Adabadwira, ku Lille, France, mu 1699; anamwalira ku Valencia, Spain, mu 1786.
Anatumikira gulu lankhondo laku Spain, lomwe anali kazembe wake. Wotchedwa viceroy wa 45 waku New Spain, adalamulira kuyambira pa Ogasiti 25, 1766 mpaka Seputembara 22, 1771. Mfundo yake yokhayo inali kumvera kwathunthu kwa Mfumu, yomwe nthawi zonse ankamutcha "mbuye wanga." Anayenera kupha kuthamangitsidwa kwa maJesuit ( Juni 25, 1767) ndikuchita kubedwa kwa katundu wa kampaniyo, mothandizidwa ndi woyang'anira Gálvez; ndipo adalandira asitikali omwe atumizidwa ndi Spain chifukwa cha nkhondo yake ndi England: magulu oyenda pansi a Savoy, Flanders ndi Ultonia, omwe adafika ku Veracruz pa Juni 18, 1768, ndi a Zamora, Guadalajara, Castile ndi Granada, omwe adafika kenako, akukwana amuna 10,000.
Chifukwa cha mayunifomu awo oyera, asitikaliwa amatchedwa "blanquillos", onse omwe pamapeto pake adabwerera ku metropolis. Oyang'anira gulu la Zamora adakonza gulu lankhondo. Munthawi yaulamuliro wa Croix, nyumba yachifumu ya Perote idamangidwa, dera la Alameda ku Mexico City lidachulukitsidwa kawiri ndipo wowotcha Khothi Lalikulu Lachifwamba adachotsedwa pagulu.
Kumapeto kwa ntchito yake (Januwale 13, 1771) Khonsolo ya IV yaku Mexico idayamba, yomwe zokambirana zawo sizinavomerezedwe ndi Council of the Indies kapena Papa. Croix adafunsa ndikupeza kuti malipiro a wolowa m'malo awonjezeredwe kuchoka pa 40,000 kufika 60,000 pesos pachaka. Anayambitsa chakudya cha ku France ndi mafashoni ku Mexico. Atapuma pantchito, Carlos III adamusankha kukhala wamkulu wa Valencia.
