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Viceroys of New Spain

In addition to viceroy
Viceroy

A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king....
s, the following list includes the highest Spanish governors of the colony of New Spain
New Spain

The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
, before the appointment of the first viceroy or when the office of viceroy was vacant. Most of these individuals exercised most or all of the functions of viceroy, usually on an interim basis.








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Viceroys of New Spain

In addition to viceroy
Viceroy

A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king....
s, the following list includes the highest Spanish governors of the colony of New Spain
New Spain

The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
, before the appointment of the first viceroy or when the office of viceroy was vacant. Most of these individuals exercised most or all of the functions of viceroy, usually on an interim basis.

Spanish Rule Before Appointment of Viceroy


Of the Indies

1492 – 1499 Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
, as governor or viceroy of the Indies
1499 – 1502 Francisco de Bobadilla
Francisco de Bobadilla

Francisco de Bobadilla was a Spain colony administrator. Member of the Order of Calatrava, in 1499, de Bobadilla was appointed to succeed Christopher Columbus as the second governor of the Indies, Spain's new territories in Americas, by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile....
, as governor of the Indies
1502 – 1509 Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as governor of the Indies
1509 – 1518 Diego Columbus
Diego Colón

Diego Col?n Moniz, 1st Duke of Veragua, 1st Marquis of Jamaica and 2nd Admiral of the Indies was the 4th List of Viceroys of New Spain. He was the firstborn son of Christopher Columbus and wife Filipa Moniz....
, as governor of the Indies until 1511, thereafter as viceroy
1518 – 1524 Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar

Diego Vel?zquez de Cu?llar was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered and governed Cuba for Spain.Diego Vel?zquez was born in Cu?llar, in the Segovia region of Spain....
, as adelantado
Adelantado

Adelantado was a military title held by some Spain Conquistadors of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Adelantados were charter directly by the Monarch the right to become governors and judge of a specific region, which they charged with conquering, in exchange for funding and organizing the initial explorations, settlements and pacif...
 (governor-general) of Cuba


Of New Spain

13 August 1521 – 24 December 1521 Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés

Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqu?s del Valle de Oaxaca was a Spain conquistador who led an expedition that caused the conquest of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the Crown of Castile, in the early 16th century....
24 December 1521 – 30 December 1521 Cristóbal de Tapia
Cristóbal de Tapia

Crist?bal de Tapia was an inspector sent to New Spain in 1521 to investigate the conduct of the conquistador Hern?n Cort?s, and if he deemed it necessary, to arrest him and bring him to trial....
30 December 1521 – 12 October 1524 Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés

Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqu?s del Valle de Oaxaca was a Spain conquistador who led an expedition that caused the conquest of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the Crown of Castile, in the early 16th century....
, as governor and captain general from 15 October 1522
12 October 1524 – 29 December 1524 Alonso de Estrada
Alonso de Estrada

Alonso de Estrada was a colonial official in New Spain during the period of Hern?n Cort?s's government, and before the appointment of the first viceroy....
, Rodrigo de Albornoz
Rodrigo de Albornoz

Rodrigo de Albornoz was an auditor and colonial official in New Spain during the period of Hern?n Cort?s's government, and before the appointment of the first viceroy....
, Alonso de Zuazo
Alonso de Zuazo

Alonso de Zuazo was a Spanish lawyer and colonial judge and governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo. He served in New Spain during the period of Hern?n Cort?s's government and before the appointment of the first viceroy....
29 December 1524 – 17 February 1525 Gonzalo de Salazar
Gonzalo de Salazar

Gonzalo de Salazar was leader of several councils that governed New Spain while Hern?n Cort?s was traveling to Honduras, in 1525-26....
, Pedro Almíndez Chirino
Pedro Almíndez Chirino

Pedro Alm?ndez Chirino was a conquistador and member of several councils that governed New Spain while Hern?n Cort?s was traveling to Honduras, in 1525-26....
, Alonso de Zuazo
17 February 1525 – 20 April 1525 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino, Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz, Alonso de Zuazo
20 April 1525 – 23 May 1525 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino, Alonso de Zuazo
24 May 1525 – 28 January 1526 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino
29 January 1526 – 24 June 1526 Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz
25 June 1526 – 3 July 1526 Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés

Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqu?s del Valle de Oaxaca was a Spain conquistador who led an expedition that caused the conquest of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the Crown of Castile, in the early 16th century....
4 July 1526 – 16 July 1526 Luis Ponce de León
Luis Ponce de León (governor of New Spain)

Luis Ponce de Le?n was a Spanish judge and briefly the governor of New Spain, from July 4, 1526 to July 16, 1526.Luis Ponce de Le?n was an educated man and a knight of C?rdoba, Spain....
16 July 1526 – 1 March 1527 Marcos de Aguilar
Marcos de Aguilar

Marcos de Aguilar was briefly royal governor of New Spain .Marcos de Aguilar was a Licentiate. He served in various judicial capacities in Seville....
2 March 1527 – 22 August 1527 Alonso de Estrada
Alonso de Estrada

Alonso de Estrada was a colonial official in New Spain during the period of Hern?n Cort?s's government, and before the appointment of the first viceroy....
, Gonzalo de Sandoval
Gonzalo de Sandoval

Gonzalo de Sandoval was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain and briefly co-governor of the colony while Hernan Cort?s was away from the capital ....
, Luis de la Torre
Luis de la Torre

Luis de la Torre was one of the Spanish conquistadors who governed New Spain while Hern?n Cort?s was absent from the capital. There was much infighting during this period ....
22 August 1527 – 8 December 1528 Alonso de Estrada, Luis de la Torre
9 December 1528 – 21 December 1529 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán
Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán

Nu?o Beltr?n de Guzm?n or sometimes Nu?o de Guzm?n was a Spain conquistador and colonial administrator in New Spain....
, Juan Ortiz de Matienzo
Juan Ortiz de Matienzo

Juan Ortiz de Matienzo was a Spanish colonial judge and a member of the first Real Audiencia in the New World, that of Santo Domingo, in 1511....
, Diego Delgadillo
Diego Delgadillo

Diego Delgadillo was a judge of the first Audiencia of New Spain, which governed the colony from December 9, 1528 to January 9, 1531.Delgadillo was a native of Granada....
 (the first Audiencia
Audiencia

For the modern court, see Audiencia Nacional of Spain.The Royal Audiencia and Chanciller?a was a court that functioned as an appellate court in Spain and its empire....
)
21 December 1529 – 9 January 1531 Juan Ortiz de Matienzo, Diego Delgadillo
Diego Delgadillo

Diego Delgadillo was a judge of the first Audiencia of New Spain, which governed the colony from December 9, 1528 to January 9, 1531.Delgadillo was a native of Granada....
 (the first Audiencia)
10 January 1531 – 16 April 1535 Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal
Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal

Sebasti?n Ram?rez de Fuenleal was bishop of Santo Domingo and president of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo 1528 to 1531. He was also president of the second Audiencia of New Spain ....
, Vasco de Quiroga
Vasco de Quiroga

Vasco de Quiroga was the first bishop of Michoac?n, Mexico and one of the judges in the second Audiencia that governed New Spain from January 10, 1531 to April 16, 1535....
, Juan de Salmerón
Juan de Salmerón

Juan de Salmer?n was a Spanish colonial official New Spain, and an oidor of the Second Audiencia, which governed the colony from January 10, 1531 until April 16, 1534....
, Alonso de Maldonado
Alonso de Maldonado

Alonso de Maldonado was a Spanish lawyer and a member of the Second Audiencia of Mexico City, which governed New Spain from January 10, 1531 to April 16, 1535....
, Francisco Ceinos
Francisco Ceinos

Francisco Ceinos was one of five oidores of the second Audiencia of New Spain. This group governed the colony from January 10, 1531 to April 16, 1535....
 (the second Audiencia)


Viceroys before the War of Independence


Under King Charles I
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
 Habsburg

  • 17 April 1535 – 25 November 1550 Don
    Don (honorific)

    Don, from Latin Dominus , is a Spanish language , Portuguese language , and Italian language honorific. The female version is Do?a , Dona ...
     Antonio de Mendoza
    Antonio de Mendoza

    Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mond?jar, Count of Tendilla , was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from April 17, 1535 to November 25, 1550, and the third viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1551 to July 21, 1552.married with Maria Ana trujillo de Mendoza...
  • 1549 – 1550 Don
    Don (honorific)

    Don, from Latin Dominus , is a Spanish language , Portuguese language , and Italian language honorific. The female version is Do?a , Dona ...
     Francisco de Mendoza Government Assistant
  • 25 November 1550 – 31 July 1564 Don Luis de Velasco
    Luis de Velasco

    Luis de Velasco was the second viceroy of New Spain during the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century.Velasco was born in the town of Carri?n de los Condes, in the province of Palencia, in 1511....


Under King Philip II
Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
 

  • 1564 – 1566 Don Francisco Ceinos
    Francisco Ceinos

    Francisco Ceinos was one of five oidores of the second Audiencia of New Spain. This group governed the colony from January 10, 1531 to April 16, 1535....
    , Dean of the Audiencia
    Audiencia

    For the modern court, see Audiencia Nacional of Spain.The Royal Audiencia and Chanciller?a was a court that functioned as an appellate court in Spain and its empire....
  • 16 October 1566 – 10 March 1568 Don Gastón de Peralta, marqués de Falces
    Gastón de Peralta, marqués de Falces

    Gast?n de Peralta, Marquis of Falces was born in Pau, Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques, Navarre and died in Valladolid, Spain. He was viceroy of New Spain from October 16, 1566 to March 10, 1568....
  • November 1567 – ca. July 1568 Lic. Alonso Muñoz
    Alonso Muñoz

    Alonso Mu?oz was a high-ranking administrator in Spain and, from November 1567 to about July 1568, royal commissioner with Luis Carrillo for the inspection of the government of New Spain for King Philip II of Spain....
     and Dr. Luis Carrillo
    Luis Carrillo

    Luis Carrillo was, from November 1567 to about July 1568, royal commissioner with Alonso Mu?oz for the inspection of the viceregal government of New Spain for King Philip II of Spain....
    , Royal Commissioners
  • ca. July 1568 – November 1568 Don Francisco Ceinos
    Francisco Ceinos

    Francisco Ceinos was one of five oidores of the second Audiencia of New Spain. This group governed the colony from January 10, 1531 to April 16, 1535....
    , Dean of the Audiencia
  • 5 November 1568 – 3 October 1580 Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza
    Martín Enríquez de Almanza

    Don Mart?n Enr?quez de Almanza was the fourth viceroy of New Spain, who ruled from November 5, 1568 until October 3, 1580. He was subsequently viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1581 until his death in 1583....
  • 4 October 1580 – 29 June 1583 Don Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, 4th conde de la Coruña
    Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, 4th conde de la Coruña

    Lorenzo Su?rez de Mendoza, 4th conde de la Coru?a was the fifth viceroy of New Spain, who governed from October 4, 1580 to June 29, 1583. He was born into the old nobility of Spain, being a direct descendant of ??igo L?pez de Mendoza, marqu?s de Santillana, and a second cousin of Antonio de Mendoza, the first viceroy of New Spain....
  • June 1583 – 24 September 1584 Don Luis de Villanueva y Zapata
    Luis de Villanueva y Zapata

    Doctor Luis de Villanueva y Zapata was a Spanish colonial administrator in New Spain.He studied at the University of Salamanca. He married Mariana de Sandoval, daughter of Pedro de Sandoval and Isabel Ortiz....
     Dean of the Audiencia
  • 25 September 1584 – 16 October 1585 Don Pedro Moya de Contreras
    Pedro Moya de Contreras

    Pedro Moya de Contreras , prelate and colonial administrator who held the three highest offices in the Spanish colony of New Spain, namely inquisitor general, Archbishop of Mexico, and viceroy....
    , Archbishop of Mexico
  • 17 October 1585 – 26 January 1590 Don Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, marqués de Villamanrique
    Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, marqués de Villamanrique

    ?lvaro Manrique de Z??iga, 1st marqu?s de Villamanrique , Spanish nobleman and the seventh viceroy of New Spain. He governed from October 17, 1585 to January 26, 1590....
  • 27 January 1590 – 4 November 1595 Don Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas
    Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas

    Luis de Velasco, marqu?s de Salinas , Spanish nobleman, son of the Luis de Velasco of New Spain, and himself the eighth viceroy. He governed from January 27, 1590 to November 4, 1595, and again from July 2, 1607 to June 10, 1611....
  • 5 November 1595 – 26 October 1603 Don Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey
    Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey

    Gaspar de Z??iga Acevedo y Fonseca, 5th Count of Monterrey , Spanish nobleman, the ninth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from November 5, 1595 to October 26, 1603....


Under King Philip III
Philip III of Spain

Philip III was the monarch of Spain and King of Portugal, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death. His Political minister was the Francisco Gom?z de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma....
 

  • 27 October 1603 – 2 July 1607 Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, marqués de Montesclaros
    Juan de Mendoza y Luna, marqués de Montesclaros

    Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros , Spanish nobleman, man of letters, and the tenth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from October 27, 1603 to July 2, 1607....
  • 2 July 1607 – 10 June 1611 Don Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas
    Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas

    Luis de Velasco, marqu?s de Salinas , Spanish nobleman, son of the Luis de Velasco of New Spain, and himself the eighth viceroy. He governed from January 27, 1590 to November 4, 1595, and again from July 2, 1607 to June 10, 1611....
     (second time)
  • 9 June 1611 – 22 February 1612 Don García Guerra
    García Guerra

    Fray Garc?a Guerra, OP , archbishop of Mexico and viceroy of New Spain. He held the former office from December 3, 1607 and the latter from June 19, 1611....
    , Archbishop of Mexico
  • 22 February 1612 – 18 October 1612 Don Pedro Otárola, Dean of the Audiencia
  • 18 October 1612 – 14 March 1621 Don Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar
    Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar

    Diego Fern?ndez de C?rdoba, Marquis of Guadalc?zar and Count of Posadas was viceroy of New Spain from October 18, 1612 to March 14, 1621 and of Peru from July 25, 1622 to January 14, 1629....
  • 14 March 1621 – September 1621 Don Paz de Valecillo, Dean of the Audiencia


Under King Philip IV
Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV , was List of Spanish monarchs between 1621 and 1665, Sovereignty of the Spanish Netherlands, and List of Portuguese monarchs until 1640....

  • 21 September 1621 – 1 November 1624 Don Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, marqués de Gelves y conde de Priego
    Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, marqués de Gélves

    Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, Marquis of G?lves and Count of Priego was a Spanish people cavalry general, viceroy of Aragon, and List of Viceroys of New Spain of New Spain....
  • 3 November 1624 – 16 September 1635 Don Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo
    Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo

    Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqu?s de Cerralvo was a Spanish nobleman, inquisitor of Valladolid, and viceroy of New Spain. He held the latter position from November 3, 1624 to September 16, 1635....
  • 16 September 1635 – 27 August 1640 Don Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta
    Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta

    Lope D?ez de Armend?riz, marqu?s de Cadereyta was a Spanish nobleman and the first Criollo to be viceroy of New Spain. He served as viceroy from September 16, 1635 to August 27, 1640....
  • 28 August 1640 – 10 June 1642 Don Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqués de Villena y duque de Escalona
    Diego López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqués de Villena

    Diego L?pez Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqu?s de Villena, conde de Xiquena y duque de Escalona was a Spanish nobleman and, from August 28, 1640 to June 10, 1642, viceroy of New Spain....
    , Grandee of Spain
  • 10 June 1642 – 23 November 1642 Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza
    Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

    Juan de Palafox y Mendoza , was a Spain bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He also held political office in the New World. From June 10, 1642 to November 23, 1642 he was viceroy of New Spain....
    , Archbishop of Puebla and Mexico
  • 23 November 1642 – 13 May 1648 Don García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 2nd Count of Salvatierra and Marquis of Sobroso
  • 13 May 1648 – 22 April 1649 Don Marcos de Torres y Rueda
    Marcos de Torres y Rueda

    Marcos de Torres y Rueda was bishop of Yucatan , viceroy of New Spain, and president of the Audiencia of New Spain. His term as viceroy ran from May 13, 1648 to April 22, 1649....
  • 22 April 1649 – 28 June 1650 Don Matías de Peralta, Dean of the Audiencia
  • 28 June 1650 – 14 August 1653 Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, conde de Alba de Liste
  • 15 August 1653 – 15 September 1660 Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque
    Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque

    Francisco Fern?ndez de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque, Badajoz, Marquis of Cu?llar, Count of Ledesma, Salamanca and of Huelma was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain, from August 15, 1653 to September 15, 1660....
    , Grandee of Spain
  • 16 September 1660 – 28 June 1664 Don Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, conde de Baños
  • 29 June 1664 – 15 October 1664 Don Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas
    Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas

    Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas was Roman Catholic bishop of Puebla and viceroy of New Spain from June 29, 1664 to October 15, 1664....
    , Archbishop of Puebla
  • 15 October 1664 – 8 December 1673 Don Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, marqués de Mancera
    Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, marqués de Mancera

    Antonio Sebasti?n ?lvarez de Toledo Molina y Salazar, 2nd Marquis of Mancera , Spain) was viceroy of New Spain from October 15, 1664 to December 8, 1673....


Under King Charles II
Charles II of Spain

Charles II , was the last Habsburg Spain of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy , the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spanish empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines....

  • 8 December 1673 – 13 December 1673 Don Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, duque de Veragua
  • 13 December 1673 – 30 November 1680 Don Payo Enríquez de Rivera
    Payo Enríquez de Rivera

    Payo Enr?quez de Rivera Manrique, OSA was bishop of Guatemala , archbishop of Mexico and viceroy of New Spain ....
    , Archbishop of Mexico
  • 30 November 1680 – 30 November 1686 Don Tomás Antonio de la Cerda y Aragón, conde de Paredes
  • 30 November 1686 – 19 November 1688 Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova
    Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova

    Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova was viceroy of New Spain from November 30, 1686 to November 19, 1688 and viceroy of Peru from August 1689 to 1705....
  • 20 November 1688 – 26 February 1696 Don Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, 8th conde de Gelves
    Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, 8th conde de Gelves

    Gaspar de la Cerda Sandoval Silva y Mendoza, 8th conde de Galve was viceroy of New Spain from November 20, 1688 to February 26, 1696.Cerda Sandoval Silva was only 35 years old when he was named viceroy of New Spain, in May 1688....
  • 27 February 1696 – 18 December 1696 Don Juan Ortega y Montañés
    Juan Ortega y Montañés

    Don Juan Ortega y Monta??s was a Roman Catholic bishop and colonial administrator in Guatemala and New Spain. He was successively bishop of Durango , of Guatemala and of Michoac?n , and then archbishop of Mexico ....
  • 18 December 1696 – 3 November 1701 Don José Sarmiento y Valladares, conde de Moctezuma y de Tula
    José Sarmiento y Valladares, conde de Moctezuma y de Tula

    Jos? Sarmiento y Valladares, conde de Moctezuma y de Tula was viceroy of New Spain from December 18, 1696 to November 3, 1701.He was married to Mar?a Jer?nima Moctezuma y Jofre de Loaiza, third Countess de Moctezuma, a descendant of the last Aztec emperor....


Under King Philip V
Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain , born Philippe de France, fils de France and Counts and Dukes of Anjou, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1724 and 1724 to 1746, the first of the House of Bourbon dynasty in Spain....
 Bourbon

  • 4 November 1701 – 27 November 1702 Don Juan Ortega y Montañés
    Juan Ortega y Montañés

    Don Juan Ortega y Monta??s was a Roman Catholic bishop and colonial administrator in Guatemala and New Spain. He was successively bishop of Durango , of Guatemala and of Michoac?n , and then archbishop of Mexico ....
  • 27 November 1702 – 14 January 1711 Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez, duque de Alburquerque y marqués de Cuéllar
    Francisco Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez, 10th Duke of Alburquerque

    Francisco Fern?ndez de La Cueva Enr?quez, Marqu?s de Cu?llar, 10? Duque de Alburquerque was viceroy of New Spain from November 27, 1702 to January 14, 1711....
  • 15 January 1711 – 15 August 1716 Don Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva, duque de Linares
  • 16 August 1716 – 14 October 1722 Don Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, duque de Arión
  • 15 October 1722 – 17 March 1734 Don Juan de Acuña, marqués de Casafuerte
    Juan de Acuña, marqués de Casafuerte

    Juan de Acu?a y Bejarano, 2nd Marquis of Casa Fuerte was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain....
  • 17 March 1734 – 17 August 1740 Don Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta
    Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta

    Juan Antonio de Vizarr?n y Eguiarreta was archbishop of Mexico from March 21, 1731 to January 25, 1747 and Spanish viceroy of New Spain from March 17, 1734 to August 17, 1740....
    , Archbishop of México
  • 17 August 1740 – 22 August 1741 Don Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, duque de la Conquista
  • 23 August 1741 – 3 November 1742 Don Pedro Malo de Villavicencio
    Pedro Malo de Villavicencio

    Pedro Malo de Villaviencio was a member of the Royal Audiencia of Mexico City in the first half of the eighteenth century. From August 1741 to November 3, 1742, he served as interim viceroy of New Spain, in his capacity as president of the Audiencia....
    , President of the Audiencia
  • 3 November 1742 – 8 July 1746 Don Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, Count of Fuenclara
    Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, Count of Fuenclara

    Pedro Cebri?n y Agust?n, Count of Fuenclara was a Spanish diplomat and viceroy of New Spain, from November 3, 1742 to July 8, 1746.He was Spanish ambassador extraordinary to the courts of Vienna, Dresden and Naples....


Under King Ferdinand VI
Ferdinand VI of Spain

Ferdinand VI, , list of Spanish monarchs from 1746 until his death, fourth son of Philip V of Spain, founder of the Spanish House of Bourbon dynasty , by his first marriage with Maria Louisa of Savoy, was born at Madrid on September 23 1713....

  • 9 July 1746 – 9 November 1755 Don Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, 1st Count of Revillagigedo
    Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, 1st Count of Revillagigedo

    Juan Francisco de G?emes y Horcasitas, 1st Count of Revillagigedo was a Spanish general, governor of Havana, captain general of Cuba, and viceroy of New Spain ....
  • 10 November 1755 – 5 February 1760 Don Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón, marqués de las Amarillas
    Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón, marqués de las Amarillas

    Agust?n de Ahumada y Villal?n, marqu?s de las Amarillas was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain, from November 10, 1755 to February 5, 1760....
  • 5 February 1760 – 28 April 1760 Don Francisco Antonio de Echávarri
    Francisco Antonio de Echávarri

    Francisco Antonio de Ech?varri was a Spanish colonial official in New Spain. He was president of the Audiencia of Mexico City in 1760 when Viceroy Agust?n de Ahumada y Villal?n, marqu?s de las Amarillas died in office....
    , Dean of the Audiencia


Under King Charles III
Charles III of Spain

Charles III was list of Spanish monarchs 1759?88 , King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily 1735?59 , and Duchy of Parma 1732?35 . He was a proponent of enlightened absolutism....


  • 28 April 1760 – 5 October 1760 Don Francisco Cajigal de la Vega
    Francisco Cajigal de la Vega

    Francisco Cajigal de la Vega was a Spanish military officer, governor of Cuba from 1747 to 1760, and interim viceroy of New Spain, from April 28, 1760 to October 5, 1760, succeeded by Viceroy Joaqu?n de Montserrat, marqu?s de Cruillas....
  • 6 October 1760 – 24 August 1766 Don Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas
    Joaquín de Montserrat, marqués de Cruillas

    Joaqu?n de Montserrat, marqu?s de Cruillas was Spanish viceroy of New Spain, from October 6, 1760 to August 24, 1766....
  • 25 August 1766 – 2 September 1771 Don Carlos Francisco de Croix, marqués de Croix
    Carlos Francisco de Croix, marqués de Croix

    Carlos Francisco de Croix, marqu?s de Croix , was a Spanish general and viceroy of New Spain, from August 25, 1766 to September 22, 1771, a period of considerable turbulence....
  • 23 September 1771 – 9 April 1779 Don Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa
    Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa

    Antonio Mar?a de Bucareli y Urs?a, marqu?s de Valleheroso y conde de Jerena was a Spanish military officer, governor of Cuba, and viceroy of New Spain ....
  • 9 April 1779 – 23 August 1779 Don Francisco Romá y Rosell
    Francisco Romá y Rosell

    Francico Rom? y Rosell was a Spanish royal official in Valladolid and New Spain. He was the first regent of the Audiencia of Mexico City, and in this capacity he served as interim governor of the colony from April 9, 1779 to August 23, 1779....
    , Regent of the Audiencia
  • 23 August 1779 – 28 April 1783 Don Martín de Mayorga
  • 29 April 1783 – 3 November 1784 Don Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
    Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo

    Mat?as de G?lvez y Gallardo was a Spanish general, governor of Guatemala , and viceroy of New Spain ....
  • November 1784 – 17 June 1785 Don Vicente de Herrera y Rivero, Regent of the Audiencia
  • 17 June 1785 – 30 November 1786 Don Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez
    Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez

    Bernardo de G?lvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of G?lvez was a Military history of Spain and the general of Spanish forces in New Spain who served as List of colonial governors of Louisiana and Colonial heads of Cuba....
  • 9 November 1786 – 8 May 1787 Don Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño
    Eusebio Sánchez Pareja

    Eusebio S?nchez Pareja was a Spanish colonial official in New Spain. From November 9, 1786 to May 8, 1787 he was interim viceroy of the colony....
    , Regent of the Audiencia
  • 8 May 1787 – 16 August 1787 Don Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta
    Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta

    Dr. Alonso N??ez de Haro y Peralta was archbishop of Mexico from September 12, 1772 to May 26, 1800, and viceroy of New Spain from May 8, 1787 to August 16, 1787....
    , Archbishop of México
  • 17 August 1787 – 16 October 1789 Don Manuel Antonio Flores
    Manuel Antonio Flores

    Manuel Antonio Flores Maldonado Mart?nez ?ngulo y Bodqu?n was a general in the Spanish navy and viceroy of Viceroyalty of New Granada and New Spain ....


Under King Charles IV
Charles IV of Spain

Charles IV was list of Spanish monarchs from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808....

  • 17 October 1789 – 11 July 1794 Don Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
    Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo

    Juan Vicente de G?emes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from October 17, 1789 to July 11, 1794)....
  • 12 July 1794 – 31 May 1798 Don Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca y Branciforte, marqués de Branciforte
    Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca y Branciforte, marqués de Branciforte

    Don Miguel de la Gr?a Talamanca de Carini y Branciforte, 1st Marqu?s de Branciforte was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from July 12, 1794 to May 31, 1798....
  • 31 May 1798 – 30 April 1800 Don Miguel José de Azanza
  • 30 April 1800 – 4 January 1803 Don Félix Berenguer de Marquina
    Félix Berenguer de Marquina

    F?lix Berenguer de Marquina was a Spanish naval officer, colonial official and, from April 30, 1800 to January 4, 1803, viceroy of New Spain....


Viceroys during the War of Independence


Viceroy Term Start Term Ended King
Don José de Iturrigaray
José de Iturrigaray

Jos? de Iturrigaray was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain, from January 4, 1803 to September 16, 1808, during a period of turbulence....
 
4 January 1803 16 September 1808 Charles IV
Charles IV of Spain

Charles IV was list of Spanish monarchs from December 14, 1788 until his abdication on March 19, 1808....
 
Charles Iv of Spain
Don Pedro de Garibay
Pedro de Garibay

Pedro de Garibay was a Spanish military officer and, from September 16, 1808 to July 19, 1809, viceroy of New Spain....
 
Pedro De Garibay
16 September 1808 19 July 1809 Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte

Joseph-Napol?on Bonaparte, King of Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily, King of Spain and the Spanish West Indies, Comte de Survilliers was the elder brother of French Emperor Napoleon I of France, who made him King of Naples and King of Sicily and later King of Spain....
 
Joseph Bonaparte
Don Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont
Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont

Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont was bishop of Mexico and, from July 19, 1809 to May 8, 1810, viceroy of New Spain....
 
Francisco Javier De Lizana Y Beaumont
19 July 1809 8 May 1810 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii
Don Pedro Catani
Flag of New Spain
8 May 1810 14 September 1810 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii
Don Francisco Javier Venegas
Francisco Javier Venegas
14 September 1810 4 March 1813 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii
Don Félix María Calleja del Rey
Félix María Calleja del Rey, 1st Count of Calderón

F?lix Mar?a Calleja del Rey, 1st Count of Calder?n was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from March 4, 1813 to September 20, 1816, during Mexico's Mexican War of Independence....
 
4 March 1813 20 September 1816 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii
Don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca
Juan Ruiz De Apodaca
20 September 1816 5 July 1821 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii
Don Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez y Sicardo
Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez y Sicardo

Francisco Novella Azabal P?rez y Sicardo was a Spanish general in New Spain and interim viceroy of the colony from July 5, 1821 to July 21, 1821, during the Mexican war of independence....
 
Flag of New Spain
15 July 1821 21 July 1821 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii
Don Juan O'Donojú
Juan O'Donojú

Juan O'Donoj? O'Rian was a Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain from July 21, 1821 to September 28, 1821, during Mexico's war of independence....
 
Juan Odonoju
21 July 1821 28 September 1821 Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII of Spain

Ferdinand VII was list of Spanish monarchs twice, in 1808, and from 1813 to 1833 . He was also known as 'Ferdinand, the desired'.The eldest surviving son of Charles IV of Spain, king of Spain, and of his wife Maria Louisa of Parma, he was born in the vast palace of El Escorial near Madrid....
 
Fernando Vii


See also

  • New Spain
    New Spain

    The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
  • Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  • History of Mexico
    History of Mexico

    Mexico a country in North America and the largest Castilian language-speaking country in the world. It also has the largest number of Indigenous peoples of the Americas language speakers on the continent ....
  • List of Presidents of Mexico
    List of Presidents of Mexico

    Mexican Empire ...


External links

  • at the Mexican government site
  • (Powerpoint)