Pedro Morales y Mercado

Pedro Morales y Mercado
Coat of Arms of Morales
Alcalde of 2nd vote (1651) Teniente de Gobernador of Buenos Aires
In office 1661–1662
Monarch	Philip IV
Preceded by	Amador de Roxas y Azevedo
Succeeded by	Jacinto Vela de Hinojosa
Personal details
Born	c.1600 Ciudad de Rodrigo, Salamanca, Spain
Died	c.1670 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Spouse(s)	María de Manzanares y Aguilar
Occupation	Politician
Profession	treasurer
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Service/branch	Spanish Army
Rank	Captain

Pedro Morales y Mercado was a 17th-century Spanish nobleman. He held different honorific positions in the Río de la Plata, serving as mayor, army officer and treasurer of Buenos Aires.

Pedro Morales y Mercado was born in the 17th century in Ciudad de Rodrigo, (Spain), son of Juan de Morales y Mercado and Blanca Enríquez de Soria, belonging to a noble family. The ancestors of his mother were possibly related to the House of Enríquez.

In 1630s he moved to Buenos Aires, where served as Captain in the fort of city. His wife was María Manzanares y Aguilar, daughter of Francisco de Manzanares y Dardos, a Spanish politician, born in Toledo, and Leonor de Aguilar Pérez de Burgos, born in Buenos Aires.

Pedro Morales y Mercado has held various senior positions during the Viceroyalty of Peru, serving as Lieutenant Governor, Chief Justice,Mayor, Alferez Real, and Treasurer of Buenos Aires.