King of the Indies

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monarchical title royal title

King of the Indies was a royal title used by Spanish monarchs to signify their sovereignty over Spain’s overseas territories in the Americas and other parts of the New World.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rey de las Indias	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monarchical title ⓘ royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Spanish America ⓘ surface form: New World territories of Spain Spanish America ⓘ Spanish overseas territories ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ
category	Royal styles in Europe ⓘ Titles of national or ethnic leadership ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
declineOfUse	19th century ⓘ
followsConcept	European concept of the Indies as Asia and the New World ⓘ
governedThrough	Council of the Indies ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
hasDomain	colonial administration ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Spanish royal decrees ⓘ papal bulls granting rights over the Indies ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
originalLanguageForm	King of the Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rey de las Indias
partOf	full royal style of the Spanish monarch ⓘ
politicalMeaning	universal monarchy over overseas dominions ⓘ
reasonForDecline	independence of Spanish American colonies ⓘ
region	Americas ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
relatedConcept	East Indies ⓘ surface form: Indies Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
relatedTo	King of Aragon ⓘ King of Castile ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
signifies	sovereignty over Spain’s overseas territories ⓘ sovereignty over territories in the Americas ⓘ sovereignty over territories in the New World ⓘ
timePeriod	early modern period ⓘ
usedBy	Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish monarchs
usedByMonarch	Charles I of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles III of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles IV of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferdinand VII of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip III of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip V of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFrom	16th century ⓘ
usedInContext	Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonial empire

Referenced by (4)

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

King of the Indies → originalLanguageForm → King of the Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rey de las Indias

Charles IV of Spain → positionHeld → King of the Indies ⓘ

Ferdinand VI of Spain → title → King of the Indies ⓘ

Rey Planeta → title → King of the Indies ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain