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Viceroy of Peru
Viceroy of Peru
Residence	The Viceroy Palace; (Now the Government Palace)
Appointer	The King of Spain
Formation	26 July 1529
First holder	Francisco Pizarro
Final holder	Pío de Tristán
Abolished	30 December 1824

List of viceroys of Peru

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This article lists the viceroys of Peru, who ruled the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1544 to 1824 in the name of the monarch of Spain. The territories under de jure rule by the viceroys included in the 16th and 17th century almost all of South America except eastern Brazil.

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"Biografía Pío Tristán y Moscoso". Real Academia de la Historia. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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No.	Governor	From	Until	Monarch
1	Francisco Pizarro	26 July 1529	26 June 1541	Charles I
2	Cristóbal Vaca de Castro	7 August 1542	17 May 1544
—	Gonzalo Pizarro Usurper and claimant to the governorship of Peru. Claims not definitively quelled until Battle of Jaquijahuana.	1544	10 April 1548

No.	Governor	From	Until	Monarch
1	Blasco Núñez Vela	15 May 1544	18 January 1546	Charles I
Int.	Pedro de la Gasca, Dean of the Audiencia	10 April 1547	27 January 1550
2	Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla	23 September 1551	21 July 1552
Int.	Melchor Bravo de Saravia, Dean of the Audiencia	July 1552	June 1556
3	Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Cañete	29 June 1556	30 March 1561	Philip II
4	Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva	17 April 1561	20 February 1564
Int.	Juan de Saavedra, Dean of the Audiencia	20 February 1564	2 September 1564
Int.	Lope García de Castro, Dean of the Audiencia	2 September 1564	26 November 1569
5	Francisco Álvarez de Toledo	26 November 1569	23 September 1581
6	Martín Enríquez de Almanza	23 September 1581	13 March 1583
Int.	Cristóbal Ramírez de Cartagena, Dean of the Audiencia	13 March 1583	31 March 1584
7	Fernando Torres de Portugal y Mesía, 1st Count of Villadompardo	31 March 1584	20 November 1589
8	García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete	8 January 1590	24 July 1596
9	Luis de Velasco, Marquis of Salinas	24 July 1596	18 January 1604
10	Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey	18 January 1604	16 March 1606	Philip III
Int.	Diego Núñez de Avendaño, Dean of the Audiencia	16 March 1606	21 December 1607
11	Juan de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Montesclaros	21 December 1607	18 December 1615
12	Francisco de Borja y Aragón, Count of Rebolledo, Prince of Esquilache	18 December 1615	31 December 1621
Int.	Juan Jiménez de Montalvo, Dean of the Audiencia	31 December 1621	25 July 1622	Philip IV
13	Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar, Count of Posadas	25 July 1622	14 January 1629
14	Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón	14 January 1629	18 December 1639
15	Pedro de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Mancera	18 December 1639	20 September 1648
16	García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 2nd Count of Salvatierra	20 September 1648	24 February 1655
17	Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, 9th Count of Alba de Liste	24 February 1655	31 December 1661
18	Diego de Benavides, 8th Count of Santisteban del Puerto, 1st Marquis of Solera	31 December 1661	16 March 1666
Int.	Bernardo de Iturriaza, Dean of the Audiencia	March 1666	November 1667	Charles II
19	Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, 10th Count of Lemos	21 November 1667	6 December 1672
Int.	Bernardo de Iturriaza, Dean of the Audiencia	December 1672	August 1674
20	Baltasar de la Cueva, Count of Castellar	15 August 1674	7 July 1678
21	Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (Archbishop of Lima)	7 July 1678	20 November 1681
22	Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata	20 November 1681	15 August 1689
23	Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova	August 1689	September 1705
Int.	Juan Peñalosa y Benavides, Dean of the Audiencia	September 1705	May 1707	Philip V
24	Manuel de Oms, 1st Marquis of Castelldosrius	7 July 1707	22 April 1710
Int.	Miguel Núñez de Sanabria, Dean of the Audiencia	22 April 1710	14 September 1710
25	Diego Ladrón de Guevara	14 September 1710	2 March 1716
Int.	Mateo de la Mata Ponce de León, Dean of the Audiencia	2 March 1716	15 August 1716
Int.	Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T. (Archbishop of Lima)	15 August 1716	5 October 1716
26	Carmine Caracciolo, 5th Prince of Santo Buono	5 October 1716	26 January 1720
27	Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, O.SS.T. (Archbishop of Lima)	26 January 1720	14 May 1724
28	José de Armendáriz, 1st Marquis of Castelfuerte	14 May 1724	4 February 1736	Louis I From 1700 to 1724, Philip V was the king; then from 1724 to 1746. Louis I only reigned in 1724.
29	José Antonio de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía	4 February 1736	15 December 1745	Philip V
30	José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda	15 December 1745	12 October 1761	Ferdinand VI
31	Manuel de Amat y Juniet	12 October 1761	17 July 1776	Charles III
32	Manuel de Guirior	17 July 1776	21 July 1780
33	Agustín de Jáuregui	21 July 1780	29 April 1784
34	Teodoro de Croix	29 April 1784	25 March 1790
35	Francisco Gil de Taboada	25 March 1790	6 June 1796	Charles IV
36	Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno	24 July 1796	19 March 1801
Int.	Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín, Dean of the Audiencia	19 March 1801	5 November 1801
37	Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés	5 November 1801	20 August 1806
38	José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquis of La Concordia	20 August 1806	7 July 1816
39	Joaquín de la Pezuela, 1st Marquis of Viluma	7 July 1816	29 January 1821	Ferdinand VII
40	José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of los Andes	29 January 1821	9 December 1824
41	Juan Pío de Tristán y Moscoso	9 December 1824	30 December 1824^[1]

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Viceroy of Peru
Residence	The Viceroy Palace (Now the Government Palace)
Appointer	The King of Spain
Formation	26 July 1529
First holder	Francisco Pizarro
Final holder	Pío de Tristán
Abolished	30 December 1824