List of viceroys of Catalonia explained
This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
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- 1495 - 1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
- 1496 - 1501: Juan de Aragón, Conde de Ribagorza
- 1521 - 1523: Pere Folc de Cardona, Archbishop of Tarragona
- 1523 - 1525: Antonio de Zúñiga, Prior of Castile, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
- 1525 - 1539: Fadrique de Portugal y Noroña, Bishop of Sigüenza 1539 - 1543: Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandia, 3rd General Father of the Jesuit Order 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 1564 - 1571: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda 1571 - 1580: Fernando de Toledo 1580 - 1581: Francisco de Moncada y Folc de Cardona, Marqués de Aytona 1581 - 1583: Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia 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: Joan Terès i 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, 7th Duke of Alburquerque 1619 - 1622: Fernando Afán de Ribera y Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules 1622 - 1626: Juan Sentís, Bishop of Barcelona 1626 - 1627: Luis Díez de Aux y 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
- 1638 - 1640: Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma
- 1640 - 1640: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba (3rd time)
- 1642 - 1644: Pedro Antonio de Aragón
- 1645 - 1647: Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés
- 1647 - 1648: Guillermo Ramón de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona 1648 - 1650: Juan de Garay 1650 - 1653: Francisco de Orozco, Marqués de Mortara
- 1653 - 1656: John of Austria the Younger
- 1656 - 1663: Francisco de Orozco, Marqués de Mortara (2nd time)
- 1688 - 1688: Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera, Conde de Melga
- 1698 - 1701: Jorge de Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgrave of Hesse[1]
During the War of the Spanish Succession, Catalonia was contested between the Bourbons and Habsburgs.
Viceroys named by Philip V of Spain:
Viceroys named by Archduke Charles:
In 1713, by the Nueva Planta decrees, King Philip V of Spain replaced the function Viceroy of Catalonia, with that of Captain General of Catalonia.
French viceroys during the Reapers' War
During the Reapers' War or Catalan Revolt, the French occupied Catalonia and appointed viceroys to govern the territory in the name of the King of France, recognized as Count of Barcelona by the Catalan institutions.
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Notes and References
- Book: Bromley, J.S.. The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688–1715/25 . 362. 9780521075244. 1970.