List of Governors of Chile

The governor of Chile ruled the Spanish colony, then known as the Kingdom of Chile (Reino de Chile). This area was also called the General Capitanate of Chile . Accordingly, the governor of Chile also had the rank of captain general. As chairman of the Real Audiencia of Chile, he was also the district's chief judge until 1776 .

During the Spanish rule, Chile had a total of 66 governors from 1540 to independence in 1817.

Reign of Charles V (until 1556)

See also : Charles V (HRR)

Domination	Surname	annotation
1536-1537	Diego de Almagro	Nueva Toledo Governorate ; Appointed by Charles V.
October 1540 -	Pedro de Valdivia	Nueva Extremadura Governorate ; Appointed by Francisco Pizarro
December 1547 -	Francisco de Villagra Velásquez	Interim governor; Appointed by Pedro de Valdivia
June 1549 -	Pedro de Valdivia	Appointed by Viceroy Pedro de la Gasca
(January 1554)	Francisco de Aguirre de Meneses	Appointment in the will of Pedro de Valdivia office claimed but never started
January 1554 -	Rodrigo de Quiroga	Interim governor appointed himself to the detriment of Francisco de Aguirre
March 1554 -	(Cabildo of Santiago )	Interim administration by the city government
October 1554 - March 1557	Francisco de Villagra Velásquez	Interim governor

Reign of Philip II (1556 to 1598)

See also : Philip II (Spain)

Domination	Surname	annotation
April 1557 -	García Hurtado de Mendoza	Appointed by Viceroy Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza
February 1561 -	Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa	Interim governor
July 1561 -	Francisco de Villagra Velásquez	Interim governor
July 1563 -	Pedro de Villagra y Martínez	Interim governor
June 1565 -	Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa	Interim governor
August 1567 -	( Real Audiencia of Concepción )	Interim administration by the judiciary
August 1568 -	Melchor Bravo de Saravia
January 1575 -	Rodrigo de Quiroga López de Ulloa
February 1580 -	Martin Ruiz de Gamboa	Interim governor
July 18, 1583 -	Diego García de Cáceres	Interim governor; on behalf of Alonso de Sotomayor
September 19, 1583 - (September 29 according to the new calendar)	Alonso de Sotomayor y Valmediano	Appointed by Philip II.
July 31, 1592 -	Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera	Interim governor
October 6, 1592 - December 23, 1598	Martín García Óñez de Loyola	Appointed by Philip II.

Reign of Philip III. (1598 to 1621)

General Capitol of Chile 1609 to 1776

See also : Philip III. (Spain)

Domination	Surname	annotation
December 1598-May 1599	Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera
May 1599 - August 1600	Francisco de Quiñónez
August 1600 – February 1601	Alonso García de Ramón
February 1601-March 1605	Alonso de Ribera de Pareja	first term
March 1605 – July 1610	Alonso García de Ramón
July 1610 – January 1611	Luis Merlo de la Fuente	employed on an interim basis by García Ramón
January 1611 – March 1612	Juan de la Jaraquemada	Interim appointed by the Viceroy of Peru
March 1612 - March 1617	Alonso de Ribera de Pareja	second term
March 1617 – January 1618	Fernando Talaverano Gallegos	employed on an interim basis by Ribera
January 1618 – December 1620	Lope de Ulloa y Lemos
December 1620 – November 1621	Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor	interim, deployed by Ulloa

Reign of Philip IV (1621 to 1665)

See also : Philip IV (Spain)

Domination	Surname	annotation
November 1621 - September 1624	Pedro Osores de Ulloa
September 1624 – May 1625	Francisco de Alava y Nureña	on an interim basis, employed by Osores
May 1625 – December 1629	Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce	interim, appointed by the Viceroy of Peru
December 1629 – February 1639	Francisco Laso de la Vega
February 1639-May 1646	Francisco López de Zúñiga y Meneses , Marqués de Baides
May 1646 - May 4, 1649	Martín de Mujica y Buitrón
May 1649-May 1650	Alonso de Figueroa y Cordoba	interim
May 1650 – April 1655	Antonio de Acuña Cabrera	Deposed from the Cabildo of Concepción in April 1655 , recalled by the Viceroy of Peru in June
April 1655 – February 1656	Francisco de la Fuente y Villalobos	used by the Cabildo of Concepción , but not recognized by the Real Audiencia of Chile
February 1656 – February 1662	Pedro Porter Casanate
February 1662-May 1662	Diego González Montero
May 1662 – January 1664	Angel de Peredo
January 1664 – January 1668	Francisco de Meneses Brito

Reign of Charles II (1665 to 1700)

See also : Charles II (Spain)

Domination	Surname
January 1668 - March 1668	Miguel Gomez de Silva
March 1668 - February 1670	Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco , Marqués de Navamorquende
February 1670 – October 1670	Diego González Montero
October 1670 – April 1682	Juan Henríquez de Villalobos
April 1682 – January 1692	José de Garro
January 1692 – November 1700	Tomás Marín González de Poveda , Marqués de Cañada Hermosa

Reign of Philip V (1700 to 1746)

See also : Philip V (Spain)

Domination	Surname	annotation
November 1700 – February 1709	Francisco Ibáñez de Peralta
February 1709 – March 1717	Juan Andrés de Ustariz de Vertizberea
March 1717 – December 1717	José de Santiago Concha	interim
December 17, 1717-11. November 1733	Gabriel Cano de Aponte
November 1733-May 1734	Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda	interim
May 1734 – November 1737	Manuel de Salamanca
November 15, 1737-4. June 1745	José Antonio Manso de Velasco , Conde de Superunda
June 4, 1745-March 1746	Francisco José de Ovando , Marquis de Ovando
March 1746 – December 1755	Domingo Ortiz de Rozas , Conde de Poblaciones

Reign of Ferdinand VI. (1746 to 1759)

See also : Ferdinand VI. (Spain)

Domination	Surname
December 1755 – September 1761	Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent

Reign of Charles III. (1759 to 1788)

General Capitol of Chile 1776 to 1818

See also : Charles III. (Spain)

Domination	Surname
September 1761 – October 1762	Félix de Berroeta
October 1762 – August 1768	Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga
August 1768 – March 1770	Juan de Balmaceda
March 1770 – March 1773	Francisco Javier de Morales
March 1773 – July 1780	Agustin de Jáuregui
July 1780 – December 1780	Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo
December 1780 – April 1787	Ambrosio de Benavides
April 1787 – May 1788	Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo

Reign of Charles IV (1788 to 1808)

See also : Charles IV (Spain)

Domination	Surname
May 1788 – May 1796	Ambrosio O'Higgins de Vallenar , Marquis de Osorno
May 1796 – September 1796	José de Rezabal y Ugarte
September 1796 – January 1799	Gabriel de Avilés
January 1799 – April 1801	Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas
April 1801 – December 1801	José de Santiago Concha Jiménez Lobatón
December 1801 – January 1802	Francisco Tadeo Díez de Medina
January 1802 – February 1808	Luis Muñoz de Guzmán
February 1808 – April 1808	Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros

Reign of Ferdinand VII (1808 to 1833)

See also : Ferdinand VII (Spain)

Domination	Surname
April 1808 – July 1810	Francisco Antonio García Carrasco
July 1810 – September 1810	Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta , Conde de la Conquista
September 1810-October 1814	Governments of the Patria Vieja during the War of Independence
1814-1815	Mariano Osorio
1815 – February 1818	Casimiro Marcó del Pont

literature

• Vicente Carvallo Goyeneche (1740-1816): Descripción histórico-jeográfica del Reino de Chile . The manuscript was originally written in 1796 (=  Colección de historiadores de Chile y de documentos relativos a la historia nacional . Volume 9 ). tape 2 . La Estrella de Chile, Santiago de Chile 1875, p. 469 f . ( books.google.de ).