Governorate of Paraguay

The Governorate of Paraguay (), originally called the Governorate of Guayrá, was a governorate of the Spanish Empire and part of the Viceroyalty of Peru. Its seat was the city of Asunción; its territory roughly encompassed the modern day country of Paraguay.

The Governorate was created on December 16, 1617, by the royal decree of King Philip III as a split of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and of Paraguay into its respective halves. The Governorate lasted until 1782, after which the massive Viceroyalty of Peru was split, and Paraguay became an intendency (intendencia) of the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

List of governors of Paraguay

+Governors and interim governors of ParaguayColección de obras y documentos relativos a la historia antigua y moderna de las provincias del Río de la Plata. 1836, Pedro de Angelis.NameStart of ruleEnd of ruleKing of SpainHernando Arias de Saavedra16151617Philip III16181621 21 October 1621 1627Philip IV 16301633 16331636 16361641Juan de Velasco Villasanti164127 June 1641Gregorio de Hinestrosa27 June 16412 February 1647Diego de Escobar y Osorio2 February 164726 February 1649Bernardino de Cárdenas4 March 1649 1 October 1649 1 October 164910 October 1650 10 October 165026 July 1653 26 July 165321 September 1656 21 September 165624 September 1659 24 September 1659 25 August 1662 25 August 166213 April 1671Charles II 13 April 16711676 16761681 7 October 1681 August 1684 18 October 1684 30 October 1684 Alonso Fernández Montiel30 October 168430 October 1685 30 October 16852 August 1691 22 October 1692 4 December 1696 4 December 1696 27 June 1702Philip V 27 June 1702 1705 170526 September 1705 26 September 17059 February 1706Baltazar García Ros9 February 170610 October 1707 10 October 1707 5 June 1713 5 June 1713 23 January 1717 23 January 17175 February 1717Diego de los Reyes Balmaseda5 February 1717 20 August 1721José de Antequera y Castro14 September 17215 March 1725Ramón de las Llanas5 March 172529 April 1725Bruno Mauricio de Zabala29 April 1725 4 May 1725Martín de Barúa4 May 1725 28 December 1730Ignacio de Soroeta28 December 173025 January 173125 January 173127 July 1733Agustín de Ruyloba27 July 1733 14 September 1733Juan de Arregui y Gutiérrez27 September 17339 December 1733 9 December 1733 1735Bruno Mauricio de Zabala30 March 1735 1735 1735 7 November 1740 7 November 1740 August 1747 Ferdinand VI August 1747 10 November 1749 10 November 1749 2 April 1761Charles III 2 April 1761 23 July 1764 23 July 1764 29 September 1766Carlos Morphi29 September 1766 23 August 1772 23 August 1772 1 February 1778 Pedro Melo de Portugal1 February 1778 21 August 1787

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