Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata

His Excellency
Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata
Governor of the province of Carrión, Divisero and Lord of Regajal, Knight of Calatrava
Portrait of the Lord General Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata, Governor of the Province of Carrión in the Valley of Atlixco
Governor of the Province of Carrión in the Valley of Atlixco
In office
1693–1706
MonarchsCharles II of Spain (1693-1700), Philip V of Spain (1700-1706)
Succeeded byDuchy of Atlixco

Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata (XVII – VXIII century) Lord and Divisero of the Solar de Regajal, was a nobleman and aristocrat from the House of Medrano in the lordship of Sojuela, La Rioja. His Excellency, a Knight of the Order of Calatrava, rose to prominence as a colonial official and general in New Spain, serving as Governor of the Province of Carrión in the Valley of Atlixco (present-day Puebla, Mexico) from 1693 to 1706.

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