Governor of Las Californias

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colonial office government position

The Governor of Las Californias was the chief Spanish colonial official overseeing civil and military administration in the vast province that once encompassed present-day California and Baja California.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Governor of Las Californias canonical 3
Governor of Alta California 1
Governor of the Californias 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
surface form: Alta California

Baja California ⓘ
Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
surface form: Las Californias

present-day Baja California ⓘ
present-day California ⓘ
appointedBy King of Spain ⓘ
Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
associatedWith Spanish colonization of the Californias ⓘ
expansion of Spanish missions in Alta California ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1804 ⓘ
governingBody provincial government of Las Californias ⓘ
governs royal lands in Las Californias ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil administration of Las Californias ⓘ
military administration of Las Californias ⓘ
hasCapital Loreto during early period ⓘ
Monterey after administrative shift ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era ⓘ
historicalSubdivisionOf Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
inception 1768 ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes Spanish missions in California ⓘ
presidios in Las Californias ⓘ
pueblos in Las Californias ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Spanish colonial law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form: New Spain
officeCreatedFor administration of frontier province ⓘ
officeHolderRole chief civil administrator ⓘ
chief military commander ⓘ
provincial governor ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
religionOfficial Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Governor of Alta California ⓘ
Governor of Baja California ⓘ
responsibleFor defense against foreign powers on Pacific coast ⓘ
implementation of royal policies ⓘ
oversight of mission system ⓘ
seat Loreto, Baja California ⓘ
Monterey ⓘ
surface form: Monterey, Alta California
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
territoryCharacterizedAs frontier province of New Spain ⓘ
territoryIncludes Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

coastal regions of present-day California ⓘ
typeOfAdministration civil-military governorship ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Felipe de Neve → positionHeld → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe → underJurisdictionOf → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Governor of Alta California
Hacienda de San Juan, near present-day San Antonio, Texas → positionHeld → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
subject surface form: Felipe de Neve
this entity surface form: Governor of the Californias
Gaspar de Portolá → positionHeld → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
José Castro → positionHeld → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
this entity surface form: acting Governor of Alta California
Pío Pico → positionHeld → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of Alta California
Fages → positionHeld → Governor of Las Californias ⓘ
subject surface form: Pedro Fages