Don Pedro de Alberni, sometimes known as
Pere d'Alberní i Teixidor in
Catalan (
Tortosa, January 30, 1747
Monterrey, New Spain, March 11, 1802) was a
Spanish soldier who served the
Spanish Crown for almost all his life. He spent most of his military career in colonial Mexico. He is notable for his role in the exploration of the
Pacific Northwest in the 1790s, and his later term as ninth Spanish governor of
Alta California in 1800.