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List of Spanish viceroys of Catalonia

List of Spanish viceroys of Catalonia

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Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

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Catalonia
Catalonia is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain. The capital city is Barcelona.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an official population of 7,364,078. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the...

from 1479 to 1713.
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Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

 viceroys of Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain. The capital city is Barcelona.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an official population of 7,364,078. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the...

from 1479 to 1713.
  • 1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
  • 1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza
  • 1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
    Juan Fernández de Heredia
    Juan Fernández de Heredia was the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 24 September 1377 to his death. His tenure was occupied by the "affair of Achaea." He was also a great patron of the translation and composition of historiographical works in the Aragonese language and a counsellor to...

  • 1496–1501: Juan de Aragón, Conde de Ribagorza
  • 1501–1514: Jaime de Luna
  • 1514–1521: Alonso de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza
  • 1521–1523: Pedro Folc de Cardona, Archbishop of Tarragona
  • 1523–1525: Antonio de Zúñiga
  • 1525–1539: Fadrique de Portugal, Bishop of Sigüenza
  • 1539–1543: Francis Borgia
    Francis Borgia
    Saint Francis Borgia was a Spanish Jesuit and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on June 20, 1670.-Biography:...

    , Duque de Gandia
  • 1543–1554: Juan Fernández Manrique de Lara, Marqués de Aguilar de Campoo
  • 1554–1558: Pedro Afán de Ribera, Duque de Alcalá
  • 1558–1564: García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo
    García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca
    García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, 4th Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo, Grandee of Spain, , , was a Spanish military officer and politician.- Biography :...

  • 1564–1571: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda, Duque de Francavilla
  • 1571–1580: Fernando de Toledo
    Fernando de Toledo
    Fernando de Toledo, was a Spanish nobleman.He was the illegitimate son of Don Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba. He was a prior of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, in Castile and Leon. He was Captain General of the cavalry of Flanders and Portugal, member of the Council of State...

  • 1580–1581: Francisco de Moncada y Folc de Cardona, Marqués de Aytona
  • 1581–1583: Carlos de Aragón, Duque de Terranova
  • 1583–1586: Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda, Conde de Miranda del Castañar
  • 1586–1590: Manrique de Lara y Girón, Conde de Valencia de Don Juan
  • 1590–1592: Pedro Luis Galcerán de Borja y de Castro-Pinós
  • 1592–1596: Bernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal, Duque de Maqueda
  • 1596–1602: Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duque de Feria
  • 1602–1603: Juan Terés y Borrull, Archbishop of Tarragona
  • 1603–1611: Héctor de Pignatelli y Colonna, Duque de Monteleón
  • 1611–1611: Pedro Manrique, Bishop of Tortosa
  • 1611–1615: Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza, Marqués de Almazán
  • 1615–1619: Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Duque de Alburquerque
  • 1619–1622: Fernando Afán de Ribera y Enríquez, Duque de Alcalá
  • 1622–1626: Juan Sentís, Bishop of Barcelona
  • 1626–1627: Luis Diez de Aux de Armendáriz, Bishop of Urgel
  • 1627–1629: Miguel Santos de San Pedro, Bishop of Solsona
  • 1629–1630: Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria
  • 1630–1632: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba
  • 1632–1633: Cardinal-Infante Fernando de Austria
    Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand
    Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand was Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Infante of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Archbishop of Toledo , and military commander during the Thirty Years' War.-...

  • 1633–1638: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba
  • 1638–1640: Dalmacio de Queralt, Conde de Santa Coloma
  • 1640–1640: García Gil Manrique, Bishop of Barcelona
  • 1640–1640: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba
  • 1640–1642: Pedro Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marqués de los Vélez
  • 1642–1644: Pedro Antonio de Aragón
    Pedro Antonio de Aragón
    Pedro Antonio de Aragón was a Spanish nobleman, military figure and politician who served under Kings Philip IV and Charles II of Spain....

  • 1642–1645: Felipe de Silva
  • 1645–1647: Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés
    Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés
    Diego Mexía Felipez de Guzmán y Dávila , vicecount of Butarque and first Marquis of Leganés, was a Spanish politician and military.-Biography:...

  • 1647–1648: Guillermo Ramón de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona
  • 1648–1650: Juan de Garay
    Juan de Garay
    Juan de Garay was a Spanish Basque conquistador.Garay was born in Orduña, in the Basque Country. He worked and fought for the Spanish Empire, first in the Viceroyalty of Peru, and then at the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata...

  • 1650–1653: Francisco de Orozco, Marqués de Mortara
  • 1653–1656: John of Austria the Younger
    John of Austria the Younger
    John of Austria was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only natural son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and trained for military command and political administration...

  • 1656–1663: Francisco de Orozco, Marqués de Mortara
  • 1663–1664: Francisco de Moura y Corterreal, Marqués de Castel Rodrigo
    Francisco Castel Rodrigo
    Francisco de Moura y Melo, 3rd Marquis of Castel Rodrigo, , was a Spanish political figure.Francisco de Moura was the son of Emmanuel de Moura, who had been Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1644 and 1647, and of Leonor de Melo...

  • 1664–1667: Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria
  • 1667–1669: Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna
    Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna
    Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna was a Spanish general.He was the grandson of Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna. He married a daughter of Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena. He lost the Battle of Castelo Rodrigo in 1664, as part of the Portuguese Restoration War.-Sources:...

  • 1669–1673: Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, Duque de Sessa
  • 1673–1675: Francisco de Tutavila y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán
  • 1675–1676: Juan Antonio Pacheco Osorio Toledo, Marqués de Cerralbo
  • 1676–1677: Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma
    Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma
    Alessandro Farnese was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 until 1682.Not to be confused with his better known great-grandfather Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. This Alessandro was often called Alessandro di Odoardo .His title was Prince of Parma...

  • 1677–1678: Juan Domingo de Haro
    Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca
    Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca was a Spanish military and political figure.Originally named Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Sotomayor, he was the son of Luis Méndez de Haro, 6th Marquis of Carpio, prime minister of King Philip IV of Spain, and Doña Catalina Fernández de Córdoba.He married Doña...

  • 1678–1678: Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés
  • 1678–1685: Alejandro de Bournonville, Duque de Bournonville
  • 1685–1688: Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés
  • 1688–1688: Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera, Conde de Melga
  • 1688–1690: Carlos de Gurrea Aragón y Borja, Duque de Villahermosa
    Carlos de Gurrea, Duke of Villahermosa
    Carlos de Gurrea Aragón y Borja , 9th Duque de Villahermosa was a Spanish nobleman, viceroy and governor.He was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1675 and 1677. During his reign Spanish authority over the Southern Netherlands was nominal...

  • 1690–1693: Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Duque de Medina Sidonia
  • 1693–1694: Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena
  • 1694–1696: Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marquis of Gastañaga
    Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marquis of Gastañaga
    Francisco Antonio de Agurto y Salcedo, first Marquis of Gastañaga was a Spanish nobleman, viceroy and governor.He was of Basque origin and became first Marquis de Gastañaga in 1676...

  • 1696–1698: Francisco de Velasco y Tovar, Conde de Melgar
  • 1698–1701: Jorge de Darmstadt, Landgrave of Hesse
    Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt
    Prince George Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army and conqueror of Gibraltar for the British in 1704. He died in 1705 leading an attack on Mountjuic Castle during an allied attempt to seize Barcelona...


Viceroys named by Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain , fils de France and duc d'Anjou, was king of Spain from 1700 to 14 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son, Louis I of Spain, and from 31 August 1724 to 1746, assuming the throne again upon his son's death. Philip was the first Bourbon king of Spain...

 

  • 1702–1703: Luis Fernández de Portocarrero, Conde de Palma
  • 1703–1705: Francisco de Velasco y Tovar, Conde de Melgar
  • 1705–1706: José Antonio Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor
    José Antonio de Mendoza
    José Antonio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía de Arousa was a Spanish colonial administrator. From February 4, 1736 to December 15, 1745 he was viceroy of Peru.Mendoza was a native of Galicia and a knight of the Order of Santiago...

  • 1706–1719: Count d'Asfeld
    Claude François Bidal d'Asfeld
    Claude François Bidal, marquis d'Asfeld , was a French Marshal of France.He was the son of Pierre Bidal , a French merchant and banker who did business with Christina of Sweden.
    ...


Viceroys named by Archduke Charles
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary , King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria from 1711 to 1740...

 

  • 1711–1712: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
    Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
    Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Emperor Charles VI...

  • 1713–1713: Guido Starhemberg
    Guido Starhemberg
    Guido Wald Rüdiger, count of Starhemberg; was an Austrian military officer.He was a cousin of Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg , the famous commander of Vienna during the Turkish siege of 1683, and acted as his ADC during the siege...