Royal Governor of Chile

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The royal governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district called the Captaincy General of Chile, and as a result the royal governor also held the title of a captain general . There were 66 such governors or captains during the Spanish conquest and the later periods of Spanish-centered colonialism. Since the first Spanish–Mapuche parliaments in the 17th century it became an almost mandatory tradition for each governor to arrange a parliament with the Mapuches. [1]

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List of governors

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
Pedro de Valdivia.jpg Pedro de Valdivia 11 June 1540December 1547 Charles V
FranciscodeVillagra.jpg Francisco de Villagra December 154720 July 1549
Pedro de Valdivia.jpg Pedro de Valdivia 20 July 154925 December 1553Killed at the Battle of Tucapel.
Rodrigo de Quiroga.JPG Rodrigo de Quiroga 25 December 1553February 1555
FranciscodeVillagra.jpg Francisco de Villagra Triumvirate
Francisco de Aguirre.jpg Francisco de Aguirre
Flag of New Spain.svg Cabildos of Chile February 155523 May 1556The cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima.
Philip II
FranciscodeVillagra.jpg Francisco de Villagra 23 May 1556April 1557
Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza 2.jpg García Hurtado de Mendoza April 1557February 1561
FranciscodeVillagra.jpg Francisco de Villagra February 1561June 1563
Pedro de Villagra June 1563June 1565
Rodrigo de Quiroga.JPG Rodrigo de Quiroga June 1565August 1567
Flag of New Spain.svg Real Audiencia of Chile August 1567August 1568
MBravoSaravia.png Melchor Bravo de Saravia August 1568January 1575
Rodrigo de Quiroga.JPG Rodrigo de Quiroga January 1575February 1580
MRuizGamboa.png Martín Ruiz de Gamboa February 1580July 1583
Alonso de Sotomayor.JPG Alonso de Sotomayor September 1583July 1592
Pedro de Viscarra July 1592October 1592
Retrato Onez de Loyola.jpg Martín García Óñez de Loyola October 1592December 1598Killed at the Disaster of Curalaba
Philip III
Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera December 1598May 1599
Francisco de Quiñónez May 1599July 1600
AlonsoGarciaRamon.JPG Alonso García de Ramón July 1600February 1601
AlonsoDeRivera.JPG Alonso de Ribera de Pareja February 1601March 1605
AlonsoGarciaRamon.JPG Alonso García de Ramón March 16052 September 1610
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta 2 September 1610January 1611
Juan Jaraquemada January 161127 March 1612
AlonsoDeRivera.JPG Alonso de Ribera de Pareja 27 March 16129 March 1617
Fernando Talaverano Gallegos 9 March 161714January 1618
Lope de Ulloa.jpg Lope de Ulloa y Lemos 14 January 16188 December 1620
Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor 8 December 1620November 1621
Philip IV
Pedro Osores de Ulloa November 1621September 1624
Francisco de Álava y Nureña September 1624May 1625
Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce May 1625December 1629
LazoDeLaVega.JPG Francisco Laso de la Vega December 1629May 1639
Francisco López de Zúñiga
2nd Marquis of Baides
May 1639May 1646
Martin de Mujica.jpg Martín de Mujica y Buitrón May 1646April 1649
Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba April 1649May 1650
Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona May 1650January 1656
Pedro Porter Casanate January 1656February 1662
Diego González Montero Justiniano February 1662May 1662
Ángel de Peredo May 1662January 1664
FDeMeneses.JPG Francisco de Meneses Brito January 16641667
Charles II
Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco
1st Marquis of Navamorcuende
1667February 1670
Diego González Montero Justiniano February 1670October 1670
Juan Henríquez de Villalobos October 1670April 1682
Marcos José de Garro Senei de Artola April 1682January 1692
MarinDePoveda.JPG Tomás Marín de Poveda
1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa
January 1692December 1700
Philip V
IbanezDePeralta.JPG Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta December 1700February 1709
Juan Andrés de Ustariz February 1709December 1716
Joseph de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra Primer Marques de Casa Concha - AHG.jpg José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra December 171617 December 1717
GabrielCano.jpeg 17 December 171711 November 1733
Gabriel Cano y Aponte Luis I
Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda 11 November 1733May 1734
Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano May 1734November 1737
Conde de Superunda.jpg José Antonio Manso de Velasco
Count of Superunda
November 1737June 1744
Francisco José de Ovando
1st Marquis of Brindisi
June 174525 March 1746
Domingo Ortiz de Rozas.jpg Domingo Ortíz de Rosas
1st Marquis of Poblaciones
25 March 174628 December 1755
Ferdinand VI
Pedro Diaz - Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent.jpg Manuel de Amat y Junyent 28 December 17559 September 1761
Charles III
Félix de Berroeta September 1761October 1762
Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga October 1762August 1768
Juan de Balmaseda August 1768March 1770
Francisco Javier de Morales March 1770March 1772

Governors and captains general of Chile

PictureNameEntered officeExited officeNotesAppointed by
Pedro Diaz - Agustin de Jauregui.jpg Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa March 1772July 1780 Charles III
Tomas Alvarez Acevedo.jpg Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz July 178012 December 1780Interim
Ambrosio de Benavides.jpg Ambrosio de Benavides 12 December 178027 April 1787
Tomas Alvarez Acevedo.jpg Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz 27 April 178716 May 1788Interim

Appointed by Charles IV

Appointed by Ferdinand VII

(Dissolved 1810-1814 Patria Vieja)

Period of the Reconquista Española: Governors and Captains General:

References

  1. Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto; Villaroel Carmona, Rafael; Lepe Orellana, Jaime; Fuente-Alba Poblete, J. Miguel; Fuenzalida Helms, Eduardo (1997). Historia militar de Chile (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). Biblioteca Militar. p. 86.

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