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.

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PictureGovernorFromUntilMonarch
Francisco Pizarro153226 June 1541
Charles I
Cristóbal Vaca de Castro15411544
Charles I
Gonzalo Pizarro
Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru.
Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana
15441548
Charles I

Viceroys of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru">Peru (1544–1826)

PictureViceroyFromUntilMonarch
Blasco Núñez Vela15 May 154418 January 1546
Charles I
Pedro de la Gasca,
Dean of the Audiencia
10 April 154727 January 1550
Charles I
Antonio de Mendoza,
Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla
23 September 155121 July 1552
Charles I
Melchor Bravo de Saravia,
Dean of the Audiencia
July 1552June 1556
Charles I
Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Cañete
29 June 155630 March 1561
Philip II
Diego López de Zúñiga,
4th Count of Nieva
17 April 156120 February 1564
Philip II
Juan de Saavedra,
Dean of the Audiencia
15641564
Philip II
Lope García de Castro,
Dean of the Audiencia
2 September 156426 November 1569
Philip II
Francisco Álvarez de Toledo
26 November 156923 September 1581
Philip II
Martín Enríquez de Almanza23 September 158113 March 1583
Philip II
Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena,
Dean of the Audiencia
15841584
Philip II
Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía,
1st Count of Villadompardo
31 March 158420 November 1589
Philip II
García Hurtado de Mendoza,
5th Marquis of Cañete
8 January 159024 July 1596
Philip II
Luis de Velasco,
Marquis of Salinas
24 July 159618 January 1604
Philip II
Gaspar de Zúñiga,
5th Count of Monterrey
18 January 160416 March 1606
Philip III
Diego Núñez de Avendaño,
Dean of the Audiencia
16071607
Philip III
Juan de Mendoza,
3rd Marquis of Montesclaros
21 December 160718 December 1615
Philip III
Francisco de Borja y Aragón,
Count of Rebolledo, Prince of Esquilache
18 December 161531 December 1621
Philip III
Juan Jiménez de Montalvo,
Dean of the Audiencia
31 December 162125 July 1622
Philip IV
Diego Fernández de Córdoba,
Marquis of Guadalcázar, Count of Posadas
25 July 162214 January 1629
Philip IV
Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera,
4th Count of Chinchón
14 January 162918 December 1639
Philip IV
Pedro de Toledo,
1st Marquis of Mancera
18 December 163920 September 1648
Philip IV
García Sarmiento de Sotomayor,
2nd Count of Salvatierra
20 September 164824 February 1655
Philip IV
Luis Enríquez de Guzmán,
9th Count of Alba de Liste
24 February 165531 December 1661
Philip IV
Diego de Benavides,
8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, 1st Marquis of Solera
31 December 166116 March 1666
Philip IV
Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia
March 1666November 1667
Charles II
Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro,
10th Count of Lemos
21 November 16676 December 1672
Charles II
Bernardo de Iturriaza,
Dean of the Audiencia
December 1672August 1674
Charles II
Baltasar de la Cueva,
Count of Castellar
15 August 16747 July 1678
Charles II
Melchor Liñán y Cisneros
7 July 167820 November 1681
Charles II
Melchor de Navarra,
Duke of Palata
20 November 168115 August 1689
Charles II
Melchor Portocarrero,
3rd Count of Monclova
August 16891705
Charles II
Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,
Dean of the Audiencia
September 1705May 1707
Philip V
Manuel de Oms,
1st Marquis of Castelldosrius
7 July 170722 April 1710
Philip V
Miguel Núñez de Sanabria,
Dean of the Audiencia
22 April 171014 September 1710
Philip V
Diego Ladrón de Guevara14 September 17102 March 1716
Philip V
Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León,
Dean of the Audiencia
2 March 171615 August 1716
Philip V
Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
15 August 17165 October 1716
Philip V
Carmine Caracciolo,
5th Prince of Santo Buono
5 October 171626 January 1720
Philip V
Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T.
26 January 172014 May 1724
Philip V
José de Armendáriz,
1st Marquis of Castelfuerte
14 May 17244 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 173615 December 1745
Philip V
José Manso de Velasco,
1st Count of Superunda
15 December 174512 October 1761
Ferdinand VI
Manuel de Amat y Juniet12 October 176117 July 1776
Charles III
Manuel de Guirior17 July 177621 July 1780
Charles III
Agustín de Jáuregui21 July 178029 April 1784
Charles III
Teodoro de Croix29 April 178425 March 1790
Charles III
Francisco Gil de Taboada25 March 17906 June 1796
Charles IV
Ambrosio O'Higgins,
1st Marquis of Osorno
24 July 179619 March 1801
Charles IV
Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín,
Dean of the Audiencia
19 March 18015 November 1801
Charles IV
Gabriel de Avilés,
2nd Marquis of Avilés
5 November 180120 August 1806
Charles IV
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa,
1st Marquis of La Concordia
20 August 18067 July 1816
Charles IV
Joaquín de la Pezuela,
1st Marquis of Viluma
7 July 181629 January 1821
Ferdinand VII
José de la Serna e Hinojosa,
1st Count of los Andes
29 January 18219 December 1824
Ferdinand VII
Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso9 December 182423 January 1826
Ferdinand VII