President of the Council of Castile

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government position judicial office political office

The President of the Council of Castile was a high-ranking royal official in early modern Spain who headed the kingdom’s principal governing and judicial body under the authority of the monarch.

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Label	Occurrences
President of the Council of Castile canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government position ⓘ judicial office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Crown of Castile ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Monarchy of Spain
appointedBy	King of Spain ⓘ Spanish monarch ⓘ
authorityOver	governing functions of the Crown of Castile ⓘ judicial functions of the Crown of Castile ⓘ
comparedTo	prime minister of the Crown of Castile ⓘ
country	Castile ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Castile
domain	civil and criminal justice in Castile ⓘ domestic policy of the Crown of Castile ⓘ
governmentBranch	judiciary ⓘ royal administration ⓘ
hasRank	high-ranking royal official ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Royal Council of Castile ⓘ surface form: Council of Castile
historicalFunction	centralization of royal authority in Castile ⓘ coordination of legislation and justice in Castile ⓘ
jurisdiction	high justice in the Crown of Castile ⓘ internal governance of the Crown of Castile ⓘ
locatedIn	Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ
officeHolderOf	Royal Council of Castile ⓘ surface form: Council of Castile
officeType	non-elective office ⓘ
partOf	Royal Council of Castile ⓘ surface form: Council of Castile Spanish Monarchy’s council system ⓘ
precededBy	chief royal councillors of medieval Castile ⓘ
relatedTo	Council of Aragon ⓘ Council of State ⓘ Council of War ⓘ Council of the Indies ⓘ
residence	Madrid ⓘ Royal Palace of Madrid ⓘ surface form: Royal Alcázar of Madrid
responsibleFor	advising the monarch on internal affairs ⓘ implementing royal decrees in Castile ⓘ overseeing royal courts in Castile ⓘ supervising lower councils and officials in Castile ⓘ
role	head of the kingdom’s principal governing body ⓘ head of the kingdom’s principal judicial body ⓘ
seat	Council of Castile chambers in Madrid ⓘ
selectionMethod	royal appointment ⓘ
status	abolished historical office ⓘ
subordinateTo	King of Spain ⓘ King of Castile ⓘ surface form: Monarch of Castile
timePeriod	Old Regime in Spain ⓘ surface form: Ancien Régime in Spain early modern period ⓘ
usedLanguage	Castilian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ

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Fernando de Valdés → positionHeld → President of the Council of Castile ⓘ