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Pedro de Peralta (c. 1584 – 1666) was Governor of New Mexico between 1610 and 1613 at a time when it was a province of New Spain.He formally founded the city of Santa Fe New Mexico in 1610. In August 1613 he was arrested and jailed for almost a year by the Franciscan friar Isidro Ordóñez. Later he was vindicated by the Mexican Inquisition and held a number of other senior posts in the Spanish imperial administration.