Pedro Ponce de León y Riquelme, Governor of Venezuela Province (1566-1569)
The territories that are now part of the Carabobo State were part of the formerly Venezuela Province during Spanish dominion.
Juan de Carvajal was a Spanish conquistador and one of the first Governors of Venezuela Province.
Ruy Fernández de Fuenmayor (1603 - 1651) was a Spanish soldier who was governor of Venezuela Province between 1637 and 1644.
Fuenmayor returned to Spain, and on 26 November 1636 was appointed Governor and Captain-General of Venezuela Province, arriving there in 1637.
Caracas Province (during Spanish Empire also known as Venezuela Province)
On 20 February 1694, don Francisco Berroterán, governor of Venezuela Province, declared Los Guayos "town of Indians".
It was the first capital of the Venezuela Province and head of the first bishop founded in South America in 1531.
Guayana Province (created 1585) provided a southern boundary, while Venezuela Province provided a western one.
In 1577 Caracas became the capital of the Spanish Empire's Venezuela Province under Governor Juan de Pimentel (1576-1583).