Captain General

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colonial office government position military rank

Captain General was the highest-ranking military and often civil authority in various Spanish territories, combining supreme command over armed forces with broad administrative powers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Capitán General 2
Capitão-general 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Captain General ⓘ
surface form: Capitán General
appointedBy King of Spain ⓘ
Crown of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Crown
country Spain ⓘ
equivalentTo commander-in-chief ⓘ
governor-general in some territories ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver armed forces ⓘ
defense policy ⓘ
local officials ⓘ
provincial administration ⓘ
public order ⓘ
hasRole chief administrative authority ⓘ
civil governor ⓘ
representative of the king ⓘ
supreme military commander ⓘ
jurisdiction captaincy general ⓘ
viceroyalty (in some cases) ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis royal cédula ⓘ
royal decree ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial administration system ⓘ
rankComparedTo higher than field marshal ⓘ
higher than general ⓘ
higher than lieutenant general ⓘ
responsibleFor colonial security ⓘ
frontier defense ⓘ
implementation of royal decrees ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
naval defense in some maritime regions ⓘ
tax collection supervision ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ
Ministry of Defence of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of War of Spain

Ministry of the Navy of Spain ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
usedIn Caribbean ⓘ
mainland Spain ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Spain

Philippines ⓘ
Spanish North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Africa

Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Spanish colonies ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Captain General → alsoKnownAs → Captain General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capitán General
this entity surface form: Capitán General
Captain general → hasAlternativeLabel → Captain General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capitão-general
Basilio Augustín → hasTitle → Captain General ⓘ
Augusto Pinochet → militaryRank → Captain General ⓘ