List of viceroys of Peru

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Viceroy of Peru
ResidenceThe Viceroy palace
(Now the Government Palace)
AppointerThe King of Spain
Formation1528
First holderFrancisco Pizarro
Final holderPío de Tristán
Abolished23 January 1826

The following is a list of Viceroys of Peru.

The viceroys of Peru ruled the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1544 to 1826 in the name of the King of Spain. The territories under de jure rule by the viceroys included in the 16th and 17th century almost all of South America except eastern Brazil.

Governors of New Castile (1532–1544)

Picture Governor From Until Monarch
Francisco Pizarro 1532 26 June 1541
Charles I
Cristóbal Vaca de Castro 1541 1544
Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana		 1544 1548

Viceroys of Peru (1544–1826)

Picture Viceroy From Until Monarch
Blasco Núñez Vela 15 May 1544 18 January 1546
Charles I
Pedro de la Gasca,
Dean of the Audiencia		 10 April 1547 27 January 1550
Antonio de Mendoza,
Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla		 23 September 1551 21 July 1552
Melchor Bravo de Saravia,
Dean of the Audiencia		 July 1552 June 1556
Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Cañete		 29 June 1556 30 March 1561
Philip II
Diego López de Zúñiga,
4th Count of Nieva		 17 April 1561 20 February 1564
Juan de Saavedra,
Dean of the Audiencia		 1564 1564
Lope García de Castro,
Dean of the Audiencia		 2 September 1564 26 November 1569
Francisco Álvarez de Toledo
 26 November 1569 23 September 1581
Martín Enríquez de Almanza 23 September 1581 13 March 1583
Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena,
Dean of the Audiencia		 1584 1584
Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía,
1st Count of Villadompardo		 31 March 1584 20 November 1589
García Hurtado de Mendoza,
5th Marquis of Cañete		 8 January 1590 24 July 1596
Luis de Velasco,
Marquis of Salinas		 24 July 1596 18 January 1604
Gaspar de Zúñiga,
5th Count of Monterrey		 18 January 1604 16 March 1606
Philip III
Diego Núñez de Avendaño,
Dean of the Audiencia		 1607 1607
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
Juan Jiménez de Montalvo,
Dean of the Audiencia		 31 December 1621 25 July 1622
Philip IV
Diego Fernández de Córdoba,
Marquis of Guadalcázar, Count of Posadas		 25 July 1622 14 January 1629
Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera,
4th Count of Chinchón		 14 January 1629 18 December 1639
Pedro de Toledo,
1st Marquis of Mancera		 18 December 1639 20 September 1648
García Sarmiento de Sotomayor,
2nd Count of Salvatierra		 20 September 1648 24 February 1655
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán,
9th Count of Alba de Liste		 24 February 1655 31 December 1661
Diego de Benavides,
8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, 1st Marquis of Solera		 31 December 1661 16 March 1666
Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia		 March 1666 November 1667
Charles II
Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro,
10th Count of Lemos		 21 November 1667 6 December 1672
Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia		 December 1672 August 1674
Baltasar de la Cueva,
Count of Castellar		 15 August 1674 7 July 1678
Melchor Liñán y Cisneros
(Archbishop of Lima)		 7 July 1678 20 November 1681
Melchor de Navarra,
Duke of Palata		 20 November 1681 15 August 1689
Melchor Portocarrero,
3rd Count of Monclova		 August 1689 1705
Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,
Dean of the Audiencia		 September 1705 May 1707
Philip V
Manuel de Oms,
1st Marquis of Castelldosrius		 7 July 1707 22 April 1710
Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,
Dean of the Audiencia		 22 April 1710 14 September 1710
Diego Ladrón de Guevara 14 September 1710 2 March 1716
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León,
Dean of the Audiencia		 2 March 1716 15 August 1716
Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
(Archbishop of Lima)		 15 August 1716 5 October 1716
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
José de Armendáriz,
1st Marquis of Castelfuerte		 14 May 1724 4 February 1736
Louis I
From 1700–1724, Philip V of Spain was the king; then from 1724–1746. Louis I only reigned in 1724.
José Antonio de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Villagarcía		 4 February 1736 15 December 1745
Philip V
José Manso de Velasco,
1st Count of Superunda		 15 December 1745 12 October 1761
Ferdinand VI
Manuel de Amat y Juniet 12 October 1761 17 July 1776
Charles III
Manuel de Guirior 17 July 1776 21 July 1780
Agustín de Jáuregui 21 July 1780 29 April 1784
Teodoro de Croix 29 April 1784 25 March 1790
Francisco Gil de Taboada 25 March 1790 6 June 1796
Charles IV
Ambrosio O'Higgins,
1st Marquis of Osorno		 24 July 1796 19 March 1801
Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín,
Dean of the Audiencia		 19 March 1801 5 November 1801
Gabriel de Avilés,
2nd Marquis of Avilés		 5 November 1801 20 August 1806
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa,
1st Marquis of La Concordia		 20 August 1806 7 July 1816
Joaquín de la Pezuela,
1st Marquis of Viluma		 7 July 1816 29 January 1821
Ferdinand VII
José de la Serna e Hinojosa,
1st Count of los Andes		 29 January 1821 9 December 1824
Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso 9 December 1824 23 January 1826[citation needed]

See also

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