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List of viceroys of Peru

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FieldValue
postViceroy
bodyPeru
residenceThe Viceroy Palace
(Now the Government Palace)
appointerThe King of Spain
formation26 July 1529
firstFrancisco Pizarro
lastPío de Tristán
abolished30 December 1824

(Now the Government Palace) 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 [[Governorate of New Castile|New Castile]] (1532–1544)

No.PortraitGovernorFromUntilPresident of the Council of IndiesMonarch
1[[File:Francisco-Pizarro-um1540.png60px]]Francisco Pizarro26 July 152926 June 1541García Fernández Manrique[[File:Titian - Portrait of Charles V Seated - WGA22964.jpg100px]]
Charles I
[[File:Juan García Loaysa - Kardinal.jpg146x146px]]
García Fernández Manrique
—[[File:POMA412.jpg87x87px]]Diego de Almagro "El Mozo"26 June 154116 September 1542
2[[File:Vaca de Castro.jpg60px]]Cristóbal Vaca de Castro7 August 154217 May 1544
—[[File:Gonzalo Pizarro.jpg60px]]Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana.7 May 154410 April 1548
Luis Hurtado de Mendoza

Viceroys of [[Viceroyalty of Peru|Peru]] (1544–1824)

No.PortraitGovernorFromUntilSecretary of the IndiesValidoRegentMonarch
1[[File:Nuñez_Vela1.jpg80x80px]]Blasco Núñez Vela15 May 154418 January 1546Vacant (Overseas Affairs hold by the President of the Council of the Indies)No validoNo regency[[File:Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg169x169px]]
Int.[[File:Pedro_de_la_Gasca.jpg73x73px]]Pedro de la Gasca,10 April 154727 January 1550
2[[File:AntonioMendoza.jpg87x87px]]Antonio de Mendoza,23 September 155121 July 1552
Int.[[File:MBravoSaravia.png78x78px]]Melchor Bravo de Saravia,21 July 155229 June 1556
[[File:Portrait_of_Philip_II_of_Spain_by_Sofonisba_Anguissola_-_002b.jpg123x123px]]
3[[File:Andrés_Hurtado_de_Mendoza_y_Cabrera.jpg82x82px]]Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza,29 June 155630 March 1561
4[[File:Conde_de_Nieva.jpg87x87px]]Diego López de Zúñiga,17 April 156120 February 1564
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Juan de Saavedra,20 February 15642 September 1564
Int.[[File:Lope_Garcia_de_Castro-1.jpg100x100px]]Lope García de Castro,2 September 156426 November 1569
5[[File:Francisco_de_Toledo_Virrey.jpg93x93px]]Francisco Álvarez de Toledo26 November 156923 September 1581
6[[File:MartinEnriquezdeAlmansa.jpg86x86px]]Martín Enríquez de Almanza23 September 158113 March 1583
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena,13 March 158331 March 1584
7[[File:Villardompardo1.jpg75x75px]]Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía,31 March 158420 November 1589
8[[File:Garcia_Hurtado_de_Mendoza_2.jpg115x115px]]García Hurtado de Mendoza,8 January 159024 July 1596
9[[File:LuisdeVelascoII.jpg83x83px]]Luis de Velasco,24 July 159618 January 1604
[[File:Retrato_ecuestre_del_duque_de_Lerma_(Rubens).jpg140x140px]][[File:Felipe3-Spain.jpg169x169px]]
10[[File:GaspardeZugnigayAcevedo.jpg86x86px]]Gaspar de Zúñiga,18 January 160416 March 1606
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Diego Núñez de Avendaño,16 March 160621 December 1607
11[[File:JuandeMendozayLuna.jpg88x88px]]Juan de Mendoza,21 December 160718 December 1615
12[[File:Principe_de_Esquilache.jpg116x116px]]Francisco de Borja y Aragón,18 December 161531 December 1621
[[File:Cristobal_Gómez_de_Sandoval.jpg149x149px]]
[[File:Philip_IV_of_Spain_-_Velázquez_1644.jpg131x131px]]
[[File:Baltasar_de_Zúñiga_y_Velasco.jpg129x129px]]
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Juan Jiménez de Montalvo,31 December 162125 July 1622
13[[File:DiegoFernandezdeCordoba.jpg81x81px]]Diego Fernández de Córdoba,25 July 162214 January 1629
[[File:Count-Duke_of_Olivares.jpg132x132px]]
14[[File:Chinchon.jpg88x88px]]Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera,14 January 162918 December 1639
15[[File:Mancera1.jpg67x67px]]Pedro de Toledo,18 December 163920 September 1648
[[File:Luis_Mendez_de_Haro,_di_pittore_di_ambito_fiorentino,_ante_1687_-FG.jpg123x123px]]
16[[File:GarciaSarmientodeSotomayor.jpg81x81px]]García Sarmiento de Sotomayor,20 September 164824 February 1655
17[[File:EnriquezdeGuzman,condedeAlbadeAliste.jpg85x85px]]Luis Enríquez de Guzmán,24 February 165531 December 1661
No valido
18[[File:Santisteban1.jpg86x86px]]Diego de Benavides,31 December 166116 March 1666
[[File:El_cardenal_Juan_Everardo_Nithard.jpg133x133px]][[File:Mariana_of_Austria_by_Velázquez_(c._1652,_Museo_del_Prado).jpg180x180px]]Mariana of Austria[[File:Juan_de_Miranda_Carreno_002.jpg127x127px]]
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Bernardo de Iturriaza,17 March 166621 November 1667
19[[File:Lemos1.jpg78x78px]]Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro,21 November 16676 December 1672
[[File:Fernando_de_Valenzuela_Claudio_Coello.jpg129x129px]]
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Bernardo de Iturriaza,6 December 167215 August 1674
20[[File:Castellar5.jpg64x64px]]Baltasar de la Cueva,15 August 16747 July 1678
[[File:Juanjosedeaustria.jpg121x121px]]No regency
21[[File:Melchor_de_Linan_y_Cisneros.jpg76x76px]]Melchor Liñán y Cisneros7 July 167820 November 1681
[[File:Juan_Francisco_de_la_Cerda,_VIII_duque_de_Medinaceli_-_Claudio_Coello.jpg136x136px]]
22[[File:Palata1.jpg72x72px]]Melchor de Navarra,20 November 168115 August 1689
Count of Oropesa
23[[File:MelchorPorotcarreroLassodelaVega.jpg78x78px]]Melchor Portocarrero,15 August 168922 September 1705
[[File:Retrato_del_Cardenal_Luis_Manuel_Fernández_de_Portocarrero.jpg124x124px]]
Count of Oropesa
[[File:Retrato_del_Cardenal_Luis_Manuel_Fernández_de_Portocarrero.jpg124x124px]]
**[[File:Retrato_del_Cardenal_Luis_Manuel_Fernández_de_Portocarrero.jpg124x124px]]**
Antonio de UbillaGovernment Board of the RealmsVacant
[[File:Hyacinthe_Rigaud_-_Philippe_V,_roi_d'Espagne_(1683-1746)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg159x159px]]
Marquis of Mejorada del Campo**[[File:Retrato_del_Cardenal_Luis_Manuel_Fernández_de_Portocarrero.jpg124x124px]]**
No regency
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Juan Peñalosa y Benavides,22 September 17057 July 1707
24[[File:Castelldosrius.jpg68x68px]]Manuel de Oms,7 July 170722 April 1710
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,22 April 171014 September 1710
25[[File:Diego_Ladrón_de_Guevara.jpg74x74px]]Diego Ladrón de Guevara14 September 17102 March 1716
Manuel de Vadillo y Velasco
[[File:José_Grimaldo.png121x121px]]
Bernardo Tinajero de la Escalera
No secretary
Int.[[File:Middle_Coat_of_Arms_of_Charles_I_of_Spain,_Charles_V_as_Holy_Roman_Emperor.svg61x61px]]Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León,2 March 171615 August 1716
Int.[[File:Diego_Morcillo_Rubio_de_Auñón_(cropped).jpg72x72px]]Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.15 August 17165 October 1716
26[[File:Santo_Buono.jpg69x69px]]Carmine Caracciolo,5 October 171626 January 1720
27[[File:Diego_Morcillo_Rubio_de_Auñón_(cropped).jpg72x72px]]Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.26 January 172014 May 1724
[[File:Goya_-_Miguel_Fernández_Durán,_marqués_de_Tolosa.jpg146x146px]]
Andres Matías de Pes Marazaraga
No secretary
Antonio de Sopeña y Mioño
Juan Bautista de Orendáin
[[File:Louis,_King_of_Spain.jpg155x155px]]
28[[File:José_de_Armendáriz2.jpg97x97px]]José de Armendáriz,14 May 17244 February 1736
[[File:Hyacinthe_Rigaud_-_Philippe_V,_roi_d'Espagne_(1683-1746)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg159x159px]]
[[File:José_Grimaldo.png121x121px]]
[[File:JoséPatiñoMuseoNaval.jpg127x127px]]
[[File:Johan_Willem_Ripperda.jpg121x121px]]
[[File:José_Grimaldo.png121x121px]]
Juan Bautista de Orendáin
[[File:JoséPatiñoMuseoNaval.jpg127x127px]]
29[[File:Antonio_José_de_Mendoza_Caamaño_y_Sotomayor.jpg94x94px]]José Antonio de Mendoza,4 February 173615 December 1745
Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero[[File:Manuel_salvador_carmona-Retrato_de_Sebastián_de_la_Quadra.jpg102x102px]]
[[File:Manuel_salvador_carmona-Retrato_de_Sebastián_de_la_Quadra.jpg102x102px]]
[[File:Zenon_de_Somodevilla_y_Bengoechea,_Marquis_de_Ensenada_(ca._1750)_-_Jacopo_Amigoni_(Museo_El_Prado).jpg117x117px]]
30[[File:Conde_de_Superunda.jpg100x100px]]José Manso de Velasco,15 December 174512 October 1761
[[File:Rey_Fernando_VI.jpg125x125px]]
[[File:José_de_Carvajal_y_Lancáster.jpg123x123px]]
[[File:Don_Fernando_de_Silva_Álvarez_de_Toledo,_XII_duque_de_Alba.jpg125x125px]]
[[File:Ricardo_Wall_y_Devreux.jpg147x147px]]
[[File:Ricardo_Wall_y_Devreux.jpg147x147px]]
Julián de Arriaga y Ribera
[[File:Isabel_de_Farnesio.jpg137x137px]][[File:Charles_III_of_Spain_high_resolution.jpg140x140px]]
No regency
31[[File:Pedro_Díaz_-_Manuel_d'Amat_i_de_Junyent.jpg88x88px]]Manuel de Amat y Juniet12 October 176117 July 1776
[[File:Pablo_Jerónimo_Grimaldi.jpg140x140px]]
[[File:Portrait_of_José_de_Gálvez.jpg146x146px]]
32[[File:'Viceroy_Manuel_Guirior'_(18th_cent.)_by_Joaquín_Gutiérrez_-_Museo_de_Antioquia_-_Medellín_-_Colombia_2024.jpg85x85px]]Manuel de Guirior17 July 177621 July 1780
[[File:Pompeo_Girolamo_Batoni_-_Don_José_Moñino_y_Redondo,_Conde_de_Floridablanca_-_1974.386_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg134x134px]]
33[[File:Pedro_Díaz_-_Agustín_de_Jáuregui.jpg91x91px]]Agustín de Jáuregui21 July 178029 April 1784
34[[File:Teodoro_de_Croix.jpg88x88px]]Teodoro de Croix29 April 178425 March 1790
[[File:Pompeo_Girolamo_Batoni_-_Don_José_Moñino_y_Redondo,_Conde_de_Floridablanca_-_1974.386_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg134x134px]][[File:Carlos_IV_de_rojo.jpg136x136px]]
[[File:Antonio_Aniceto_de_Porlier,_marqués_de_Bajamar_por_Francisco_Goya.jpg127x127px]]
35[[File:Francisco_Gil_de_Taboada.jpg84x84px]]Francisco Gil de Taboada25 March 17906 June 1796
No secretary (affairs of Indies distributed among different secretariats)[[File:Pedro_Pablo_Abarca_de_Bolea,_Count_of_Aranda.jpg131x131px]]
[[File:Manuel_de_Godoy,_por_Francisco_Bayeu_(Real_Academia_de_Bellas_Artes_de_San_Fernando).jpg145x145px]]
36[[File:Portrait_of_Ambrosio_O'Higgins_(18th-19th_century).jpg77x77px]]Ambrosio O'Higgins,24 July 179619 March 1801
[[File:Francisco_de_Saavedra_(Goya).jpg168x168px]]
[[File:Mariano_Luis_de_Urquijo_(Museo_del_Prado).jpg99x99px]]
[[File:Pedro_Ceballos_Guerra.jpg107x107px]]
Int.[[File:Royal_Greater_Coat_of_Arms_of_Spain_(1761-1868_and_1874-1931)_Version_with_Golden_Fleece_and_Order_of_Charles_III_Collars.svg100x100px]]Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín,19 March 18015 November 1801
37[[File:Avilés1.jpg88x88px]]Gabriel de Avilés,5 November 180120 August 1806
38[[File:Pedro_díaz-abascal.jpg85x85px]]José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa,20 August 18067 July 1816
[[File:Gonzalo-OFarril.png132x132px]]
[[File:Pedro_Ceballos_Guerra.jpg107x107px]][[File:Ferdinand_VII_of_Spain_(1814)_by_Goya.jpg147x147px]]
Martín Garay Perales (Interim)
[[File:Félix_batanero-retrato_de_eusebio_bardají_y_azara.jpg127x127px]]
Pedro Rivero (Interim)
[[File:Francisco_de_Saavedra_(Goya).jpg168x168px]]
Nicolás Ambrosio Garro y Arizcun (Interim)
[[File:José_García_de_León_y_Pizarro,_de_Ángel_Saavedra.jpg127x127px]]
Ignacio de la Pezuela (Interim)
[[File:Ciriaco_González_Carvajal.jpg166x166px]][[File:Carlos_Martínez_de_Irujo_y_Tacón_(cropped).jpg148x148px]]
[[File:Vicente_López_Portaña_-_Portrait_of_the_Marquis_of_Labrador,_Spanish_Ambassador_to_the_Congress_of_Vienna_of_1815_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg130x130px]]
José Limonta (Interim)
Antonio Cano Ramírez de Arellano (Interim)
Manuel Antonio de la Bodega y Mollinedo**
[[File:JuanODonoju.jpg123x123px]]
[[File:Francisco_de_Goya_-_Portrait_of_Don_Miguel_De_Lardizábal.JPG131x131px]][[File:Duque_de_San_Carlos.jpg171x171px]]
No secretary
[[File:Pedro_Ceballos_Guerra.jpg107x107px]]
Juan Estebán Lozano de Torres
[[File:Pedro_Ceballos_Guerra.jpg107x107px]]
39[[File:Joaquín_de_la_Pezuela.jpg93x93px]]Joaquín de la Pezuela,7 July 181629 January 1821
[[File:José_García_de_León_y_Pizarro,_de_Ángel_Saavedra.jpg127x127px]]
[[File:Carlos_Martínez_de_Irujo_y_Tacón_(cropped).jpg148x148px]]
[[File:Manuel_González_Salmón_(cropped).jpg144x144px]]
[[File:Joaquín_José_Melgarejo_y_Saurín_(cropped).jpg133x133px]]
Antonio González Salmón (Interim)
Juan Jabat Aztal
[[File:Antonio_de_Porcel_by_Goya.jpg134x134px]]Antonio Porcel Román
[[File:Evaristo_Pérez_de_Castro_(cropped).jpg148x148px]]
Ramón Gil de la Cuadra
40[[File:Jose_de_la_Serna_1.jpg110x110px]]José de la Serna e Hinojosa,29 January 18219 December 1824
Antonio de Guilleman (Interim) **Joaquín Anduaga Cuenca (Interim)
Francisco de Paula Escudero (Interim)
Ramón Olaguer Feliú **
[[File:Félix_batanero-retrato_de_eusebio_bardají_y_azara.jpg127x127px]]
Ramón López Pelegrín**
Ramón López Pelegrín
[[File:Silva-bazan.JPG125x125px]]
Ramón López Pelegrín
Manuel de la Bodega Mollinedo**[[File:Francisco_Martínez_de_la_Rosa_(cropped).jpg147x147px]]
[[File:Federico_de_madrazo-Retrato_de_Diego_Clemencin_(cropped).jpg106x106px]]
José Manuel de Vadillo**
Evaristo Fernández San Miguel y Valledor
José Manuel Vadillo
Pedro Urquinaona**Santiago Usoz y Mozi
José María Pando de la Riva y Ramírez de Laredo
Francisco de Paula Ossorio y Vargas (Interim) **
Luis María de Salazar y Salazar
Juan Antonio Yandiola Garay
José Luyando
No secretary
Víctor Damián Sáez
[[File:Carlos_Martínez_de_Irujo_y_Tacón_(cropped).jpg148x148px]]
[[File:Narciso_Heredia_y_Begines_de_los_Ríos_(cropped).jpg148x148px]]
[[File:Francisco_Cea_Bermúdez_(cropped).jpg148x148px]]
41[[File:Retrato_de_Juan_Pio_de_Tristan_y_Moscoso.png78x78px]]Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso9 December 182430 December 1824

References

References

  1. '''Depending office of the [[Spanish Empire]] colonies'''
  2. '''Depending secretariat of the Spanish Empire colonies'''
  3. As '''''[[Validos. valido]]'' of the King of Spain'''
  4. Personalist government of [[Philip IV of Spain. Philip IV]]
  5. As regent during the minority of his son, [[Charles II of Spain. Charles II]]
  6. As '''Chief Minister of Spain'''
  7. During the illness of [[Charles II of Spain. Charles II]]
  8. As '''[[List of prime ministers of Spain#Secretaries of State and the Universal Bureau. Secretary of the Universal Bureau]]'''
  9. After the death of [[Charles II of Spain. Charles II]]
  10. Until the coronation of [[Philip of Anjou]]
  11. During the voyage of [[Philip V of Spain. Philip V]]
  12. As '''Secretary of State for the Navy and the Indies of Spain'''
  13. As '''[[First Secretary of State of Spain. First Secretary of State]]'''
  14. As '''[[Ministry of Overseas (Spain). Secretary of State for Indies]]'''
  15. Until the arrival of [[Charles III of Spain. Charles III]]
  16. As '''Secretary of State for Grace and Justice of Indies'''
  17. As '''Secretary of State for War, Treasury, Commerce and Navigation of Indies'''
  18. Loyal to [[Ferdinand VII]] instead of [[Joseph Bonaparte]] during the [[Spanish War of Independence]]
  19. As '''Secretary of State for Overseas Governance of Spain'''
  20. As '''Secretary of State for Overseas Governance''' and form 28 June 1814 until 18 September 1815 as '''Secretary of State for Indies'''
  21. As '''Secretary of State for Overseas Governance of Spain'''
  22. (18 December 2019). "Biografía Pío Tristán y Moscoso".
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