Royal Governor of Chile#Governors and Captains 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.{{Cite book|title=Historia militar de Chile|last=Pinochet Ugarte|first=Augusto|publisher=Biblioteca Militar|year=1997|last2=Villaroel Carmona|first2=Rafael|last3=Lepe Orellana|first3=Jaime|last4=Fuente-Alba Poblete|first4=J. Miguel|author-link4=Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba|last5=Fuenzalida Helms|first5=Eduardo|edition=3rd|language=es|author-link=Augusto Pinochet|page=86}}

List of governors

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! Picture

! Name

! Entered office

! Exited office

! Notes

! Appointed by

| Pedro de Valdivia

| 11 June 1540

| December 1547

|

| rowspan=7 align=center | Charles V

| Francisco de Villagra

| December 1547

| 20 July 1549

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| Pedro de Valdivia

| 20 July 1549

| 25 December 1553

| Killed at the Battle of Tucapel.

| Rodrigo de Quiroga

| rowspan=3 align=left | 25 December 1553

| rowspan=3 align=left | February 1555

| Francisco de Villagra

| Triumvirate

| Francisco de Aguirre

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| Cabildos of Chile

| rowspan="2" | February 1555

| rowspan="2" | 23 May 1556

| rowspan="2" | The cities of Chile governed themselves while the dispute over the governorship was settled by the Real Audiencia in Lima.

| rowspan="13" |Philip II

| Francisco de Villagra

| 23 May 1556

| April 1557

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| García Hurtado de Mendoza

| April 1557

| February 1561

|

| Francisco de Villagra

| February 1561

| June 1563

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| Pedro de Villagra

| June 1563

| June 1565

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| Rodrigo de Quiroga

| June 1565

| August 1567

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| Real Audiencia of Chile

| August 1567

| August 1568

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| Melchor Bravo de Saravia

| August 1568

| January 1575

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| Rodrigo de Quiroga

| January 1575

| February 1580

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| Martín Ruiz de Gamboa

| February 1580

| July 1583

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| Alonso de Sotomayor

| September 1583

| July 1592

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| Pedro de Viscarra

| July 1592

| October 1592

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| Martín García Óñez de Loyola

| rowspan="2" | October 1592

| rowspan="2" | December 1598

| rowspan="2" | Killed at the Disaster of Curalaba

| rowspan="12" |Philip III

| Pedro de Viscarra de la Barrera

| December 1598

| May 1599

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| Francisco de Quiñónez

| May 1599

| July 1600

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| Alonso García de Ramón

| July 1600

| February 1601

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| Alonso de Ribera de Pareja

| February 1601

| March 1605

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| Alonso García de Ramón

| March 1605

| 2 September 1610

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| Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta

| 2 September 1610

| January 1611

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| Juan Jaraquemada

| January 1611

| 27 March 1612

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| Alonso de Ribera de Pareja

| 27 March 1612

| 9 March 1617

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| Fernando Talaverano Gallegos

| 9 March 1617

| 14January 1618

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| Lope de Ulloa y Lemos

| 14 January 1618

| 8 December 1620

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| rowspan="2" | Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor

| rowspan="2" | 8 December 1620

| rowspan="2" | November 1621

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| rowspan="13" |Philip IV

| Pedro Osores de Ulloa

| November 1621

| September 1624

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| Francisco de Álava y Nureña

| September 1624

| May 1625

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| Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce

| May 1625

| December 1629

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| Francisco Laso de la Vega

| December 1629

| May 1639

|

| Francisco López de Zúñiga
2nd Marquis of Baides

| May 1639

| May 1646

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| Martín de Mujica y Buitrón

| May 1646

| April 1649

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| Alonso de Figueroa y Córdoba

| April 1649

| May 1650

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| Francisco Antonio de Acuña Cabrera y Bayona

| May 1650

| January 1656

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| Pedro Porter Casanate

| January 1656

| February 1662

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| Diego González Montero Justiniano

| February 1662

| May 1662

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| Ángel de Peredo

| May 1662

| January 1664

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| rowspan="2" | Francisco de Meneses Brito

| rowspan="2" | January 1664

| rowspan="2" | 1667

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="6" |Charles II

| Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco
1st Marquis of Navamorcuende

| 1667

| February 1670

|

| Diego González Montero Justiniano

| February 1670

| October 1670

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| Juan Henríquez de Villalobos

| October 1670

| April 1682

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| Marcos José de Garro Senei de Artola

| April 1682

| January 1692

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| rowspan="2" | Tomás Marín de Poveda
1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa

| rowspan="2" | January 1692

| rowspan="2" | December 1700

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| rowspan="5" |Philip V

| Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta

| December 1700

| February 1709

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| Juan Andrés de Ustariz

| February 1709

| December 1716

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| José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra

| December 1716

| 17 December 1717

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| rowspan="3" | 17 December 1717

| rowspan="3" | 11 November 1733

| rowspan="3" |

Gabriel Cano y Aponte

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| Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda

| 11 November 1733

| May 1734

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| Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano

| May 1734

| November 1737

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| José Antonio Manso de Velasco
Count of Superunda

| November 1737

| June 1744

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| Francisco José de Ovando
1st Marquis of Brindisi

| June 1745

| 25 March 1746

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|Domingo Ortíz de Rosas
1st Marquis of Poblaciones

| rowspan="2" |25 March 1746

| rowspan="2" |28 December 1755

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| rowspan="2" align="center" | Ferdinand VI

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| Manuel de Amat y Junyent

| rowspan="2" | 28 December 1755

| rowspan="2" | 9 September 1761

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| rowspan="5" |Charles III

| Félix de Berroeta

| September 1761

| October 1762

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| Antonio de Guill y Gonzaga

| October 1762

| August 1768

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| Juan de Balmaseda

| August 1768

| March 1770

|

| Francisco Javier de Morales

| March 1770

| March 1772

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Governors and captains general of Chile

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! Picture

! Name

! Entered office

! Exited office

! Notes

! Appointed by

| Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa

| March 1772

| July 1780

|

| rowspan=4 align=center | Charles III

| Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz

| July 1780

| 12 December 1780

|Interim

| Ambrosio de Benavides

| 12 December 1780

| 27 April 1787

|

| Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz

| 27 April 1787

| 16 May 1788

|Interim

= Appointed by [[Charles IV of Spain|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 of Spain|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

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Sources

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{{cite book |last=Carvallo y Goyeneche |first=Vicente |author-link=Vicente Carvallo y Goyeneche |editor=José Toribio Medina |editor2=Diego Barros Arana |editor3=Francisco Solano Asta Buruaga y Cienfuegos |editor4=Miguel Luis Amunátegui |editor5=Luis Montt |title=Descripcion Histórico-Geográfica del Reino de Chile |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCeESt7A93EC |series=Coleccíon de historiadores de Chile y documentos relativos a la historia nacional Vol. 9 |volume=II |year=1875 |publisher=Imprenta del Ferrocarril |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es }}
{{cite book |last=Medina |first=José Toribio |author-link=José Toribio Medina |title=Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0008968.pdf |year=1906 |publisher=Imprenta Elziviriana |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |pages=331–332 }}

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