{{Short description|Title for the ruler of the Captaincy General of Chile}} {{History 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.<ref name=pinochetetal83>{{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}}</ref>
== List of governors == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Picture ! Name ! Entered office ! Exited office ! Notes ! Appointed by |- | 70px | '''Pedro de Valdivia''' | 11 June 1540 | December 1547 | | rowspan=7 align=center | Charles V |- | 70px | '''Francisco de Villagra''' | December 1547 | 20 July 1549 | |- | 70px | '''Pedro de Valdivia''' | 20 July 1549 | 25 December 1553 | Killed at the Battle of Tucapel. |- | 70px | '''Rodrigo de Quiroga''' | rowspan=3 align=left | 25 December 1553 | rowspan=3 align=left | February 1555 |- | 70px | '''Francisco de Villagra''' | Triumvirate |- | 70px | '''Francisco de Aguirre''' |- | rowspan="2" align="center" | border|70px | '''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 |- | 70px | '''Francisco de Villagra''' | 23 May 1556 | April 1557 | |- | 70px | '''García Hurtado de Mendoza''' | April 1557 | February 1561 | |- | 70px | '''Francisco de Villagra''' | February 1561 | June 1563 | |- | | '''Pedro de Villagra''' | June 1563 | June 1565 | |- | 70px | '''Rodrigo de Quiroga''' | June 1565 | August 1567 | |- | align=center | border|70px | '''Real Audiencia of Chile''' | August 1567 | August 1568 | |- | 70px | '''Melchor Bravo de Saravia''' | August 1568 | January 1575 | |- | 70px | '''Rodrigo de Quiroga''' | January 1575 | February 1580 | |- | 70px | '''Martín Ruiz de Gamboa''' | February 1580 | July 1583 | |- |70px | '''Alonso de Sotomayor''' | September 1583 | July 1592 | |- | | '''Pedro de Viscarra''' | July 1592 | October 1592 | |- | rowspan="2" |70px | '''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 | |- | | '''Francisco de Quiñónez''' | May 1599 | July 1600 | |- |70px | '''Alonso García de Ramón''' | July 1600 | February 1601 | |- |70px | '''Alonso de Ribera de Pareja''' | February 1601 | March 1605 | |- |70px | '''Alonso García de Ramón''' | March 1605 | 2 September 1610 | |- | | '''Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta''' | 2 September 1610 | January 1611 | |- | | '''Juan Jaraquemada''' | January 1611 | 27 March 1612 | |- |70px | '''Alonso de Ribera de Pareja''' | 27 March 1612 | 9 March 1617 | |- | | '''Fernando Talaverano Gallegos''' | 9 March 1617 | 14 January 1618 | |- |70px | '''Lope de Ulloa y Lemos''' | 14 January 1618 | 8 December 1620 | |- | | rowspan="2" | '''Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor''' | rowspan="2" | 8 December 1620 | rowspan="2" | November 1621 | rowspan="2" | |- | | rowspan="13" |Philip IV |- | | '''Pedro Osores de Ulloa''' | November 1621 | September 1624 | |- | | '''Francisco de Álava y Nureña''' | September 1624 | May 1625 | |- | | '''Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce''' | May 1625 | December 1629 | |- | 70px | '''Francisco Laso de la Vega''' | December 1629 | May 1639 | |- | | '''Francisco López de Zúñiga<br>2nd Marquis of Baides''' | May 1639 | May 1646 | |- |70px | '''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 | |- |70px | rowspan="2" | '''Francisco de Meneses Brito''' | rowspan="2" | January 1664 | rowspan="2" | 1667 | rowspan="2" | |- | | rowspan="6" |Charles II |- | | '''Diego Dávila Coello y Pacheco<br>1st Marquis of Navamorcuende''' | 1667 | February 1670 | |- | | '''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 | |- |70px | rowspan="2" | '''Tomás Marín de Poveda<br>1st Marquis of Cañada Hermosa''' | rowspan="2" | January 1692 | rowspan="2" | December 1700 | rowspan="2" | |- | | rowspan="5" |Philip V |- |70px | '''Francisco Ibáñez de Segovia y Peralta''' | December 1700 | February 1709 | |- | | '''Juan Andrés de Ustariz''' | February 1709 | December 1716 | |- |70px | '''José de Santiago Concha y Salvatierra''' | December 1716 | 17 December 1717 | |- | rowspan="3" | 70px | | rowspan="3" | 17 December 1717 | rowspan="3" | 11 November 1733 | rowspan="3" | |- |'''Gabriel Cano y Aponte''' |Luis I |- | | rowspan="6" | |- | | '''Francisco de Sánchez de la Barreda''' | 11 November 1733 | May 1734 | |- | | '''Manuel Silvestre de Salamanca Cano''' | May 1734 | November 1737 | |- |70px | '''José Antonio Manso de Velasco<br>Count of Superunda''' | November 1737 | June 1744 | |- | | '''Francisco José de Ovando<br>1st Marquis of Brindisi''' | June 1745 | 25 March 1746 | |- | rowspan="2" |70px |'''Domingo Ortíz de Rosas<br>1st Marquis of Poblaciones''' | rowspan="2" |25 March 1746 | rowspan="2" |28 December 1755 | rowspan="2" | |- | | rowspan="2" align="center" | Ferdinand VI |- | rowspan="2" | 70px | '''Manuel de Amat y Junyent''' | rowspan="2" | 28 December 1755 | rowspan="2" | 9 September 1761 | rowspan="2" | |- | | rowspan="5" |Charles III |- | | '''Félix de Berroeta''' | September 1761 | October 1762 | |- | | '''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 == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Picture ! Name ! Entered office ! Exited office ! Notes ! Appointed by |- |70px | '''Agustín de Jáuregui y Aldecoa''' | March 1772 | July 1780 | | rowspan=4 align=center | Charles III |- |70px | '''Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz''' | July 1780 | 12 December 1780 |Interim |- |70px | '''Ambrosio de Benavides''' | 12 December 1780 | 27 April 1787 | |- |70px | '''Tomás Álvarez de Acevedo Ordaz''' | 27 April 1787 | 16 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== {{reflist}}
== Sources == {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Barros Arana |first=Diego |author-link=Diego Barros Arana |title=Historia Jeneral de Chile |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSsOAAAAQAAJ |volume=I-XVI |year=1884–1902 |publisher=Rafael Jover |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es }} *{{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 }} {{refend}}
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