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Viceroy of Peru
ResidenceThe Viceroy Palace
(Now the Government Palace)
AppointerThe King of Spain
Formation26 July 1529
First holderFrancisco Pizarro
Final holderPío de Tristán
Abolished30 December 1824

This article lists the viceroys of Peru, who ruled the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1544 to 1824 in the name of the monarch of Spain. The territories under de jure rule by the viceroys included in the 16th and 17th century nearly all of South America except eastern Brazil.

Governors of New Castile (1532–1544)

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No. Portrait Governor From Until Monarch
1 Francisco Pizarro 26 July 1529 26 June 1541
Charles I
Diego de Almagro "El Mozo" 26 June 1541 16 September 1542
2 Cristóbal Vaca de Castro 7 August 1542 17 May 1544
Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana.
7 May 1544 10 April 1548

Viceroys of Peru (1544–1824)

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No. Portrait Governor From Until Valido
Secretary of the Universal Bureau
First Secretary of State
Presidents of the Regency of Spain and Indies
Monarch
1 Blasco Núñez Vela 15 May 1544 18 January 1546 No valido
Charles I
Int. Pedro de la Gasca,
Dean of the Audiencia
10 April 1547 27 January 1550
2 Antonio de Mendoza,
Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla
23 September 1551 21 July 1552
Int. Melchor Bravo de Saravia,
Dean of the Audiencia
21 July 1552 29 June 1556

Philip II
3 Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Cañete
29 June 1556 30 March 1561
4 Diego López de Zúñiga,
4th Count of Nieva
17 April 1561 20 February 1564
Int. Juan de Saavedra,
Dean of the Audiencia
20 February 1564 2 September 1564
Int. Lope García de Castro,
Dean of the Audiencia
2 September 1564 26 November 1569
5 Francisco Álvarez de Toledo 26 November 1569 23 September 1581
6 Martín Enríquez de Almanza 23 September 1581 13 March 1583
Int. Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena,
Dean of the Audiencia
13 March 1583 31 March 1584
7 Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía,
1st Count of Villadompardo
31 March 1584 20 November 1589
8 García Hurtado de Mendoza,
5th Marquis of Cañete
8 January 1590 24 July 1596
9 Luis de Velasco,
Marquis of Salinas
24 July 1596 18 January 1604

Duke of Lerma[1]


Philip III
10 Gaspar de Zúñiga,
5th Count of Monterrey
18 January 1604 16 March 1606
Int. Diego Núñez de Avendaño,
Dean of the Audiencia
16 March 1606 21 December 1607
11 Juan de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Montesclaros
21 December 1607 18 December 1615
Francisco de Borja y Aragón,
Count of Rebolledo, Prince of Esquilache
18 December 1615 31 December 1621
12

Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval[1]

Baltasar de Zúñiga[1]


Philip IV
Int. Juan Jiménez de Montalvo,
Dean of the Audiencia
31 December 1621 25 July 1622
13 Diego Fernández de Córdoba,
Marquis of Guadalcázar, Count of Posadas
25 July 1622 14 January 1629

Count-Duke of Olivares[1]

14 Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera,
4th Count of Chinchón
14 January 1629 18 December 1639
15 Pedro de Toledo,
1st Marquis of Mancera
18 December 1639 20 September 1648

Luis de Haro[1]

16 García Sarmiento de Sotomayor,
2nd Count of Salvatierra
20 September 1648 24 February 1655
17 Luis Enríquez de Guzmán,
9th Count of Alba de Liste
24 February 1655 31 December 1661
No valido
18 Diego de Benavides,
8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, 1st Marquis of Solera
31 December 1661 16 March 1666

Juan Everardo Nithard[1]


Charles II
Int. Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia
17 March 1666 21 November 1667
19 Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro,
10th Count of Lemos
21 November 1667 6 December 1672

Fernando de Valenzuela[1]

Int. Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia
6 December 1672 15 August 1674
20 Baltasar de la Cueva,
Count of Castellar
15 August 1674 7 July 1678

John Joseph of Austria[2]

21 Melchor Liñán y Cisneros
(Archbishop of Lima)
Coun 20 November 1681

Duke of Medinaceli[2]

22 Melchor de Navarra,
Duke of Palata
20 November 1681 15 August 1689
Count of Oropesa[2]
Melchor Portocarrero,
3rd Count of Monclova
15 August 1689 22 September 1705
23

Cardinal Portocarrero[1]

Count of Oropesa[2]

Cardinal Portocarrero[1]

Antonio de Ubilla[3]

Philip V
Marquis of Mejorada del Campo[3]
Int. Juan Peñalosa y Benavides,
Dean of the Audiencia
22 September 1705 7 July 1707
24 Manuel de Oms,
1st Marquis of Castelldosrius
7 July 1707 22 April 1710
Int. Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,
Dean of the Audiencia
22 April 1710 14 September 1710
25 Diego Ladrón de Guevara 14 September 1710 2 March 1716
Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco[3]

José de Grimaldo[3]

Int. Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León,
Dean of the Audiencia
2 March 1716 15 August 1716
Int. Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
(Archbishop of Lima)
15 August 1716 5 October 1716
26 Carmine Caracciolo,
5th Prince of Santo Buono
5 October 1716 26 January 1720
Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
(Archbishop of Lima)
26 January 1720 14 May 1724
27 Juan Bautista de Orendáin[3]

Louis I
From 1700 to 1724, Philip V was the king; then from 1724 to 1746. Louis I only reigned in 1724.
28 José de Armendáriz,
1st Marquis of Castelfuerte
14 May 1724 4 February 1736

Philip V

José de Grimaldo[3]

Baron Ripperda[3]

José de Grimaldo[3]

Juan Bautista de Orendáin[3]

José de Patiño y Rosales[4]

29 José Antonio de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Villagarcía
4 February 1736 15 December 1745

Marquis of Villarías[4]

José Manso de Velasco,
1st Count of Superunda
15 December 1745 12 October 1761
30

José de Carvajal[4]


Ferdinand VI

Duke of Huéscar[4]

Ricardo Wall[4]


Charles III
31 Manuel de Amat y Juniet 12 October 1761 17 July 1776

Jerónimo Grimaldi[4]

32 Manuel de Guirior 17 July 1776 21 July 1780

Count of Floridablanca[4]

33 Agustín de Jáuregui 21 July 1780 29 April 1784
34 Teodoro de Croix 29 April 1784 25 March 1790

Charles IV
Francisco Gil de Taboada 25 March 1790 6 June 1796
35

Count of Aranda[4]

Manuel Godoy[4]

Ambrosio O'Higgins,
1st Marquis of Osorno
24 July 1796 19 March 1801
36

Francisco Saavedra[4]

Mariano Luis de Urquijo[4]

Pedro Cevallos Guerra[4]

Int. Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín,
Dean of the Audiencia
19 March 1801 5 November 1801
37 Gabriel de Avilés,
2nd Marquis of Avilés
5 November 1801 20 August 1806
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa,
1st Marquis of La Concordia
[5]
20 August 1806 7 July 1816
38

Gonzalo O'Farril[4]

Pedro Cevallos Guerra[4]


Ferdinand VII

Count of Floridablanca[6]

Count of Altamira[6]

Juan Acislo de Vera[6]

Francisco Javier Castaños[7]

Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano[7]

Francisco Saavedra[7]

Pedro Agar y Bustillo[7]

Joaquín Blake y Joyes[7]

Pedro Agar y Bustillo[7]

Gabriel de Císcar y Císcar[7]

Pedro Agar y Bustillo[7]

Joaquín de Mosquera y Figueroa[8]

Duke of Infantado[8]

Juan María de Villavicencio[8]

Luis María de Borbón[8]

José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas[4]

Pedro Cevallos Guerra[4]

Juan Estebán Lozano de Torres[4]

Pedro Cevallos Guerra

Joaquín de la Pezuela,
1st Marquis of Viluma
7 July 1816 29 January 1821
39

José García de León[4]

Carlos Martínez de Irujo[4]

Manuel González Salmón[4]

Joaquín José Melgarejo[4]

Juan Jabat Aztal[4]

Evaristo Pérez de Castro[4]

José de la Serna e Hinojosa,
1st Count of los Andes
29 January 1821 9 December 1824
40 Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca[4]
Francisco de Paula Escudero[4]

Eusebio Bardají y Azara[4]

Ramón López Pelegrín[4]

José Gabriel de Silva y Bazán[4]

Ramón López Pelegrín[4]

Francisco Martínez de la Rosa[4]

Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor[4]
José Manuel Vadillo[4]
Santiago Usoz y Mozi[4]
José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo[4]
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar[4]
Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay[4]
José Luyando[4]
Víctor Damián Sáez[4]

Carlos Martínez de Irujo[4]

Narciso Heredia[4]

Francisco Cea Bermúdez[4]

41 Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso 9 December 1824 30 December 1824[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i As valido of the King of Spain
  2. ^ a b c d As Chief Minister of Spain
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i As Secretary of the Universal Bureau
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao As First Secretary of State
  5. ^ Loyal to Ferdinand VII instead of Joseph Bonaparte during the Spanish War of Independence
  6. ^ a b c As President of the Supreme Central and Governing Junta of Spain and the Indies
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h As President of the Regency Board of Spain and the Indies.
  8. ^ a b c d As President of the Regency Council of the Realm
  9. ^ "Biografía Pío Tristán y Moscoso". Real Academia de la Historia. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.