Captain General of Quito

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colonial office governor military commander

The Captain General of Quito was the Spanish colonial governor and highest military and administrative authority in the Royal Audiencia of Quito in northern South America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Captain General of Quito canonical	1
President of the Audiencia of Quito	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ governor ⓘ military commander ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Audiencia of Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South America ⓘ
appointedBy	King of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom	Spanish imperial legislation ⓘ royal cédulas NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
endCause	Spanish American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ independence of Ecuador ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchical colonial administration ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	city of Quito ⓘ parts of present-day Colombia ⓘ parts of present-day Ecuador ⓘ parts of present-day Peru ⓘ surrounding highland regions ⓘ
hasRole	administration of justice at the executive level ⓘ defense of the territory ⓘ frontier defense ⓘ highest administrative authority in the Royal Audiencia of Quito ⓘ highest military authority in the Royal Audiencia of Quito ⓘ implementation of colonial policies ⓘ implementation of royal decrees ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ organization of local militias ⓘ oversight of local officials ⓘ protection of trade routes ⓘ provincial governor ⓘ tax collection supervision ⓘ
legalSystem	Castilian law ⓘ Indies law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Audiencia of Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	President of Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican authorities of Ecuador ⓘ
seat	Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	colonial period ⓘ
subordinateTo	Council of the Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroy of New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroy of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	Spanish ⓘ

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Subject: Captain General of Quito
Description of subject: The Captain General of Quito was the Spanish colonial governor and highest military and administrative authority in the Royal Audiencia of Quito in northern South America.

Referenced by (2)

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

Toribio Montes → positionHeld → Captain General of Quito ⓘ

Governor of Popayán → subordinateTo → Captain General of Quito ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Audiencia of Quito