auditor and colonial official in New Spain during the period of Hernán Cortés's governmen
1480 CE
to 1545 CE
Rodrigo de Albornoz was an auditor and colonial official in New Spain during the period of Hernán Cortés's government, and before the appointment of the first viceroy.
He was a member of the triumvirates that governed the colony for several short periods between 1524 and 1528, in the absence of Cortés.