List of viceroys of New Spain

This article lists the viceroys who ruled the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1535 to 1821 in the name of the monarch of Spain.

In addition to viceroys, this article lists the highest Spanish governors of the viceroyalty, 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.

Governor of the Spanish Indies

This office covered the territories that were discovered by Christopher Columbus.

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

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

: 1502–1509: Nicolás de Ovando, as governor of the West Indies

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

Governor of New Spain

This office covered the territories that were claimed by Hernán Cortés. The office covered the territories that were under the control of the Governor of the Indies after 1524.

: 13 August 1521 – 24 December 1521: Hernán Cortés

: 24 December 1521 – 30 December 1521: Cristóbal de Tapia

: 30 December 1521 – 12 October 1524: Hernán Cortés, 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

: 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)

The first Viceroy of New Spain was appointed in 1535 to consolidate the offices of the Governor of the Indies and the Governor of New Spain into a single office.

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| Antonio de Mendoza

| 14 November 1535

| 25 November 1550

| rowspan="67" |Vacant (Overseas Affairs hold by the President of the Council of the Indies)

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| rowspan="42" |No regency

| rowspan="2" |100px Charles I

| rowspan="2" | 2

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| rowspan="2" | Luís de Velasco

| rowspan="2" | 25 November 1550

| rowspan="2" | 31 July 1564

| rowspan="13" |100px Philip II

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|Francisco Ceinos, Dean of the Audiencia

|1 August 1564

|19 October 1566

| 3

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| Gastón Carrillo de Peralta y Bosquete, 3rd Marquess of Falces

| 19 October 1566

| 11 November 1567

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| Alonso de Muñoz, Royal commissioner of New Spain

| rowspan="2" |11 November 1567

| rowspan="2" |15 April 1568

| Luis Carrillo, Royal commissioner of New Spain

| Francisco Ceinos, Dean of the Audiencia

| 15 April 1568

| 5 November 1568

| 4

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| Martín Enríquez de Almanza

| 5 November 1568

| 4 October 1580

| 5

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| Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza, 4th Count of La Coruña

| 4 October 1580

| 19 June 1583

|69x69px

|Luis de Villanueva y Zapata, Dean of the Audiencia

|19 June 1583

|25 September 1584

| 6

| 60px

| Pedro de Moya y Contrerás (Archbishop of Mexico)

| 25 September 1584

| 17 October 1585

| 7

| 60px

| Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga 1st Marquess of Villamanrique

| 17 October 1585

| 27 January 1590

| 8

| 60px

| Luís de Velasco Marquess of Salinas

| 27 January 1590

| 5 November 1595

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| rowspan="2" | 9

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| rowspan="2" | Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca, 5th Count of Monterrey

| rowspan="2" | 5 November 1595

| rowspan="2" | 27 October 1603

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Duke of Lerma

| rowspan="8" |100px Philip III

| 10

| 60px

| Juan de Mendoza y Luna, Marquess of Montesclaros

| 27 October 1603

| 2 July 1607

| 11

| 60px

| Luís de Velasco, Marquess of Salinas

| 2 July 1607

| 19 June 1611

| 12

| 60px

| García Guerra, (Archbishop of Mexico)

| 19 June 1611

| 22 February 1612

| 60px

| Pedro Otárola, Dean of the Audiencia

| 22 February 1612

| 18 October 1612

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="2" |13

| rowspan="2" |60px

| rowspan="2" |Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquess of Guadalcázar and Count of Posadas

| rowspan="2" |18 October 1612

| rowspan="2" |14 March 1621

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| rowspan="3" |149x149px

Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval

| 24

| 60px

| Diego Osorio de Escobar y Llamas (Bishop of Puebla)

| 29 June 1664

| 15 October 1664

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| rowspan="3" |25

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| rowspan="3" | Antonio Sebastián de Toledo Molina y Salazar, 2nd Marquess of Mancera

| rowspan="3" | 16 October 1664

| rowspan="3" | 20 November 1673

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Juan Everardo Nithard

| rowspan="16" |100px Charles II

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Fernando de Valenzuela

| rowspan="11" |No regency

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Duke of Medinaceli

| rowspan="2" |Government Board of the Realms

|Vacant

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="4" |Antonio de Ubilla

| rowspan="17" |100px Philip V

|- style="height:53px;"

| 33

| 60px

| Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (Archbishop of Mexico)

| 4 November 1701

| 27 November 1702

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Cardinal Portocarrero

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| rowspan="3" |34

| rowspan="3" |60px

| rowspan="3" |Francisco V Fernández de la Cueva Enríquez y Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque and Marquess of Cuéllar

| rowspan="3" |27 November 1702

| rowspan="3" |13 November 1710

| rowspan="36" |No regency

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="2" |Marquis of Mejorada del Campo

|- style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |No secretary

|- style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |36

| rowspan="3" |60px

| rowspan="3" |Baltasar de Zúñiga Guzmán Sotomayor y Mendoza, 1st Duke of Arión and Marquess of Valero

| rowspan="3" |16 July 1716

| rowspan="3" |15 October 1722

|- style="height:53px;"

|118x118px Miguel Fernández Durán

|- style="height:53px;"

|Mateo Pablo Díaz de Lavandero

|- style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="10" |Julián de Arriaga y Ribera

| rowspan="21" |100px Charles III

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="62" |No regency

|- style="height:53px;"

| 60px

| Francisco Antonio de Echávarri, Dean of the Audiencia

| 5 February 1760

| 28 April 1760

| 43

| 60px

| Francisco Cajigal de la Vega

| 28 April 1760

| 5 October 1760

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="2" |44

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| rowspan="2" |Joaquín de Montserrat, Marquess of Cruillas

| rowspan="2" |5 October 1760

| rowspan="2" |24 August 1766

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| rowspan="4" |140x140px

Jerónimo Grimaldi<hr>

132x132pxAntonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán

| 51

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| Manuel Antonio Flórez Maldonado

| 16 August 1787

| 16 October 1789

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="4" |52

| rowspan="4" |60px

| rowspan="4" |Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco de Padilla y Horcasitas, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo

| rowspan="4" |17 October 1789

| rowspan="4" |11 July 1794

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="11" |100px Charles IV

|- style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="11" |No secretary (affairs of Indies distributed among different secretariats)

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Count of Aranda '

| rowspan="4" |4 January 1803

| rowspan="4" |16 September 1808

|- style="height:53px;"

|132x132px

Gonzalo O'Farril

| rowspan="6" |99x99px

Mariano Luis de Urquijo

| 57

| 60px

| Pedro de Garibay

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