Francisco Menéndez Márquez
Francisco Menéndez Márquez | |
|---|---|
| Governor of La Florida | |
| In office 11 April 1646 – 8 January 1648 | |
| Preceded by | Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla |
| Succeeded by | Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1601 St. Augustine, Florida |
| Died | 1649 St. Augustine, Florida |
| Profession | Royal treasurer and Administrator (Governor of Florida) |
Francisco Menéndez Márquez y Posada (1601-1649) was a royal treasurer (tesorero real) and interim co-governor of Spanish Florida, and the founder of a cattle ranching enterprise that became the largest in Florida.