List of viceroys of Peru

The viceroys of Peru 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 almost all of South America except eastern Brazil.

Viceroy of Peru
ResidenceThe Viceroy Palace
(Now the Government Palace)
AppointerThe King of Spain
Formation1528
First holderFrancisco Pizarro
Final holderPío de Tristán
Abolished30 December 1824

Governors of New Castile (1532–1544)
No. Picture Governor From Until Monarch
1 Francisco Pizarro153226 June 1541
Charles I
2 Cristóbal Vaca de Castro15411544
— Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana		15441548

Viceroys of Peru (1544–1824)
No. Picture Viceroy From Until Monarch
1 Blasco Núñez Vela15 May 154418 January 1546
Charles I
Int. Pedro de la Gasca,
Dean of the Audiencia		10 April 154727 January 1550
2 Antonio de Mendoza,
Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla		23 September 155121 July 1552
Int. Melchor Bravo de Saravia,
Dean of the Audiencia		July 1552June 1556
3 Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Cañete		29 June 155630 March 1561
Philip II
4 Diego López de Zúñiga,
4th Count of Nieva		17 April 156120 February 1564
Int. Juan de Saavedra,
Dean of the Audiencia		20 February 15642 September 1564
int. Lope García de Castro,
Dean of the Audiencia		2 September 156426 November 1569
5 Francisco Álvarez de Toledo
26 November 156923 September 1581
6 Martín Enríquez de Almanza23 September 158113 March 1583
Int. Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena,
Dean of the Audiencia		13 March 158331 March 1584
7 Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía,
1st Count of Villadompardo		31 March 158420 November 1589
8 García Hurtado de Mendoza,
5th Marquis of Cañete		8 January 159024 July 1596
9 Luis de Velasco,
Marquis of Salinas		24 July 159618 January 1604
10 Gaspar de Zúñiga,
5th Count of Monterrey		18 January 160416 March 1606
Philip III
Int. Diego Núñez de Avendaño,
Dean of the Audiencia		16 March 160621 December 1607
11 Juan de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Montesclaros		21 December 160718 December 1615
12 Francisco de Borja y Aragón,
Count of Rebolledo, Prince of Esquilache		18 December 161531 December 1621
Int. Juan Jiménez de Montalvo,
Dean of the Audiencia		31 December 162125 July 1622
Philip IV
13 Diego Fernández de Córdoba,
Marquis of Guadalcázar, Count of Posadas		25 July 162214 January 1629
14 Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera,
4th Count of Chinchón		14 January 162918 December 1639
15 Pedro de Toledo,
1st Marquis of Mancera		18 December 163920 September 1648
16 García Sarmiento de Sotomayor,
2nd Count of Salvatierra		20 September 164824 February 1655
17 Luis Enríquez de Guzmán,
9th Count of Alba de Liste		24 February 165531 December 1661
18 Diego de Benavides,
8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, 1st Marquis of Solera		31 December 166116 March 1666
Int. Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia		March 1666November 1667
Charles II
19 Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro,
10th Count of Lemos		21 November 16676 December 1672
Int. Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia		December 1672August 1674
20 Baltasar de la Cueva,
Count of Castellar		15 August 16747 July 1678
21 Melchor Liñán y Cisneros
(Archbishop of Lima)		7 July 167820 November 1681
22 Melchor de Navarra,
Duke of Palata		20 November 168115 August 1689
23 Melchor Portocarrero,
3rd Count of Monclova		August 1689September 1705
Int. Juan Peñalosa y Benavides,
Dean of the Audiencia		September 1705May 1707
Philip V
24 Manuel de Oms,
1st Marquis of Castelldosrius		7 July 170722 April 1710
Int. Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,
Dean of the Audiencia		22 April 171014 September 1710
25 Diego Ladrón de Guevara14 September 17102 March 1716
Int. Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León,
Dean of the Audiencia		2 March 171615 August 1716
Int. Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
(Archbishop of Lima)		15 August 17165 October 1716
26 Carmine Caracciolo,
5th Prince of Santo Buono		5 October 171626 January 1720
27 Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
(Archbishop of Lima)		26 January 172014 May 1724
28 José de Armendáriz,
1st Marquis of Castelfuerte		14 May 17244 February 1736
Louis I
From 1700 to 1724, Philip V of Spain was the king; then from 1724 to 1746. Louis I only reigned in 1724.
29 José Antonio de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Villagarcía		4 February 173615 December 1745
Philip V
30 José Manso de Velasco,
1st Count of Superunda		15 December 174512 October 1761
Ferdinand VI
31 Manuel de Amat y Juniet12 October 176117 July 1776
Charles III
32 Manuel de Guirior17 July 177621 July 1780
33 Agustín de Jáuregui21 July 178029 April 1784
34 Teodoro de Croix29 April 178425 March 1790
35 Francisco Gil de Taboada25 March 17906 June 1796
Charles IV
36 Ambrosio O'Higgins,
1st Marquis of Osorno		24 July 179619 March 1801
Int. Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín,
Dean of the Audiencia		19 March 18015 November 1801
37 Gabriel de Avilés,
2nd Marquis of Avilés		5 November 180120 August 1806
38 José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa,
1st Marquis of La Concordia		20 August 18067 July 1816
39 Joaquín de la Pezuela,
1st Marquis of Viluma		7 July 181629 January 1821
Ferdinand VII
40 José de la Serna e Hinojosa,
1st Count of los Andes		29 January 18219 December 1824
41 Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso9 December 182430 December 1824[1]

See also

References
  1. "Biografía Pío Tristán y Moscoso". Real Academia de la Historia. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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