Governor of Tripoli

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Governor of Tripoli
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First Governor
Pedro Navarro

1510
Seat Tripoli
Formation26 July 1510
First holder Pedro Navarro
Final holder Gaspard de Vallier
Abolished15 August 1551
Succession Ottoman Beylerbeyleri of Tripoli

The Governor of Tripoli was an official who was responsible for the administration of Tripoli in the first half of the 16th century, when the city was under Spanish and later Hospitaller rule. [1] [2]

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List

Spanish governors

GovernorTook officeLeft office
Pedro Navarro
(c. 1460–1528)
26 July 15101510
Diego de Vera 15101510
Jayme de Requesens 15101511
Guillem de Moncada 15111520
François Velasquès  ?25 July 1530
Source [1]

Hospitaller governors

GovernorTook officeLeft office
Gaspare de Sanguessa 15301531
Bernardino Macado (acting)15311532
Aurelio Bottigella (1st term)
(1480–1550)
15321533
García Cortés 15331535
Georg Schilling von Cannstatt  [ de ]
(c. 1490–1554)
15351537
Aurelio Bottigella (2nd term)
(1480–1550)
15371539
Hernando de Bracamonte 15391544
Cristofano de Solís Farfan 15441546
Jean de Valette
(1495–1568)
15461549
Pedro Nuñez de Herrera 15491551
Gaspard de Vallier April 155114 August 1551
Sources [1] [2] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Libya". worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 Vella, Andrew P. (1975). "The Order of Malta and the defence of Tripoli 1530–1551" (PDF). Melita Historica. 6 (4): 362–381. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2020.
  3. Spranger, Tade Matthias (2000). "Georg Schilling von Canstatt". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Vol. XVII. pp. 1208–1210. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.