Arms of the Aragonese Kings of Sicily with Crest

The Viceroys of Sicily () were the regents of the government of the

Kingdom of Sicily The Kingdom of Sicily (; ; ) was a state that existed in Sicily and the southern Italian peninsula, Italian Peninsula as well as, for a time, in Kingdom of Africa, Northern Africa, from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816. It was ...

in place of the Spanish Kings who acquired the title of

King of Sicily The monarchs of Sicily ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130 until the "perfect fusion" in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816. The origins of the Sicilian monarchy lie in the Norman conquest of southern Italy which oc ...

from 1412 to 1759. In 1806

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand I (Italian language, Italian: ''Ferdinando I''; 12 January 1751 – 4 January 1825) was Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, King of the Two Sicilies from 1816 until his death. Before that he had been, since 1759, King of Naples as Ferdinand I ...

, having established himself on the island, abolished the office and established in its place those of lieutenant and captain general.Time of the Viceroys
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Under the
Crown of Aragon The Crown of Aragon (, ) ;, ; ; . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (later Principality of Catalonia) and ended as a consequence of the War of the Sp ...
, 1409–1707

* John of Aragon, Duke of Peñafiel, later king John II of Aragon, 1458–1479, acted 1409–1416. * Domingo Ram y Lanaja, Bishop of

Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

1416–1419 * Antonio de Cardona 1419–1421 (1st term) * Giovanni de Podio 1421–1422 * Niccolò Speciale 1423–1424 (1st term) * Peter, infans of Aragón 1424–1425 * Giovanni I Ventimiglia, count-marquis of Geraci 1430–1432 * Niccolò Speciale 1425–1431 (2nd term subordinately at Peter of Aragon and Giovanni Ventimiglia) * Pedro Felice and Adamo Asmundo 1432–1433 * direct rule of King Alfonso V 1433–1435 * Ruggero Paruta 1435–1439 * Bernat de Requesens 1439–1440 (1st term) * Gilabert de Centelles y de Cabrera 1440–1441 * Raimundo Perellós 1441–1443 * Lope Ximénez de Urrea y de Bardaixi 1443–1459 (1st term) * Juan de Moncayo 1459–1463 * Bernat de Requesens 1463–1465 (2nd term) * Lope Ximénez de Urrea y de Bardaixi 1465–1475 (2nd term) * Guillm Pujades 1475–1477 * Joan Ramon Folc III de Cardona, Count of Prades 1477–1479 * Gaspar de Espés, Viceroy of Sicily 1479–1489, Count of Sclafana,(Sicily), Lord of Albalate de Cinca (Spain). * Fernando de Acuña y de Herrera 1489–1495 * Juan de Lanuza y Pimentel 1495–1507. Died in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

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, 1507. * Ramon de Cardona, Count of Albento 1507–1509 * Hug de Montcada 1509–1517 * Ettore Pignatelli e Caraffa, 1st Duke of Monteleone, Duke of Monteleone 1517–1534 * Simone Ventimiglia, Marquis of Geraci 1534–1535 ''Interim'' * Ferrante Gonzaga, Prince of

Molfetta Molfetta (; Bari dialect, Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habit ...

1535–1546 * Ambrogio Santapace, Marquis of Licodia 1546–1547 ''Interim'' * Juan de Vega, Lord of Grajal 1547–1557 *

Juan de la Cerda, 4th Duke of Medinaceli Juan de la Cerda y Silva, 4th Duke of Medinaceli (c. 1514 – 1575), Grandee of Spain, was a Spanish nobleman. He was the son of Don Juan de la Cerda, 2nd Duke of Medinaceli, by second wife María de Silva. In 1552 Juan de la Cerda inherited the ...

1557–1564 * García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca 1564–1566 *

Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, 1st Prince of Castelvetrano (1530 – 25 September 1599) was a Sicilian-Spanish nobleman and viceroy. Early life Carlo was born in Castelvetrano, Sicily, in 1530. He was the son of a Sicilian peer, Giovanni Tagliavia, ...

1566–1568 ''Interim'' (1st term) *

Francesco Ferdinando II d'Avalos, 5th Marquis of Pescara Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is one of the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation) ...

, 1568–1571 * Giuseppe Francesco Landriano, Count of Landriano 1571 ''Interim'' *

, 1571–1577 ''Interim'' (2nd term) *

Marcantonio Colonna Marcantonio II Colonna (sometimes spelled Marc'Antonio; 1535 – August 1, 1584), Duke of Tagliacozzo and Duke and Prince of Paliano, was an Italian aristocrat who served as Viceroy of Sicily in the service of the Spanish Crown, general of ...

, Prince of Paliano 1577–1584 * Juan Alfonso Bisbal, Count of Briático 1584–1585 ''Interim'' * Diego Enríquez de Guzmán, Count of Alba de Liste 1585–1592 *

Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, He ...

1592–1595 * Giovanni III Ventimiglia, 8th Marquis of Geraci, and Prince of Castelbuono, 1595–1598 ''Interim'' (1st term) * Bernardino de Cárdenas y Portugal, Duke of Maqueda 1598–1601 * Jorge de Cárdenas y Manrique de Lara, Marquis of Elche 1601–1602 ''Interim'' * Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, Duke of Feria 1602–1606 * Giovanni III Ventimiglia, 8th Marquis of Geraci and Prince of Castelbuono, 1606–1607 ''Interim'' (2nd term) * Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona 1607–1610 * Giovanni Doria, Cardinal 1610–1611 ''Interim'' (1st term) * Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna 1611–1616 * Francisco Ruiz de Castro 1616–1622 * Emanuel Filibert of Savoy 1622–1624 * Giovanni Doria, Cardinal 1624–1626 (2nd term) * Antonio Pimentel y Toledo, Marquis of Tavora 1626–1627 * Enrique Pimentel, Count of Villalba, 1627 * Francisco de la Cueva, 7th Duke of Alburquerque 1627–1632 * Fernando Afán de Ribera y Enríquez, Duke of Alcalá 1632–1635 * Luis de Moncada, 7th Duke of Montalto, 1635–1639 ''Interim'' * Francisco de Melo, Marquis of Villanueva, 1639–1641 * Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera 1641–1644 * Pedro Fajardo Requesens y Zúñiga, Marquis of los Vélez 1644–1647 * Vicente de Guzmán, Marquis of Montealegre 1647 ''Interim'' * Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio, Cardinal 1647–1649 *

John of Austria the Younger John Joseph of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger) (; 7 April 1629 – 17 September 1679) was a Spanish general and Politician, political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and tr ...

1649–1651 * Rodrigo de Sandoval y Mendoza, 7th Duke of Infantado 1651–1655 * Juan Tellez-Girón y Enriquez de Ribera, 4th Duke of Osuna 1655–1656 * Martín de Redín 1656–1657 * Pedro Rubeo 1657–1660 ''Interim'' * Fernando de Ayala, Count of Ayala 1660–1663 * Francesco Caetani, 8th Duke of Sermoneta, 1663–1667 * Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque 1667–1670 * Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne 1670–1674 * Francisco Bazán de Benavides 1674 ''Interim'' * Fadrique de Toledo y Osorio, Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo 1674–1676 * Anielo de Guzmán, Marquis ''

jure uxoris ''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title '' suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could beco ...

'' of Castel Rodrigo 1676–77 * Eleanor de Moura, Marquise of Castel Rodrigo 1677 ''Interim'' * Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Cardinal 1677–1678 ''Interim'' *

Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria Vicente de Gonzaga y Doria, (1602 – 23 November 1694) was Governor of Galicia, 1652-1658, Viceroy of Valencia, 1663, Viceroy of Catalonia, 1664–1667 and Viceroy of Sicily, 1678. Biography He was the second of the 11 sons/daughters of Fe ...

1678 * Francisco de Benavides, Count of Santisteban 1678–1687 *

Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda Juan Francisco Pacheco y Téllez-Girón, 4th Consort Duke of Uceda, (Madrid, Spain, 8 June 1649 – Vienna, Austria, 25 August 1718), was a Spanish noble, viceroy of Sicily and Spanish Ambassador in Rome. Biography He was the son of Alonso Melc ...

1687–1696 * Pedro Manuel Colón de Portugal y de la Cueva, 1696–1701, 7th Duke of Veragua from 1673 to 1710 . * Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco, 8th Marquis of Villena, Duke of Escalona 1701–1702 * Francesco Del Giudice, Cardinal 1702–1705 ''Interim'' * Isidoro de la Cueva y Benavides, Marquis of Bedmar 1705–1707

Under the Kingdom of Spain, 1707–1713

* 1707–1713: Carlo Antonio Spinola, 4th Marquis of the Balbases At the end of the

War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish E ...

, by the

Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaty, peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vac ...

(1713), Sicily was ceded to

Victor Amadeus II Victor Amadeus II (; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King o ...

, Duke of Savoy.

Under the
House of Savoy The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...
, 1713–1720

* 1714–1718: Annibale Maffei, Count * 1718–1719: Giovan Francesco di Bette, Marquis of Lede * 1719–1720: Niccolò Pignatelli, Duke of Monteleone The Spanish invaded the kingdom in 1718 during the

War of the Quadruple Alliance The War of the Quadruple Alliance, 1718 to 1720, was a conflict between Spain and a coalition of Austria, Great Britain, France, and Savoy, joined in 1719 by the Dutch Republic. Most of the fighting took place in Sicily and Spain, with minor engag ...

. The Duke of Savoy ceded it to

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

in 1720 by the Treaty of The Hague.

Under the Habsburg monarchy, 1720–1734

* 1722–1728: Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero, Marquis of Almenara * 1728–1734: Cristoforo Fernandez de Cordoba, Count of Sastago Conquered by the Spanish in 1734 during the

War of the Polish Succession The War of the Polish Succession (; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of ...

, the kingdom was ceded to Charles I, Duke of Parma, a son of King

Philip V of Spain Philip V (; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was List of Spanish monarchs, King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign (45 years and 16 days) is the longest in the ...

Under the
House of Bourbon The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a dynasty that originated in the Kingdom of France as a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the 16th century. A br ...
, 1734–1816

* 1734–1737:

José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Montemar José Carrillo de Albornoz y Montiel, 1st Duke of Montemar (8 October 1671 – 26 June 1747) was a Spanish Army officer and nobleman who served as the viceroy of Sicily from 1734 to 1737. He was considered by contemporary Spaniards to be one o ...

* 1737–1747: Bartolomeo Corsini, Prince of Sismano * 1747–1754: Jacques-Eustache de La Viefville, Duke of La Viefville * 1755–1775: Giovanni Fogliani Sforza d'Aragona, Marquis of Pellegrino * 1775–1781: Marcantonio Colonna, Prince of Stigliano * 1781–1786: Domenico Caracciolo, Marquis of Villamaina * 1786–1795: Francesco d'Aquino, Prince of Caramanico * 1795–1798: Francisco Lopez y Rojo, Archbishop of Palermo * 1798–1802: Tommaso Firrao di Luzzi, Prince of Sant'Agata * 1802–1803: Cardinal Domenico Pignatelli di Belmonte, Archbishop of Palermo * 1803–1806: Alessandro Filangieri, Prince of Cutò * 1806–1813: direct rule of King Ferdinand III * 1813–1816: ''Lieutenant-General'': Francis, Duke of Calabria * 1816: ''Lieutenant-General'': Niccolò Filangieri, Prince of Cutò In 1816 the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until ...

and the

were merged into the new

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies () was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by popula ...

.GIUSEPPE GALASSO, born 1929. ''Il Regno di Napoli. Il Mezzogiorno angioino e aragonese (1266–1494)'', Utet, Torino 1992, xv, 919 pages. : ill. ; 26 cm., . Series Storia d'Italia (Unione tipografico-editrice torinese) ; v. 15, t. 1. (In Italian), covers also Spanish time in Naples.

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Under the Crown of Aragon The Crown of Aragon (, ) ;, ; ; . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (later Principality of Catalonia) and ended as a consequence of the War of the Sp ..., 1409–1707