Baltasar de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Arión

The Duke of Arión
President of the Council of the Indies
In office
1724  26 December 1727
MonarchPhilip V of Spain
Preceded byAndrés de Pez
Succeeded byCristóbal Gregorio Portocarrero, Count of Montijo
Viceroy of New Spain
In office
16 August 1716  15 October 1722
MonarchPhilip V of Spain
Preceded byFernando de Alencastre, 1st Duke of Linares
Succeeded byJuan de Acuña, 1st Marquess of Casa Fuerte
Viceroy of Sardinia
In office
1704–1707
MonarchPhilip V of Spain
Preceded byFrancisco Ruiz de Castro, Count of Lemos
Succeeded byPedro Manuel Colón de Portugal
Viceroy of Navarre
In office
15 November 1692  30 April 1697
MonarchCharles II of Spain
Preceded byJuan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Duke of Escalona
Succeeded byJuan Carlos de Batevile, Marquess of Conflans
Personal details
Born
Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán Sotomayor y Mendoza

c.1658
Bejar, Spain
Died26 December 1727(1727-12-26) (aged 68–69)
Madrid, Spain

Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, 1st Duke of Arión, 2nd Marquess of Valero (1658 in Spain – December 26, 1727 in Madrid) was Spanish viceroy of New Spain from August 16, 1716, to October 14, 1722, and later president of the Council of the Indies.