List of Viceroys of New Spain

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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....
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....		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....
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....		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....
Don Pedro Catani		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....
Don 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....
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....
Don 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....
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....		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....
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....		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....

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)