List of viceroys of New Spain

Viceroy of New Spain
Juan O'Donojú
Residence	The Viceroy palace (Now the National Palace)
Appointer	The King of Spain
Formation	14 November 1535
First holder	Antonio de Mendoza
Final holder	Juan O'Donojú
Abolished	28 September 1821

The following is a list of Viceroys of New Spain.

In addition to viceroys, the following list includes the highest Spanish governors of the colony of New Spain, before the appointment of the first viceroy or when the office of viceroy was vacant. Most of these individuals exercised most or all of the functions of viceroy, usually on an interim basis.

Spanish rule before appointment of Viceroy (1492–1535)

The Indies

1492 – 1499 Christopher Columbus, as governor and viceroy of the Indies

1499 – 1502 Francisco de Bobadilla, as governor of the Indies

1502 – 1509 Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, as governor of the Indies

1509 – 1518 Diego Columbus, as governor of the Indies until 1511, thereafter as viceroy

1518 – 1524 Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, as adelantado (governor-general) of Cuba

New Spain

13 August 1521 – 24 December 1521 Hernán Cortés, Marquis of Valle de Oaxaca

24 December 1521 – 30 December 1521 Cristóbal de Tapia

30 December 1521 – 12 October 1524 Hernán Cortés, Marquis of Valle de Oaxaca, as governor and captain general from 15 October 1522

12 October 1524 – 29 December 1524 Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz, Alonso de Zuazo

29 December 1524 – 17 February 1525 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino, Alonso de Zuazo

17 February 1525 – 20 April 1525 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino, Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz, Alonso de Zuazo

20 April 1525 – 23 May 1525 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino, Alonso de Zuazo

24 May 1525 – 28 January 1526 Gonzalo de Salazar, Pedro Almíndez Chirino

29 January 1526 – 24 June 1526 Alonso de Estrada, Rodrigo de Albornoz

25 June 1526 – 3 July 1526 Hernán Cortés, Marquis of Valle de Oaxaca

4 July 1526 – 16 July 1526 Luis Ponce de León

16 July 1526 – 1 March 1527 Marcos de Aguilar

2 March 1527 – 22 August 1527 Alonso de Estrada, Gonzalo de Sandoval, Luis de la Torre

22 August 1527 – 8 December 1528 Alonso de Estrada, Luis de la Torre

9 December 1528 – 21 December 1529 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, Juan Ortiz de Matienzo, Diego Delgadillo (the first Audiencia)

21 December 1529 – 9 January 1531 Juan Ortiz de Matienzo, Diego Delgadillo (the first Audiencia)

10 January 1531 – 16 April 1535 Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, Vasco de Quiroga, Juan de Salmerón, Alonso de Maldonado, Francisco Ceinos (the second Audiencia)

Viceroys of New Spain (1535–1821)

Picture	Viceroy	From	Until	Monarch
	Don Antonio de Mendoza, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla	14 November 1535	25 November 1550	Charles I
	Don Luís de Velasco,	25 November 1550	31 July 1564
	Francisco Ceinos, Dean of the Audiencia	1 August 1564	19 October 1566	Philip II
	Don Gastón Carrillo de Peralta y Bosquete, Third Marquis of Falces	19 October 1566	11 November 1567
	Licenciado Alonso de Muñoz and Licenciado Luís Carrillo	11 November 1567	April 1568
	Licenciado Alonso de Muñoz	April 1568	14 April 1568
	Francisco Ceinos, Dean of the Audiencia	14 April 1568	4 November 1568
	Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza	5 November 1568	4 October 1580
	Don Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, Fourth Count of La Coruña	4 October 1580	19 June 1583
	Luís de Villanueva y Zapata, Dean of the Audiencia	19 June 1583	24 September 1584
	Pedro de Moya y Contrerás (Archbishop of Mexico)	25 September 1584	17 October 1585
	Don Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga First Marquis of Villamanrique	17 October 1585	27 January 1590
	Don Luís de Velasco Marquis of Salinas	27 January 1590	5 November 1595
	Don Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca, Fifth Count of Monterrey	5 November 1595	27 October 1603
	Don Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquis of Montesclaros	27 October 1603	2 July 1607	Philip III
	Don Luís de Velasco, Marquis of Salinas	2 July 1607	19 June 1611
	García Guerra, O.P. (Archbishop of Mexico)	19 June 1611	22 February 1612
	Pedro Otárola, Dean of the Audiencia	22 February 1612	18 October 1612
	Don Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar and Count of Posadas	18 October 1612	14 March 1621
	Paz de Valecillo, Dean of the Audiencia	14 March 1621	11 September 1621
	Don Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimentel, First Marquis of Gélves	12 September 1621	1 November 1624	Philip IV
Vacant Due to the discrepancy on the arrival of successor Viceroy from 1 November to 3 November 1624.
	Don Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio de Toledo, Third Marquis of Cerralvo	3 November 1624	16 September 1635
	Don Lope Díez de Aux de Armendáriz, Marquis of Cadereyta	16 September 1635	28 August 1640
	Don Diego Roque López Pacheco Cabrera y Bobadilla, Seventh Duke of Escalona, Seventh Marquis of Villena and Seventh Count of Xiquena	28 August 1640	10 June 1642
	DonJuan de Palafox y Mendoza (Bishop of Puebla)	10 June 1642	23 November 1642
	Don García Sarmiento de Sotomayor, Second Count of Salvatierra and Marquis of Sobroso	23 November 1642	14 May 1648
	Marcos de Torres y Rueda (Bishop of Yucatan)	15 May 1648	22 April 1649
	Matías de Peralta, Dean of the Audiencia	22 April 1649	28 June 1650
	Don Luis Enríquez de Guzmán, Ninth Count of Alba de Liste and Marquis of Villaflor	28 June 1650	15 August 1653
	Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Eighth Duke of Alburquerque, Marquis of Cuéllar, Count of Ledesma and of Huelma	15 August 1653	16 September 1660
	Don Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, Count of Baños and Marquis of Leyva and of Ladrada	16 September 1660	29 June 1664
	Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (Bishop of Puebla)	29 June 1664	15 October 1664
	Don Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar, Second Marquis of Mancera	16 October 1664	20 November 1673
	Don Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal y Castro, Sixth Duke of Veragua, Sixth Marquis of Jamaica and Sixth Count of Gelves	20 November 1673	13 December 1673	Charles II
	Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (Bishop of Guatemala and Archbishop of Mexico)	13 December 1673	7 November 1680
	Don Tomás Antonio Manuel Lorenzo de la Cerda y Aragón Third Marquis of La Laguna de Camero Viejo	7 November 1680	16 June 1686
	Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, Third Count of Monclova	16 June 1686	20 November 1688
	Don Gaspar Melchor Baltasar de la Cerda Silva Sandoval y Mendoza, Eighth Count of Galve, Lord of Salcedón and Tortola	20 November 1688	27 February 1696
	Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (Bishop of Durango, Guatemala, Michoacán and Archbishop of Mexico)	27 February 1696	18 December 1696
	Don José Sarmiento y Valladares, Count of Moctezuma and of Tula	18 December 1696	4 November 1701
	Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (Archbishop of Mexico)	4 November 1701	27 November 1702	Philip V
	Don Francisco V Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez y Fernández de la Cueva, Tenth Duke of Alburquerque and Marquis of Cuéllar	27 November 1702	13 November 1710
	Don Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva, First Duke of Linares and Marquis of Valdefuentes	13 November 1710	16 July 1716
	Don Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán Sotomayor y Mendoza, Duke of Arión and Marquis of Valero	16 July 1716	15 October 1722
	Don Juan de Acuña y Bejarano, Second Marquis of Casa Fuerte	15 October 1722	17 March 1734	Louis I From 1700–1724, Philip V of Spain was the king; then from 1724–1746. Louis I only reigned in 1724.
	Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y Eguiarreta (Archbishop of Mexico)	17 March 1734	17 August 1740	Philip V
	Don Pedro de Castro Figueroa y Salazar, First Duke of La Conquista and First Marquis of Gracia Real	17 August 1740	22 August 1741
	Pedro Malo de Villavicencio, President of the Audiencia	23 August 1741	2 November 1742
	Don Pedro Cebrián y Agustín, Fifth Count of Fuenclara	3 November 1742	9 July 1746
	Don Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, First Count of Revillagigedo	9 July 1746	9 November 1755	Ferdinand VI
	Don Agustín de Ahumada y Villalón, Marquis of Amarillas	10 November 1755	5 February 1760
	Francisco Antonio de Echávarri, Dean of the Audiencia	5 February 1760	28 April 1760
	Francisco Cajigal de la Vega	28 April 1760	5 October 1760	Charles III
	Don Joaquín de Montserrat, Marquis of Cruillas	5 October 1760	24 August 1766
	Don Carlos Francisco de Croix, Marquis of Croix	24 August 1766	22 September 1771
	Don Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Marquis of Valleheroso and Count of Jerena	22 September 1771	9 April 1779
	Francisco Romá y Rosell, Regent of the Audiencia	10 April 1779	22 August 1779
	Martín de Mayorga Ferrer, Captain General of Guatemala	23 August 1779	28 April 1783
	Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo, Captain General of Guatemala	28 April 1783	20 October 1784
	Vicente de Herrera y Rivero, Regent of the Audiencia	20 October 1784	17 June 1785
	Don Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez	17 June 1785	30 November 1786
	Eusebio Sánchez Pareja y Beleño Regent of the Audiencia	30 November 1786	8 May 1787
	Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta (Archbishop of Mexico)	8 May 1787	16 August 1787
	Manuel Antonio Flores Maldonado Martínez Ángulo y Bodquín	16 August 1787	16 October 1789
	Don Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco de Padilla y Horcasitas, Second Count of Revillagigedo	17 October 1789	11 July 1794	Charles IV
	Don Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca de Carini y Branciforte, First Marquis of Branciforte	12 July 1794	31 May 1798
	Don Miguel José de Azanza, Duke of Santa Fe	31 May 1798	30 April 1800
	Félix Berenguer de Marquina	30 April 1800	4 January 1803
	José de Iturrigaray	4 January 1803	16 September 1808
	Pedro de Garibay	16 September 1808	19 July 1809	Joseph Bonaparte
	Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont (Archbishop of Mexico)	19 July 1809	8 May 1810	Ferdinand VII
	Pedro Catani	8 May 1810	14 September 1810
	Don Francisco Javier Venegas, Marquess of Reunión and of New Spain	14 September 1810	4 March 1813
	Don Félix María Calleja del Rey, First Count of Calderón	4 March 1813	20 September 1816
	Don Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, First Count of Venadito	20 September 1816	5 July 1821
	Francisco Novella Azabal Pérez y Sicardo	15 July 1821	21 July 1821
	Juan O'Donojú	21 July 1821	28 September 1821

See also

• Viceroyalty of New Spain
• Mexico
• History of Mexico
• List of heads of state of Mexico
• Spanish attempts to reconquer Mexico

External links

• (Spanish) List of viceroys and other colonial rulers at the Mexican government site
• (Spanish) Cronología de los Gobernantes de México 1325–2000 (Powerpoint)
• (Spanish) List of Spanish colonial officials before the viceroyalty