Council of the Indies

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colonial administrative institution government body royal council

The Council of the Indies was the principal governing body through which the Spanish Crown administered and regulated its vast overseas empire in the Americas and Asia during the early modern period.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Council of the Indies canonical 64
Council of the Indies system 3
Council of the Indies (in executive functions) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative institution ⓘ
government body ⓘ
royal council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Philippines ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish East Indies ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dissolved 1834 ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
colonial law ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
overseas trade regulation ⓘ
foundedBy Charles I of Spain ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
hasMember councillors of the Indies ⓘ
Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
surface form: fiscal (crown attorney)

oidores ⓘ
secretary of the Council of the Indies ⓘ
hasRole administrative oversight of colonies ⓘ
advisory body to the king ⓘ
appointment of colonial officials ⓘ
drafting colonial laws ⓘ
judicial body for colonial appeals ⓘ
legislative body for overseas territories ⓘ
oversight of missionary activity ⓘ
regulation of trade policies for colonies ⓘ
supervision of audiencias ⓘ
supervision of viceroys ⓘ
headOfGovernment president of the Council of the Indies ⓘ
inception 1524 ⓘ
jurisdiction Captaincy General of the Philippines ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
surface form: viceroyalty of New Granada

Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form: viceroyalty of New Spain

Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
surface form: viceroyalty of Peru

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
surface form: viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
location Royal Palace of Madrid ⓘ
surface form: Alcázar of Madrid

Madrid ⓘ
Royal Palace of Madrid ⓘ
namedAfter East Indies ⓘ
surface form: Indies
officialName Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias ⓘ
partOf Royal Council of Castile ⓘ
surface form: Royal Councils of the Spanish Crown

Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
replacedBy Overseas Council of Spain ⓘ
replaces Council of Burgos ⓘ
significantEvent decline following independence of Spanish American colonies ⓘ
reforms under the Bourbon monarchy ⓘ
reorganization after the Nueva Planta reforms ⓘ
subordinateTo King of Spain ⓘ

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catholic Monarchy → hasCentralInstitution → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Crown of Castile → administrativeCenterForEmpire → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru → governedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Christianization of central Mexico → supportedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Anthony van Diemen → memberOf → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Dutch colonial government → maintainedInstitution → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Hendrik Brouwer → memberOf → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Casa de Contratación → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Casa de Contratación → relatedTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish America → administrativeBody → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish royal court → relatedTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Governor of Las Californias → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
New Laws of 1542 → jurisdiction → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Laws of the Indies → legislatedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Royal Audiencia of Lima → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
King of the Indies → governedThrough → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish West Indies → governedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Quito → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Bogotá → partOf → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Bogotá → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General of New Spain → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Governor-General of the Philippines → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Viceroy of New Spain → partOf → Council of the Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Indies system
Viceroy of New Spain → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Guatemala Captaincy General → partOf → Council of the Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Indies system
Adelantado mayor → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Valladolid debate → authority → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Lope García de Castro → employer → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Royal Army of Peru → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General of Guatemala → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General of Chile → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Captaincy General of Cuba → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Corregidor of Santiago → hierarchicalSuperior → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Francisco de Montejo the Elder → commissionedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Overseas Council of Spain → replaced → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Council of Burgos → followedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Council of Burgos → replacedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias → alsoKnownAs → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias → alsoKnownAs → Council of the Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Real Consejo de Indias
Captain General of Cuba → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Santo Domingo → partOf → Council of the Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Indies system
Audiencia of Mexico → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Charcas → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Audiencia of Lima → supervisedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Jeremias van Riemsdijk → associatedWith → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Admiral of the Indies → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Captain General of the Canary Islands → subordinateTo → Council of the Indies ⓘ
Governor of Popayán → appointedBy → Council of the Indies ⓘ