Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia, ma Lille, Palani, i ka makahiki 1699; i make ma Valencia, Sepania, i ka makahiki 1786.
Ua lawelawe ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa Sepania, a he kenekulia ʻo ia nona. Ua kapa ʻia kona inoa ʻo 45th viceroy o New Spain, ua noho aliʻi ʻo ia mai ʻAukake 25, 1766 a Kepakemapa 22, 1771. ʻO kāna kumu hoʻokahi wale nō ka hoʻolohe piha i ka Mōʻī, ka mea āna i kapa mau ai "kuʻu haku". Iune 25, 1767) a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ke kāʻili ʻia o nā waiwai o ka Hui, e helu ana i ke kōkua kūpono o ka luna nānā ʻo Gálvez; a loaʻa nā pūʻali koa i hoʻouna ʻia e Sepania ma muli o ke kaua me ʻEnelani: nā pūʻali koa pēpē o Savoy, Flanders a me Ultonia, i hōʻea i Veracruz ma Iune 18, 1768, a me ko Zamora, Guadalajara, Castile a me Granada, i hōʻea ma hope, ke hōʻuluʻulu ʻia nei he 10,000 kāne.
Ma muli o ko lākou kapa keʻokeʻo, ua kapa ʻia kēia mau koa he "blanquillos", a hoʻi lākou a pau i ke kūlanakauhale nui. Ua hoʻonohonoho nā luna o ka regiment Zamora i ka pūʻali koa militia. I ka wā o Croix administration, ua kūkulu ʻia ka hale aliʻi o Perote, ua pāpālua ʻia ka ʻāpana o ka Alameda ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mekiko a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka mea kuni ahi Santa Inquisicion mai ka ʻike lehulehu.
I ka pau ʻana o kāna kauoha (Ianuali 13, 1771) ua hoʻomaka ka ʻaha kūkā ʻehā ʻo Mekiko, ka mea a lākou ʻaha kūkā i ʻae ʻole ai i ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o nā Indies a me ka Pope. Ua noi ʻo Croix a loaʻa iā ia e hoʻonui ʻia ka uku o ka viceroy mai 40,000 a 60,000 pesos i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i nā meaʻai a me nā hana a Palani i Mekiko. I kona haʻalele ʻana mai ka viceroyalty, ua koho ʻo Carlos III iā ia i kāpena nui o Valencia.
