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List of viceroys of Navarre

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Source revisionMay 2, 2026
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This is a list of Spanish Viceroys of Navarre from 1512 to 1840, when the function was abolished.

1512 : Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, marqués de Comares

1515 : Fadrique de Acuña, Conde de Buendía

1516 : Antonio Manrique de Lara, Duque de Nájera

1521 : Francisco de Zuñiga, 3rd Count of Miranda

1524 : Diego de Avellaneda, Bishop of Tuy

1527 : Martín Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba, Conde de Alcaudete

1534 : Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 2nd Marquis of Cañete

1542 : Juan de Vega, Señor de Grajal

1543 : Luis Hurtado de Mendoza, 2nd Marquess of Mondéjar

1546 : Álvar Gómez Manrique de Mendoza, Conde de Castrogeriz

1547 : Luís de Velasco, Señor de Salinas

1549 : Bernardino de Cárdenas y Pacheco, Duque de Maqueda

1552 : Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Alburquerque

1560 : Gabriel de la Cueva, 5th Duke of Alburquerque

1564 : Alfonso de Córdoba y Velasco, 2nd Conde de Alcaudete

1565 : José de Guevara y Tovar, Señor de Escalante

1567 : Juan de la Cerda y Silva, 4th Duke of Medinaceli

1572 : Vespasiano Gonzaga y Colonna, Prínce of Sabbioneta

1575 : Sancho Martínez de Leiva, Señor de Leiva

1579 : Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza, Marqués de Almazán

1589 : José Martín de Córdoba y Velasco, Marqués de Cortes

1595 : Juan de Cardona y Requesens, Baron de Sant Boi

1602 : Mateo de Burgos, Bishop of Pamplona (interim)

1603 : Juan de Cardona y Requesens, Baron de Sant Boi (2nd term)

1610 : Alonso Idiáquez de Butrón, Duque de Ciudad Real

1618 : Felipe Ramírez de Arellano, Conde de Aguilar

1620 : Juan de Mendoza y Velasco, Marqués de Hinojosa

1623 : Bernardino González de Avellaneda, Marqués de Castrillo

1629 : Fernando Girón, Duque de Nemeses

1629 : Juan Carlos de Guzmán y Silva, Marqués de Fuentes

1631 : Luis Bravo Acuña

1634 : Francisco González de Andía-Irarrázabal, Marqués de Valparaíso

1637 : Fernando de Andrade y Sotomayor, Archbishop of Burgos

1638 : Pedro Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marqués de los Vélez

1640 : Francesco Maria Carafa y Carafa, 5th Duke of Duke of Nochera

1641 : Enrique Pimentel, 5th Marqués de Tabara

1641 : Sebastián Suárez de Mendoza, Conde de La Coruña

1643 : Duarte Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Conde de Oropesa

1645 : Andrea Cantelmo, (1598–1645), a son of Giuseppe, (4th Duke of Popoli), Governor of Luxembourg before 1634.

1646 : Luis de Guzmán Ponce de Leon

1649 : Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona

1653 : Diego de Benavides, 8th Count of Santisteban

1661 : Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Enriquez de Ribera, 7th Duke of Alba, 5th Marqués de Villanueva del Río, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

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