Talk:List of viceroys of New Spain

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You've forgotten to list the last Spanish Viceroy, Juan Odonoju (O'Donahue). VTY, Victor M. Carrera

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Governor of the West Indies?
I don't believe there was a position titled "Governor of the West Indies". I've removed Velazquez from the list because I'm confident he never held the title and never held the authority under any other name. I suggest the whole section be removed--unless someone can source it. Glendoremus (talk) 03:39, 17 December 2020 (UTC)


 * According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolas-de-Ovando), Nicolas de Ovando was appointed the first Royal Governor of the West Indies on 3 September 1501. He replaced Francisco de Bobadilla (EB: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-de-Bobadilla), who had been dispatched by Ysabel and Fernando as Commissioner and Chief Justice, to investigate complaints against Christopher Columbus and his brothers (mainly Bartholomew and Diego Columbus, apparently; this Diego not to be confused with Christopher's elder son, who was also Diego). It was de Bobadilla who arrested Columbus and his brothers on Santo Domingo (Hispaniola), and sent them back to Castile. Although Columbus and his brothers were effectively in charge of the colonisation efforts, they do not appear to have had any formal appointments from either the Crown of Castile or the Crown of Aragon. Basically, Columbus was de facto in charge of the colony because he was actually in charge of the voyage that established it. So, we take the evidence of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (somebody else can check the sources of their articles), de Ovando was the first person appointed Royal Governor of the West Indies. The second was Diego Columbus, son of Christopher, who served from 1508. The title was changed to Viceroy in 1511, but the West Indies were subsequently merged into the Viceroyality of New Spain at the end of Diego Columbus's term as Viceroy of the West Indies.

2601:645:C300:5120:B495:CAAE:8402:6CCA (talk) 16:44, 23 April 2021 (UTC)