acting governor ofNewMexico, where he is primarily known for having founded the ...
Francisco Cuervo y Valdés (16 June 1651 – 1714) was a Spanish politician who governed Nuevo León (1687-1688), Nueva Extremadura (1698–1703), New Philippines (1698–1702), and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1704–1707).
— Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes, April 23, 1706 Mission: This and future generations may know and appreciate the history of Albuquerque from its settlement as the Villa de Alburquerque in the year 1706 to its incorporation as the City of Albuquerque and its cultural and historic past resulting from a blending of Indian, Hispanic-Mexican and ...
Aug 14, 2021 · In 1706, New Mexico Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes founded the new Villa de Albuquerque (now spelled Albuquerque). Here, the Camino Real wound its way through a series of farming and ranching communities to a nearby ford, linking the road settlements on the west bank of the Rio Grande.
