Royal Governor of Chile
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The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district known as the Kingdom of Chile. This district was also 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.
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[edit] Governors of the Kingdom of Chile
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Pedro de Valdivia | August 1540 | December 1547 | Charles V | |
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Francisco de Villagra | December 1547 | 20 July 1549 | ||
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Pedro de Valdivia | 20 July 1549 | 25 December 1553 | Killed at the Battle of Tucapel. | |
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Rodrigo de Quiroga | December 1553 | February 1555 | ||
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Francisco de Villagra | ||||
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Francisco de Aguirre |
- Between February 1555 and May 1556 Cabildos in the cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima.
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
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Francisco de Villagra | May 1556 | April 1557 | Phillip II | |
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García Hurtado de Mendoza 3rd Marquis of Cañete |
April 1557 | February 1561 | ||
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Francisco de Villagra | February 1561 | June 1563 | ||
| Pedro de Villagra | June 1563 | June 1565 | |||
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Rodrigo de Quiroga | June 1565 | August 1567 | ||
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Real Audiencia of Chile | August 1567 | August 1568 | ||
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Melchor Bravo de Saravia | August 1568 | January 1575 | ||
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Rodrigo de Quiroga | January 1575 | February 1580 | ||
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Martín Ruiz de Gamboa | February 1580 | July 1583 | ||
| Alonso de Sotomayor | September 1583 | July 1592 | |||
| Pedro de Viscarra | July 1592 | October 1592 | |||
| Martín García Óñez de Loyola | October 1592 | December 1598 | Killed at the Disaster of Curalaba. |
[edit] Appointed by Philip III
- Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera: (December 1598 - May 1599)
- Francisco de Quiñónez: (May 1599 - July 1600)
- Alonso García de Ramón: (July 1600 - February 1601); (March 1605 - September 1607)
- Alonso de Ribera de Pareja: (February 1601 - March 1605); (March 1612 - March 1617)
- Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta: (September 1607 - January 1611)
- Juan Jaraquemada: (January 1611 - March 1612)
- Fernando Talaverano Gallegos: (March 1617 - January 1618)
- Lope de Ulloa y Lemos: (January 1618 - December 1620)
- Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor: (December 1620 - November 1621)
[edit] Appointed by Philip IV
- Pedro Osores de Ulloa: (November 1621 - September 1624)
- Francisco de Álava y Nureña: (September 1624 - May 1625)
- Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce: (May 1625 - December 1629)
- Francisco Laso de la Vega: (December 1629 - May 1639)
- Francisco López de Zúñiga, 2nd Marquis of Baides: (May 1639 - May 1646)
- Martín de Mujica y Buitrón: (May 1646 - April 1649)
- Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba: (April 1649 - May 1650)
- Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona: (May 1650 - January 1656)
- Pedro Porter Casanate: (January 1656 - February 1662)
- Diego González Montero Justiniano: (February 1662 - May 1662)
- Ángel de Peredo: (May 1662 - January 1664)
- Francisco de Meneses Brito: (January 1664 - 1667)
[edit] Appointed by Charles II
- Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco, 1st Marquis of Navamorcuende: (1667 - February 1670)
- Diego González Montero Justiniano: (February 1670 - October 1670)
- Juan Henríquez de Villalobos: (October 1670 - April 1682)
- Marcos José de Garro Senei de Artola: (April 1682 - January 1692)
- Tomás Marín de Poveda, 1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa: (January 1692 - December 1700)
[edit] Appointed by Phillip V
| Picture | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta | December 1700 | February 1709 | Phillip V | ||
| Juan Andrés de Ustariz | February 1709 | December 1716 | |||
| José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra | December 1716 | 17 December 1717 | |||
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Gabriel Cano y Aponte | 17 December 1717 | 11 November 1733 | ||
| Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda | 11 November 1733 | May 1734 | |||
| Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano | May 1734 | November 1737 | |||
| José Antonio Manso de Velasco Count of Superunda |
November 1737 | June 1744 | |||
| Francisco José de Ovando 1st Marquis of Brindisi |
June 1745 | March 1746 | |||
| Domingo Ortíz de Rosas 1st Marquis of Poblaciones |
25 March 1746 | 28 December 1755 | Ferdinand VI | ||
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Manuel de Amat y Juniet | 28 December 1755 | 9 September 1761 | ||
| Félix de Berroeta | September 1761 | October 1762 | Charles III | ||
| Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga | October 1762 | August 1768 | |||
| Juan de Balmaseda | August 1768 | March 1770 | |||
| Francisco Javier de Morales | March 1770 | March 1772 |
[edit] Governors and Captain-Generals of Chile
[edit] Appointed by Charles III
- Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa: (March 1772 - July 1780)
- Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz: (July 1780 - December 1780); (April 1787 - May 1788)
- Ambrosio de Benavides: (December 1780 - April 1787)
[edit] Appointed by Charles IV
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno: (May 1788 - May 1796)
- José de Rezabal y Ugarte: (May 1796 - September 1796)
- Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés: (18 September 1796 - 21 January 1799)
- Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas: (January 1799 - April 1801)
- José de Santiago Concha Jiménez Lobatón: (April 1801 - December 1801)
- Francisco Tadeo Diez de Medina Vidanges: (December 1801 - January 1802)
- Luis Muñoz de Guzmán: (January 1802 - February 1808)
[edit] Appointed by Ferdinand VII
- Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros: (February 1808 - April 1808)
- Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz: (April 1808 - July 1810)
- Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of la Conquista: (July 1810 - September 1810)
- Period of the Reconquista Española: Governors and Captain-Generals (in opposition)
- Antonio Pareja: (12 December 1812 - 21 May 1813)
- Juan Francisco Sánchez: (21 May 1813 - 1 January 1814)
- Gabino Gaínza y Fernández de Medrano: (1 January 1814 - 19 July 1814)
- Mariano Osorio: (19 July 1814 - 26 December 1815)
- Francisco Marcó del Pont Ángel Díaz y Méndez: (26 December 1815 - 12 February 1817)
- Mariano Osorio: (4 January 1818 - 5 April 1818)
[edit] Sources
- Barros Arana, Diego (1884-1902) (in Spanish). Historia Jeneral de Chile. I-XVI. Santiago, Chile: Rafael Jover. http://books.google.com/books?id=lSsOAAAAQAAJ
- Carvallo y Goyeneche, Vicente (1875). José Toribio Medina, Diego Barros Arana, Francisco Solano Asta Buruaga y Cienfuegos, Miguel Luis Amunátegui, Luis Montt. ed (in Spanish). Descripcion Histórico-Geográfica del Reino de Chile. Coleccíon de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional Vol. 9. II. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Ferrocarril. http://books.google.com/books?id=vCeESt7A93EC
- Medina, José Toribio (1906) (in Spanish). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elziviriana. p. 331-332. http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0008968.pdf
