Viceroy of the Río de la Plata

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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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office → viceroy →
appliesToJurisdiction	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →
appointedBy	King of Spain → Spanish Crown →
capitalOfJurisdiction	Buenos Aires →
category	Viceroys of the Río de la Plata →
country	Spanish Empire →
endTime	1814 →
firstHolder	Pedro Antonio de Cevallos →
firstHolderStartTime	1777 →
governmentalBody	Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →
hasComponentJurisdiction	Governorate of Buenos Aires → Governorate of Montevideo → Governorate of Paraguay → Intendancy of Charcas → Intendancy of Córdoba del Tucumán → Intendancy of Potosí → 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	Virrey del Río de la Plata →
officeAbolishedFollowing	May Revolution → Spanish American wars of independence →
officeCreatedBy	Charles III of Spain NERFINISHED →
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 → present-day Uruguay →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros → Francisco Javier de Elío → Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo → Pedro de Cevallos → Santiago de Liniers →	positionHeld
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ("Viceroys of the Río de la Plata") →	category
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata →	headOfGovernment
Viceroy of the Río de la Plata ("Virrey del Río de la Plata") →	nativeLabel
Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros →	title