Royal Governor of Chile explained

The Royal Governor of Chile ruled over the Spanish colonial administrative district 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. Since the first Spanish–Mapuche parliaments in the 17th century it became an almost mandatory tradition for each governor to arrange a parliament with the Mapuches.[1]

List of governors

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered officealign=center Exited officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Pedro de ValdiviaAugust 1540December 1547Charles V
Francisco de VillagraDecember 154720 July 1549
Pedro de Valdivia 20 July 154925 December 1553Killed at the Battle of Tucapel.
Rodrigo de Quiroga December 1553February 1555
Francisco de Villagra Triumvirate
Francisco de Aguirre
align=center Cabildos of Chile February 1555May 1556The cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima.
Francisco de VillagraMay 1556April 1557Philip II
García Hurtado de MendozaApril 1557February 1561
Francisco de Villagra February 1561June 1563
Pedro de Villagra June 1563June 1565
Rodrigo de Quiroga June 1565August 1567
align=center Real Audiencia of Chile August 1567August 1568
Melchor Bravo de Saravia August 1568January 1575
Rodrigo de Quiroga January 1575February 1580
Martín Ruiz de Gamboa February 1580July 1583
Alonso de Sotomayor September 1583July 1592
Pedro de Viscarra July 1592October 1592
Martín García Óñez de Loyola October 1592December 1598Killed at the Disaster of Curalaba
Pedro de Viscarra de la BarreraDecember 1598May 1599Philip III
Francisco de Quiñónez May 1599July 1600
Alonso García de Ramón July 1600February 1601
Alonso de Ribera de Pareja February 1601March 1605
Alonso García de Ramón March 1605September 1607
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta September 1607January 1611
Juan Jaraquemada January 1611March 1612
Alonso de Ribera de Pareja March 1612March 1617
Fernando Talaverano Gallegos March 1617January 1618
Lope de Ulloa y Lemos January 1618December 1620
Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor December 1620November 1621
Pedro Osores de UlloaNovember 1621September 1624Philip IV
Francisco de Álava y Nureña September 1624May 1625
Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce May 1625December 1629
Francisco Laso de la Vega December 1629May 1639
Francisco López de Zúñiga
2nd Marquis of Baides
May 1639May 1646
Martín de Mujica y Buitrón May 1646April 1649
Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba April 1649May 1650
Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona May 1650January 1656
Pedro Porter Casanate January 1656February 1662
Diego González Montero Justiniano February 1662May 1662
Ángel de Peredo May 1662January 1664
Francisco de Meneses Brito January 16641667
Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco
1st Marquis of Navamorcuende
1667February 1670Charles II
Diego González Montero Justiniano February 1670October 1670
Juan Henríquez de Villalobos October 1670April 1682
Marcos José de Garro Senei de Artola April 1682January 1692
Tomás Marín de Poveda
1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa
January 1692December 1700
Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y PeraltaDecember 1700February 1709Philip V
Juan Andrés de UstarizFebruary 1709December 1716
José de Santiago Concha y SalvatierraDecember 171617 December 1717
Gabriel Cano y Aponte17 December 171711 November 1733
Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda11 November 1733May 1734
Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca CanoMay 1734November 1737
José Antonio Manso de Velasco
Count of Superunda
November 1737June 1744
Francisco José de Ovando
1st Marquis of Brindisi
June 1745March 1746
Domingo Ortíz de Rosas
1st Marquis of Poblaciones
25 March 174628 December 1755Ferdinand VI
Manuel de Amat y Junyent28 December 17559 September 1761
Félix de BerroetaSeptember 1761October 1762Charles III
Antonio de Guill y GonzagaOctober 1762August 1768
Juan de BalmasedaAugust 1768March 1770
Francisco Javier de MoralesMarch 1770March 1772

Governors and captains general of Chile

align=center Picturealign=center Namealign=center Entered officealign=center Exited officealign=center Notesalign=center Appointed by
Agustín de Jáuregui y AldecoaMarch 1772July 1780Charles III
Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo OrdazJuly 1780December 1780Interim
Ambrosio de BenavidesDecember 1780April 1787
Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo OrdazApril 1787May 1788Interim

(May 1788 – May 1796)

(18 September 1796 – 21 January 1799)

(January 1799 – April 1801)

(January 1802 – February 1808)

(April 1808 – July 1810)(Dissolved 1810-1814 Patria Vieja)

Period of the Reconquista Española: Governors and Captains General:

(26 December 1815 – 12 February 1817)

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto. Historia militar de Chile. Biblioteca Militar. 1997. Villaroel Carmona. Rafael. Lepe Orellana. Jaime. Fuente-Alba Poblete. J. Miguel. Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba. Fuenzalida Helms. Eduardo. 3rd. es. Augusto Pinochet. 86.