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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
- 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[1]
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:
- 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.
- ^ Bromley, J.S. (1970-07-02). The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688-1715/25 p.362. ISBN 9780521075244.