List of monarchs of Sardinia

Below is a list of rulers of Sardinia.

Sardinia before the Aragonese conquest

Sardinia was divided by the 11th century in four autonomous principalities, called giudicati (→ Sardinian Giudicati ). Some rulers of these principalities called themselves " King of Sardinia ", same thing the following:

None of these rulers had control of Sardinia. From 1249 to 1284 the island was divided between Pisa and Genoa, until it finally falls completely under the dominion of Genoa. King James II of Aragon was appointed by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297 for Rex Sardiniae et Corsicae ( King of Sardinia and Corsica). The Aragonese taken, however, only 1323 actual possession of the island, after a victorious campaign against the Pisans.

1383 succeeds Eleonora of Arborea to expel the Aragonese with the support of Genoa again and almost to conquer the entire island.

Under the giudicato Arborea

Aragonese domination, 1409-1516

Spanish rule, 1516-1713

• Viceroy: Jerónimo Aragall ( interim ) ( 1556 ) ( 2nd time)
• Viceroy: Álvaro de Madrigal (1556-1569)
• Viceroy: Jerónimo Aragall ( Viceroy during an absence 1561) ( 3rd time )
• Viceroy Juan Coloma, Baron of Elda (1570-1577)
• Viceroy: Jerónimo Aragall ( interim ) ( 1577-1578 ) ( 4th time )
• Viceroy Miguel de Moncada (1578-1590)
• Viceroy: Gaspar Vicente Novella, Archbishop of Cagliari ( Viceroy during an absence from 1584 to 1586 )
• Viceroy: Gastón de Moncada, Marquis of Aytona (1590-1595)
• Viceroy Antonio Coloma, Baron of Elda (1595-1603)

• Viceroy Alfonso Lasso y Sedeño, Archbishop of Cagliari ( Viceroy during an absence from 1597 to 1599 )
• Vizekönigy: Juan de Zapata ( Viceroy during an absence from 1601 to 1602 )
• Viceroy: Jaime Aragall ( interim ) ( 1603-1604 ) ( 1st time)
• Viceroy Pedro Sánchez de Calatayud, Earl of Real (1604-1610)
• Viceroy: Jaime Aragall ( interim ) ( 1610 to 1611 ) ( 2nd time)
• Viceroy: Carlos de Borja, Duke of Gandia (1611-1617)
• Viceroy: Alonso de exile, Earl of exile (1617-1623)

• Viceroy Luis de Tena ( interim ) ( 1623)
• Viceroy Juan Vives de Canyamás, Baron of Benifayró (1623-1625)
• Viceroy: Diego de Aragall ( interim ) ( 1625 ) ( 1st time)
• Viceroy Pedro Ramón Zaforteza, Count of Santa María de Formiguera ( captain-general ) ( 1625-1626 )
• Viceroy: Jerónimo Pimentel, Marquis of Bayona (1626-1631)
• Viceroy: Diego de Aragall ( interim ) ( 1631) ( 2nd time)
• Viceroy Gaspar Prieto, Archbishop of Alghero ( interim ) ( 1631-1632 )
• Viceroy Antonio de Urrea, Marquis of Almonacir (1632-1637)
• Viceroy: Diego de Aragall ( interim ) ( 1637 to 1638 ) ( 3rd time )
• Viceroy: Gianadrea Doria, Prince of Melfi (1638-1639)
• Viceroy: Diego de Aragall ( interim ) ( 1639-1640 ) ( 4th time )
• Viceroy: Fabrizio Doria, Duke of Arellano (1640-1644)
• Viceroy Luis Guillem de Moncada, Duke of Monalto (1644-1649)
• Viceroy Bernardo Matías de Cervello ( interim ) ( 1649) ( 1st time)
• Viceroy: Giangiacomo Teodoro Trivulzio (1649-1651)
• Viceroy: Duarte Álvarez de Toledo, Count of Oropesa ( 1651)
• Viceroy: Beltrán Vélez de Guevara, Marquis of Campo Real (1651-1652)
• Viceroy Pedro Martínez Rubio, Archbishop of Palermo (1652-1653)
• Viceroy Francisco Fernandez de Castro Andrade, Count of Lemos (1653-1657)
• Viceroy Bernardo Matías de Cervello ( interim ) ( 1657) ( 2nd time )
• Viceroy Francisco de Moura y Corterreal, Marquis of Castel Rodrigo (1657-1661)
• Viceroy Pedro Vico, Archbishop of Cagliari ( interim ) ( 1661-1662 )
• Viceroy: Niccolò Ludovisi, Prince of Piombino (1662-1664)
• Viceroy Bernardo Matías de Cervello ( interim ) ( 1664-1665 ) ( 3rd time )

• Viceroy Manuel de los Cobos, Marquis of Camarasa (1665-1668)
• Viceroy Francisco de Tutavila y del Rufo, Duke of San Germán (1668-1672)
• Viceroy Fernando Joaquín Fajardo de Zúñiga Requesens, Marquis of los Vélez (1673-1675)
• Viceroy: Melchor de Cisternes obliteration ( interim ) (1675 ) ( 1st time)
• Viceroy Francisco de Benavides de la Cueva, Marquis de las Navas (1675-1677)
• Viceroy: Melchor de Cisternes obliteration ( interim ) ( 1679 to 1680 ) ( 2nd time)
• Viceroy José de Funes y Villalpando, Marquis of Ossera ( 1680)
• Viceroy: Philip of Egmont, Count of Egmont (1680-1682)
• Viceroy Diego Ventura, Archbishop of Cagliari ( interim ) ( 1682)
• Viceroy Antonio López de Ayala Velasco, Count of Fuensalida (1682-1686)
• Viceroy José Delitala y Castelví ( interim ) ( 1686-1687 )
• Viceroy: Niccolo Pignatelli, Duke of Monteleone (1687-1690)
• Viceroy: Carlos Homo Dei Moura y Pacheco, Marquis of Castel Rodrigo ( interim ) ( 1690)
• Viceroy Luis Moscoso Ossorio, Count of Altamira (1690-1696)
• Viceroy José de Solís Valderrábano Dávila, Count of Montellano (1697-1699)
• Viceroy Fernando de Moncada, Duke of San Juan (1699-1703)

• Viceroy Francisco Ruiz Ginés de Castro, Count of Lemos (1703-1704)
• Viceroy Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán, Marquis of Valero (1704-1706)
• Viceroy Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal, Marquis of Ayamonte (1706-1709)
• Viceroy Fernando de Silva y Meneses, Count of Cifuentes (1709-1710)
• Viceroy: Jorge de Heredia, Count of Fuentes (1710-1711)
• Viceroy Andrés Roger de exile, Earl of exile (1711-1713)

At the end of the War of Succession Sardinia came by the Peace of Utrecht in Austria.

Austrian rule, 1713-1720

Spanish forces invaded during the War of the Quadruple Alliance 1718 in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Emperor Charles VI. left Sardinia finally at peace from The Hague ( 1720) in exchange for Sicily to the Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy.

Savoyard rule, 1720-1861

The rulers of the house of Savoy ruled from their mainland capital of Turin, but still led primarily the Sardinian royal title, as he was senior to the Savoyard ducal title.

Between 1859 and 1861, the Kingdom of Sardinia conquered most of the Italian states. On March 17, 1861 was finally proclaimed by the Parliament in Turin as Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia.