Viceroy of Peru

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The Viceroy of Peru was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial authority in the Viceroyalty of Peru, governing vast territories in South America from the 16th to the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office
political position
viceroy
appliesToJurisdiction Viceroyalty of Peru
appointedBy King of Spain
Spanish Crown
linked to: Crown of Spain
continent South America
country Spanish Empire
firstHolder Blasco Núñez Vela
firstHolderStartDate 1544
governs colonial administration of Peru
hasAuthorityOver civil administration
fiscal administration
implementation of royal decrees
military affairs
headquartersLocation Lima
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
lastHolder José de la Serna e Hinojosa
lastHolderEndDate 1824
memberOf Council of the Indies (indirectly, via reporting)
nativeLabel Virrey del Perú
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
officeAbolished 1824
19th century
officeCreatedBy Spanish Crown
linked to: Crown of Spain
officeCreatedIn Viceroyalty of Peru
officeEstablished 1542
officeEstablishedBy New Laws of 1542
officeHolderStyle Excelentísimo Señor
Virrey del Perú
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
officeHolderTitle Viceroy
officeType executive office
representative of the monarch
partOf Spanish colonial empire in the Americas
positionHeldIn Viceroyalty of Peru
replacedBy independent republican governments in South America
reportsTo Council of the Indies
represents Spanish monarch
residence Lima
roleIn Spanish colonial administration
seatOfGovernment Lima
subordinateTo King of Spain
territorialExtent most of Spanish South America
parts of present-day Argentina
parts of present-day Chile
parts of present-day Colombia
parts of present-day Ecuador
present-day Bolivia
present-day Peru
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
early 19th century

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Blasco Núñez Vela positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
Royal Army of Peru usedBy Viceroy of Peru
Joaquín de la Pezuela positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
subject linked to: Viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela
Captain General of Chile subordinateTo Viceroy of Peru
Álvarez de Toledo family heldOffice Viceroy of Peru
Ambrosio O'Higgins positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
José Fernando de Abascal positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
Luis de Velasco y Aragón positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
Francisco de Toledo positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
subject linked to: Viceroy Francisco de Toledo
Francisco de Toledo positionHeld Governor of the Viceroyalty of Peru
subject linked to: Viceroy Francisco de Toledo
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
Marquess of Jamaica relatedTitle Viceroy of the Indies
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
Diego Columbus positionHeld Viceroy of the Indies
subject linked to: Columbus family
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
García Hurtado de Mendoza positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
Coat of arms of the Viceroyalty of Peru usedBy viceroys of Peru
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
Viceroy of New Granada equivalentOffice Viceroy of Peru
Viceroy of Peru officeHolderStyle Virrey del Perú
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
Viceroy of Peru nativeLabel Virrey del Perú
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
Captain General of Peru relatedTo Viceroy of Peru
José de la Serna e Hinojosa positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
subject linked to: Hinojosa
José de la Serna e Hinojosa isLastHolderOf Viceroy of Peru
subject linked to: Hinojosa
Christopher Columbus heldTitle Viceroy of the Indies
subject linked to: Columbus
linked to: Viceroy of Peru
Blasco Núñez Vela positionHeld Viceroy of Peru
subject linked to: Núñez Vela