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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).
Jun 3, 2019 · Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (born in Spain, 1643–1704) was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, today the US states of New Mexico and Arizona.
Diego José de Vargas Zapata Luján Ponce de León y Contreras was born in Madrid in 1643 to Alonso de Vargas and María Margarita Contreras y Arráiz. His was an illustrious family, though not among the monarch’s inner circle.
Diego de Vargas ( b. 1643; d. 8 April 1704), Spanish governor and recolonizer of New Mexico (1691–1697; 1703–1704). Heir of a proud but indebted noble house in Madrid, Vargas sailed for New Spain in 1673.
Diego de Vargas governed New Mexico from 1691 to 1697, and for four months between 1703 and 1704. He is most known for his leadership in the return of Spanish colonists to Santa Fe after a 12-year
Don Diego de Vargas, the Spanish Governor of New Mexico, leads a military expedition to reconquer Santa Fe and other territory that was taken by Native Americans during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Leading a 200-men army, he peacefully gains control over numerous pueblos without firing a single shot.
When Don Diego de Vargas led the reconquest of New Mexico in 1693, he brought La Conquistadora as precious cargo on the first caravan of returning soldiers and settlers. Eighteen Franciscan missionaries sang hymns to the image of Mary as they transported her back to Santa Fe in a specially built two-wheeled vehicle.
