Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito
Viceroy of New Spain
Years: 1754 - 1835
Juan José Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza Gastón de Iriarte López de Letona y Lasqueti, count of Venadito (February 3, 1754, Cadiz, Spain – January 11, 1835, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish naval officer and viceroy of New Spain from September 20, 1816 to July 5, 1821, during Mexico's War of Independence.
