Royal Governor of Chile
Title for the ruler of the Captaincy General of Chile
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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
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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![]() | Pedro de Valdivia | August 1540 | December 1547 | Charles V | |
![]() | Francisco de Villagra | December 1547 | 20 July 1549 | ||
![]() | Pedro de Valdivia | 20 July 1549 | 25 December 1553 | Killed at the Battle of Tucapel. | |
Rodrigo de Quiroga | December 1553 | February 1555 | |||
![]() | Francisco de Villagra | Triumvirate | |||
![]() | Francisco de Aguirre | ||||
![]() | Cabildos of Chile | February 1555 | May 1556 | The cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima. | |
![]() | Francisco de Villagra | May 1556 | April 1557 | Philip II | |
![]() | García Hurtado de Mendoza | April 1557 | February 1561 | ||
![]() | Francisco de Villagra | February 1561 | June 1563 | ||
Pedro de Villagra | June 1563 | June 1565 | |||
Rodrigo de Quiroga | June 1565 | August 1567 | |||
![]() | Real Audiencia of Chile | August 1567 | August 1568 | ||
![]() | Melchor Bravo de Saravia | August 1568 | January 1575 | ||
Rodrigo de Quiroga | January 1575 | February 1580 | |||
![]() | 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 | |
Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera | December 1598 | May 1599 | Philip III | ||
Francisco de Quiñónez | May 1599 | July 1600 | |||
Alonso García de Ramón | July 1600 | February 1601 | |||
Alonso de Ribera de Pareja | February 1601 | March 1605 | |||
Alonso García de Ramón | March 1605 | September 1607 | |||
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta | September 1607 | January 1611 | |||
Juan Jaraquemada | January 1611 | March 1612 | |||
Alonso de Ribera de Pareja | March 1612 | March 1617 | |||
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 | |||
Pedro Osores de Ulloa | November 1621 | September 1624 | Philip IV | ||
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 | |||
Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco 1st Marquis of Navamorcuende | 1667 | February 1670 | Charles II | ||
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 | |||
Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta | December 1700 | February 1709 | Philip V | ||
Juan Andrés de Ustariz | February 1709 | December 1716 | |||
![]() | José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra | December 1716 | 17 December 1717 | ||
![]() | 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 | |
![]() | Manuel de Amat y Junyent | 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 |
Governors and captains general of Chile
Picture | Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
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![]() | Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa | March 1772 | July 1780 | Charles III | |
![]() | Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz | July 1780 | December 1780 | Interim | |
![]() | Ambrosio de Benavides | December 1780 | April 1787 | ||
![]() | Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz | April 1787 | May 1788 | Interim |
Appointed by Charles IV
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno: (May 1788 – May 1796)
- José de Rezabal y Ugarte (Interim): (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 (Interim): (April 1801 – December 1801)
- Francisco Tadeo Diez de Medina Vidanges (Interim): (December 1801 – January 1802)
- Luis Muñoz de Guzmán: (January 1802 – February 1808)
Appointed by Ferdinand VII
- Juan Rodríguez Ballesteros (Interim): (February 1808 – April 1808)
- Francisco Antonio García Carrasco Díaz: (April 1808 – July 1810)
(Dissolved 1810-1814 Patria Vieja)
- Period of the Reconquista Española: Governors and Captains General:
- Gabino Gaínza Fernández de Medrano: 19 July 1814 – 26 December 1814
- Mariano Osorio (Interim): (2 October 1814 – 26 December 1815)
- Francisco Marcó del Pont Ángel Díaz y Méndez: (26 December 1815 – 12 February 1817)
References
- ^ Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto; Villaroel Carmona, Rafael; Lepe Orellana, Jaime; Fuente-Alba Poblete, J. Miguel; Fuenzalida Helms, Eduardo (1997). Historia militar de Chile (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). Biblioteca Militar. p. 86.
Sources
- Barros Arana, Diego (1884–1902). Historia Jeneral de Chile (in Spanish). Vol. I–XVI. Santiago, Chile: Rafael Jover.
- Carvallo y Goyeneche, Vicente (1875). José Toribio Medina; Diego Barros Arana; Francisco Solano Asta Buruaga y Cienfuegos; Miguel Luis Amunátegui; Luis Montt (eds.). Descripcion Histórico-Geográfica del Reino de Chile. Coleccíon de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional Vol. 9 (in Spanish). Vol. II. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Ferrocarril.
- Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elziviriana. pp. 331–332.