List of Spanish Viceroys of Valencia
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This is a list of viceroys of the Kingdom of Valencia
from 1520 to 1713.
Viceroys named by Philip V of Spain
Viceroys named by Charles of Habsburg
Kingdom of Valencia
The Kingdom of Valencia , located in the eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon. When the Crown of Aragon merged by dynastic union with the Crown of Castile to form the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Valencia became a component realm of the...
from 1520 to 1713.
- 1520 : Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Count of Melito
- 1523 : Germaine of FoixGermaine of FoixGermaine of Foix was queen consort of Aragon as the second wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, whom he married in 1505 after the death of his first wife, Isabella I of Castile.-Birth and background:...
and Johann of Brandenburg-AnsbachJohann of Brandenburg-AnsbachJohann of Brandenburg-Ansbach was the second husband of Germaine de Foix and viceroy of Valencia from 1523 until his death in 1525.... - 1526 : Germaine of FoixGermaine of FoixGermaine of Foix was queen consort of Aragon as the second wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, whom he married in 1505 after the death of his first wife, Isabella I of Castile.-Birth and background:...
and Ferdinand of Aragon, Duque de Calabria - 1537 : Ferdinand of Aragón, Duke of CalabriaFerdinand of Aragón, Duke of CalabriaFor the prince known by this name between 1825 and 1830, see Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. For the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1934 to 1960, see Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria....
- 1550 : Lorenzo de Villarrasa (Interim) (1st time)
- 1553 : Bernardino de Cárdenas y Pacheco, Duque de Maqueda
- 1558 : Alfonso de Aragón, Duque de Segorbe
- 1563 : Lorenzo de Villarrasa (2nd time)
- 1566 : Antonio Alfonso Pimentel de Herrera, Conde de Benavente
- 1572 : Íñigo López de Hurtado de Mendoza, Marqués de Mondéjar
- 1575 : Vespasiano Gonzaga y Colonna, Prínce of SabbionetaSabbionetaSabbioneta is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, northern Italy. It is situated about 30 km north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River...
- 1578 : Pedro Manrique de LaraHouse of LaraThe House of Lara or Casa de Lara are a noble family, known from the medieval Kingdom of Castile.Two of its branches, those from the Duke of Nájera and from the Marquis of Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain...
, Duque de Nájera - 1580 : Francisco de Moncada y Folc de Cardona, Marqués de Aytona
- 1595 : Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y RojasFrancisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of LermaDon Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma , a favourite of Philip III of Spain, was the first of the validos through whom the later Habsburg monarchs ruled. He was succeeded by Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares.-Biography:The family of Sandoval was ancient and powerful...
, Marqués de Denia - 1598 : Juan Alfonso Pimentel de Herrera, Conde de Benavente
- 1602 : Juan de RiberaJuan de RiberaSaint Juan de Ribera was born in the city of Seville, Spain, on March 20, 1532, and died in Valencia on January 6, 1611. Ribera was one of the most influential figures of his times, holding appointments as Archbishop and Viceroy of Valencia, patriarch of Antioch, Commander in Chief, president of...
, Archbishop of Valencia - 1604 : Juan de Sandoval y Rojas, Marqués de Villamizar
- 1606 : Luis Carrillo de Toledo, Marqués de Caracena
- 1615 : Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria
- 1618 : Antonio Pimentel y Toledo, Marqués de Tavara
- 1622 : Enrique de Ávila y Guzmán, Marqués de Povar
- 1627 : Luis Ferrer de Cardona (Interim)
- 1628 : Luis Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marqués de los Vélez
- 1631 : Pedro Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marqués de los Vélez
- 1635 : Fernando de Borja y de Aragón, Marqués de Esquilache
- 1640 : Federico Colonna, Príncipe de Butera
- 1641 : Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of MedinaceliAntonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of MedinaceliAntonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli, Grandee of Spain, , was a Spanish nobleman.He was the son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli, by second wife Doña Antonia de Toledo y Dávila...
- 1642 : Francisco de Borja, Duque de Gandia
- 1642 : Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of ArcosRodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of ArcosRodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, was a Grandee of Spain and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He served as Viceroy of Valencia and of Naples....
- 1645 : Duarte Fernández Álvarez de Toledo, Conde de Oropesa
- 1650 : Pedro de Urbina y Montoya, Archbishop of Valencia
- 1652 : Luis Guillem de Moncada, Duque de Montalto
- 1659 : Manuel Pérez de los Cobos, Marqués de Camarasa
- 1663 : Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria
- 1663 : Basilio de Castelví y Ponce (Interim)
- 1664 : Antonio Pedro Álvarez Ossorio, Marqués de Astorga
- 1666 : Gaspar Felipe de Guzmán y Mejía, Marqués de Leganés
- 1667 : Diego Felipe de Guzmán, Marqués de Leganés
- 1669 : Vespasiano Manrique de Lara Gonzaga, Conde de Paredes
- 1675 : Francisco Idiáquez Butrón, Duque de Ciudad Real
- 1678 : Juan Tomás de RocabertiJuan Tomás de RocabertiJuan Tomás de Rocaberti was a Spanish theologian.Educated at Girona, he entered the Dominican convent there, receiving the habit in 1640...
, Archbishop of Valencia (1st time) - 1679 : Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugal, Duque de VeraguaPedro Manuel Colón de PortugalPedro Manuel Colón de Portugal, 7th Duke of Veragua, , , was a Spanish noble....
- 1680 : Rodrigo Manuel Fernández Manrique de Lara, Conde de Aguilar
- 1683 : Juan Tomás de RocabertiJuan Tomás de RocabertiJuan Tomás de Rocaberti was a Spanish theologian.Educated at Girona, he entered the Dominican convent there, receiving the habit in 1640...
(2nd time) - 1683 : Pedro José de Silva, Conde de Cifuentes
- 1688 : Luis de Moscoso y de Osorio, Conde de Altamira
- 1691 : Carlos Homo Dei Moura y Pacheco, Marqués de Castel Rodrigo
- 1696 : Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán y Marañon
- 1700 : Antonio Domingo de Mendoza Caamaño y SotomayorJosé Antonio de MendozaJosé Antonio de Mendoza Caamaño y Sotomayor, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía de Arousa was a Spanish colonial administrator in the Americas. From February 4, 1736 to December 15, 1745 he was Viceroy of Peru.-Early career:José Antonio de Mendoza was a native of Galicia and a knight of the Order of...
, Marqués de Villagarcía
Viceroys named by Philip V of SpainPhilip V of SpainPhilip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
- 1705 : Joaquín Ponce de León
- 1706 : Conde de las Torres
- 1707 : Luis Belluga Moncada, Bishop of Cartagena
Viceroys named by Charles of HabsburgCharles VI, Holy Roman EmperorCharles VI was the penultimate Habsburg sovereign of the Habsburg Empire. He succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia , Hungary and Croatia , Archduke of Austria, etc., in 1711...
- 1705 : Juan Bautista Basset y Ramos
- 1706 : Sancho Ruiz de Lihory, Count Cardona
- 1706 : Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Sandoval, Conde de la Corzana