Viceroy of the Río de la Plata

E70233

colonial office viceroy

The Viceroy of the Río de la Plata was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial official in the southern regions of South America, overseeing administration, justice, and defense in the viceroyalty.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata canonical	13
Viceroys of the Río de la Plata	1
Virrey del Río de la Plata	1
viceroy of the Río de la Plata	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ viceroy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
appointedBy	King of Spain ⓘ Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
capitalOfJurisdiction	Buenos Aires ⓘ
category	Viceroy of the Río de la Plata self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Viceroys of the Río de la Plata
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
endTime	1814 ⓘ
firstHolder	Pedro de Cevallos ⓘ surface form: Pedro Antonio de Cevallos
firstHolderStartTime	1777 ⓘ
governmentalBody	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
hasComponentJurisdiction	Buenos Aires Province ⓘ surface form: Governorate of Buenos Aires Montevideo Department ⓘ surface form: Governorate of Montevideo Governorate of Paraguay ⓘ Royal Audiencia of Charcas ⓘ surface form: Intendancy of Charcas Intendancy of Córdoba del Tucumán ⓘ Intendancy of Potosí ⓘ Tucumán Province ⓘ surface form: Intendancy of Salta del Tucumán
hasDuty	administer justice ⓘ collect royal revenues ⓘ enforce royal decrees ⓘ organize defense ⓘ oversee colonial administration ⓘ
hasPower	civil authority ⓘ judicial authority ⓘ military authority ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Spanish ⓘ
lastHolder	Francisco Javier de Elío ⓘ
lastHolderEndTime	1814 ⓘ
nativeLabel	Viceroy of the Río de la Plata self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Virrey del Río de la Plata
officeAbolishedFollowing	May Revolution Day ⓘ surface form: May Revolution Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
officeCreatedBy	Charles III of Spain ⓘ
positionHeldIn	South America ⓘ
precededByOffice	Viceroy of Peru (for most of the territory) ⓘ
residence	Buenos Aires ⓘ
roleIn	Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Buenos Aires ⓘ
startTime	1776 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Council of the Indies ⓘ Secretary of State for the Indies ⓘ
territoryIncluded	parts of present-day Brazil ⓘ parts of present-day Chile ⓘ present-day Argentina ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ present-day Paraguay ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ surface form: present-day Uruguay

Referenced by (16)

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

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata → headOfGovernment → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → nativeLabel → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virrey del Río de la Plata

Viceroy of the Río de la Plata → category → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viceroys of the Río de la Plata

Santiago de Liniers → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros → title → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Pedro de Cevallos → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Francisco Javier de Elío → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Rafael de Sobremonte → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Audiencia of Charcas → subordinateTo → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

this entity surface form: viceroy of the Río de la Plata

de Liniers → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

subject surface form: Santiago de Liniers

Jacques de Liniers → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

Count of Buenos Aires → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

subject surface form: Santiago de Liniers

Martina de Sarratea → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

subject surface form: Santiago de Liniers

de Elío → positionHeld → Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ⓘ

subject surface form: Francisco Javier de Elío