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In 1542, the Spanish organized the existing governorates into the Viceroyalty of New Castile, which shortly afterward would be called the Viceroyalty of Peru, in order to properly control and govern Spanish South America. In 1544, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (King Charles I of Spain) named Blasco Núñez Vela Peru's first viceroy
5 November 1801 37 Gabriel de Avilés, 2nd Marquis of Avilés: 5 November 1801 20 August 1806 38 José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquis of La Concordia: 20 August 1806 7 July 1816 39 Joaquín de la Pezuela, 1st Marquis of Viluma: 7 July 1816 29 January 1821 Ferdinand VII: 40 José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of los Andes: 29 ...
Blasco Núñez Vela (c. 1490 – January 18, 1546) was the first Spanish viceroy of South America ("Viceroyalty of Peru"). [1] Serving from May 15, 1544 to January 18, 1546, he was charged by Charles V with the enforcement of the controversial New Laws, which dealt with the failure of the encomienda system to protect the indigenous people of America from the rapacity of the conquistadors and ...
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquess of Concordia, KOS (Spanish: José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, primer Marqués de la Concordia), (sometimes spelled Souza) (June 3, 1743 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain – June 30, 1821 in Madrid) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in America. From August 20, 1806, to July 7 ...
Antonio de Mendoza (1495 – 21 July 1552) was a Spanish colonial administrator who was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from 14 November 1535 to 25 November 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from 23 September 1551, until his death on 21 July 1552.
Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, 4th Count of Chinchón, also known as Luis Xerónimo Fernandes de Cabrera Bobadilla y Mendoza, [1] (1589 in Madrid – October 28, 1647 in Madrid) was a Spanish nobleman, Comendador of Criptana, Alcaide of the Alcázar de Segovia, Treasurer of Aragón, [1] and captain general and Viceroy of Peru, from January 14, 1629, to December ...
He was named viceroy on 31 March 1584. On 30 April 1586, during his administration, Isabel Flores de Oliva, later Saint Rose of Lima , was born. The Lima people knew him as el Temblecón (The Quaking One), from the frequent nervous shaking in his hands.
At the age of thirteen he became a cadet with a company of the Spanish navy stationed at Callao, Peru, [1] and participated in the exploration of Chiloé Island. [1] In April 1771, with the endorsement of Peruvian Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Juniet , he was accepted at the Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Marcos in Lima, where he studied ...