This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón 1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito 1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia 1496–1501: Juan de Aragón, Conde de Ribagorza 1501–1514: Jaime de Luna 1514–1521: Alonso de Aragón, Archbishop of Zaragoza 1521–1523: Pere Folc de Cardona, Archbishop of Tarragona 1523–1525: Antonio de Zúñiga, Prior of Castile, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem 1525–1539: Fadrique de Portugal y Noroña, Bishop of Sigüenza 1539–1543: Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandia, 3rd General Father of the Jesuit Order 1543–1554: Juan Fernández Manrique de Lara, Marqués de Aguilar de Campoo 1554–1558: Pedro Afán de Ribera, Duque de Alcalá 1558–1564: García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo 1564–1571: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda 1571–1580: Fernando de Toledo 1580–1581: Francisco de Moncada y Folc de Cardona, Marqués de Aytona 1581–1583: Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia 1583–1586: Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda, Conde de Miranda del Castañar 1586–1590: Manrique de Lara y Girón, Conde de Valencia de Don Juan 1590–1592: Pedro Luis Galcerán de Borja y de Castro-Pinós 1592–1596: Bernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal, Duque de Maqueda 1596–1602: Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duque de Feria 1602–1603: Joan Terès i Borrull, Archbishop of Tarragona 1603–1611: Héctor de Pignatelli y Colonna, Duque de Monteleón 1611–1611: Pedro Manrique, Bishop of Tortosa 1611–1615: Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza, Marqués de Almazán 1615–1619: Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque 1619–1622: Fernando Afán de Ribera y Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules 1622–1626: Juan Sentís, Bishop of Barcelona 1626–1627: Luis Díez de Aux y Armendáriz, Bishop of Urgel 1627–1629: Miguel Santos de San Pedro, Bishop of Solsona 1629–1630: Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria 1630–1632: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba 1632–1633: Cardinal-Infante Fernando de Austria 1633–1638: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba (2nd time) 1638–1640: Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma 1640–1640: Enrique de Aragón Folc de Cardona y Córdoba (3rd time) 1640–1640: García Gil Manrique, Bishop of Barcelona 1640–1642: Pedro Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marqués de los Vélez 1642–1644: Pedro Antonio de Aragón 1642–1644: Felipe de Silva 1644–1645: Andrea Cantelmo 1645–1647: Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés 1647–1648: Guillermo Ramón de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona 1648–1650: Juan de Garay y Otáñez, Marqués de Villarrubia 1650–1653: Francisco de Orozco, Marqués de Mortara 1653–1656: John of Austria the Younger 1656–1663: Francisco de Orozco, Marqués de Mortara (2nd time) 1663–1664: Francisco de Moura y Corterreal, Marqués de Castel Rodrigo 1664–1667: Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria 1667–1669: Gaspar Téllez-Girón, 5th Duke de Osuna 1669–1673: Francisco Fernández de Córdoba, Duque de Sessa 1673–1675: Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán 1675–1676: Juan Antonio Pacheco Osorio Toledo, Marqués de Cerralbo 1676–1677: Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma 1677–1678: Juan Domingo Méndez de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba 1678–1678: Diego Dávila Mesía y Guzmán, 3rd Marquis of Leganés 1678–1685: Alejandro de Bournonville, Duque de Bournonville 1685–1688: Diego Dávila Mesía y Guzmán, 3rd Marquis of Leganés (2nd time) 1688–1688: Juan Tomás Enríquez de Cabrera, Conde de Melga 1688–1690: Carlos de Gurrea Aragón y Borja, Duque de Villahermosa 1690–1693: Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Duque de Medina Sidonia 1693–1694: Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena 1694–1696: Francisco Antonio de Agurto, Marquis of Gastañaga 1696–1698: Francisco de Velasco y Tovar, Conde de Melgar 1698–1701: Jorge de Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgrave of Hesse
During the War of the Spanish Succession, Catalonia was contested between the Bourbons and Habsburgs.
Viceroys named by Philip V of Spain: 1702–1703: Luis Fernández de Portocarrero, Conde de Palma 1703–1705: Francisco de Velasco y Tovar, Conde de Melgar (2nd time) 1705–1706: José Antonio de Mendoza, 3rd Marquis of Villagarcía 1706–1713: Claude François Bidal d'Asfeld
Viceroys named by Archduke Charles: 1706–1710: Leo Graf Ulfeldt 1711–1712: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1713–1713: Guido von Starhemberg
In 1713, by the Nueva Planta decrees, King Philip V of Spain replaced the function Viceroy of Catalonia, with that of Captain General of Catalonia.
French viceroys during the Reapers' War During the Reapers' War or Catalan Revolt, the French occupied Catalonia and appointed viceroys to govern the territory in the name of the King of France, recognized as Count of Barcelona by the Catalan institutions.
1641–1642: Urbain de Maillé-Brézé 1642–1645: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1st time) 1645–1647: Henri, Count of Harcourt 1647–1647: Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé 1647–1648: Cardinal Mazarin 1649–1651: Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Mercœur 1651–1652: Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt (2nd time)
References
External links Virreinato de Cataluña