List of viceroys of Peru

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
	es:Juan Peñalosa y Benavides, 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[]

• Viceroyalty of Peru
• History of Peru
• List of Presidents of Peru

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