# Royal Governor of Chile

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.

## List of governors

| Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Pedro de Valdivia | 11 June 1540 | December 1547 | | Charles V |
| Francisco de Villagra | December 1547 | 20 July 1549 | | Charles V |
| Pedro de Valdivia | 20 July 1549 | 25 December 1553 | Killed at the Battle of Tucapel. | Charles V |
| Rodrigo de Quiroga | 25 December 1553 | February 1555 | | Charles V |
| Francisco de Villagra | 25 December 1553 | February 1555 | Triumvirate | Charles V |
| Francisco de Aguirre | 25 December 1553 | February 1555 | | Charles V |
| Cabildos of Chile | February 1555 | 23 May 1556 | The cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima. | Charles V |
| | February 1555 | 23 May 1556 | The cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima. | Philip II |
| Francisco de Villagra | 23 May 1556 | April 1557 | | Philip II |
| García Hurtado de Mendoza | April 1557 | February 1561 | | Philip II |
| Francisco de Villagra | February 1561 | June 1563 | | Philip II |
| Pedro de Villagra | June 1563 | June 1565 | | Philip II |
| Rodrigo de Quiroga | June 1565 | August 1567 | | Philip II |
| Real Audiencia of Chile | August 1567 | August 1568 | | Philip II |
| Melchor Bravo de Saravia | August 1568 | January 1575 | | Philip II |
| Rodrigo de Quiroga | January 1575 | February 1580 | | Philip II |
| Martín Ruiz de Gamboa | February 1580 | July 1583 | | Philip II |
| Alonso de Sotomayor | September 1583 | July 1592 | | Philip II |
| Pedro de Viscarra | July 1592 | October 1592 | | Philip II |
| Martín García Óñez de Loyola | October 1592 | December 1598 | Killed at the Disaster of Curalaba | Philip II |
| | October 1592 | December 1598 | Killed at the Disaster of Curalaba | Philip III |
| Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera | December 1598 | May 1599 | | Philip III |
| Francisco de Quiñónez | May 1599 | July 1600 | | Philip III |
| Alonso García de Ramón | July 1600 | February 1601 | | Philip III |
| Alonso de Ribera de Pareja | February 1601 | March 1605 | | Philip III |
| Alonso García de Ramón | March 1605 | 2 September 1610 | | Philip III |
| Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta | 2 September 1610 | January 1611 | | Philip III |
| Juan Jaraquemada | January 1611 | 27 March 1612 | | Philip III |
| Alonso de Ribera de Pareja | 27 March 1612 | 9 March 1617 | | Philip III |
| Fernando Talaverano Gallegos | 9 March 1617 | 14January 1618 | | Philip III |
| Lope de Ulloa y Lemos | 14 January 1618 | 8 December 1620 | | Philip III |
| Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor | 8 December 1620 | November 1621 | | Philip III |
| Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor | 8 December 1620 | November 1621 | | Philip IV |
| Pedro Osores de Ulloa | November 1621 | September 1624 | | Philip IV |
| Francisco de Álava y Nureña | September 1624 | May 1625 | | Philip IV |
| Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce | May 1625 | December 1629 | | Philip IV |
| Francisco Laso de la Vega | December 1629 | May 1639 | | Philip IV |
| Francisco López de Zúñiga 2nd Marquis of Baides | May 1639 | May 1646 | | Philip IV |
| Martín de Mujica y Buitrón | May 1646 | April 1649 | | Philip IV |
| Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba | April 1649 | May 1650 | | Philip IV |
| Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona | May 1650 | January 1656 | | Philip IV |
| Pedro Porter Casanate | January 1656 | February 1662 | | Philip IV |
| Diego González Montero Justiniano | February 1662 | May 1662 | | Philip IV |
| Ángel de Peredo | May 1662 | January 1664 | | Philip IV |
| Francisco de Meneses Brito | January 1664 | 1667 | | Philip IV |
| Francisco de Meneses Brito | January 1664 | 1667 | | Charles II |
| Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco 1st Marquis of Navamorcuende | 1667 | February 1670 | | Charles II |
| Diego González Montero Justiniano | February 1670 | October 1670 | | Charles II |
| Juan Henríquez de Villalobos | October 1670 | April 1682 | | Charles II |
| Marcos José de Garro Senei de Artola | April 1682 | January 1692 | | Charles II |
| Tomás Marín de Poveda 1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa | January 1692 | December 1700 | | Charles II |
| Tomás Marín de Poveda 1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa | January 1692 | December 1700 | | Philip V |
| Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta | December 1700 | February 1709 | | Philip V |
| Juan Andrés de Ustariz | February 1709 | December 1716 | | Philip V |
| José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra | December 1716 | 17 December 1717 | | Philip V |
| | 17 December 1717 | 11 November 1733 | | Philip V |
| Gabriel Cano y Aponte | 17 December 1717 | 11 November 1733 | | Luis I |
| 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 | 25 March 1746 | | |
| Domingo Ortíz de Rosas 1st Marquis of Poblaciones | 25 March 1746 | 28 December 1755 | | |
| | 25 March 1746 | 28 December 1755 | | Ferdinand VI |
| Manuel de Amat y Junyent | 28 December 1755 | 9 September 1761 | | Ferdinand VI |
| | 28 December 1755 | 9 September 1761 | | Charles III |
| Félix de Berroeta | September 1761 | October 1762 | | Charles III |
| Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga | October 1762 | August 1768 | | Charles III |
| Juan de Balmaseda | August 1768 | March 1770 | | Charles III |
| Francisco Javier de Morales | March 1770 | March 1772 | | Charles III |

## Governors and captains general of Chile

| Name | Entered office | Exited office | Notes | Appointed by |
| Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa | March 1772 | July 1780 | | Charles III |
| Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz | July 1780 | 12 December 1780 | Interim | Charles III |
| Ambrosio de Benavides | 12 December 1780 | 27 April 1787 | | Charles III |
| Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz | 27 April 1787 | 16 May 1788 | Interim | Charles III |

### 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)