Viceroyalties and captaincies general of Spain

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administrative division system component of the Spanish Empire territorial organization of an empire

Viceroyalties and captaincies general of Spain were major administrative and military territorial divisions of the Spanish Empire, established to govern and control its overseas and some European possessions through appointed viceroys and captains general.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish governors-general	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division system ⓘ component of the Spanish Empire ⓘ territorial organization of an empire ⓘ
appliedIn	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Colonial era ⓘ Early modern period ⓘ
authorizedBy	Spanish monarch ⓘ
characterizedBy	bureaucratic administration ⓘ centralized royal authority ⓘ strong military presence ⓘ
declineCause	Napoleonic invasion of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ independence movements in Spanish America ⓘ
geographicScope	Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Europe ⓘ
governedBy	captains general ⓘ viceroys ⓘ
hasPurpose	collect royal revenues and taxes ⓘ exercise royal authority in distant territories ⓘ govern overseas possessions ⓘ organize military defense of imperial territories ⓘ promote Christianization of indigenous populations ⓘ regulate trade within the empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod	16th century to early 19th century ⓘ
includes	Captaincy General of Catalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Santo Domingo NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of the Canary Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Captaincy General of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Laws of the Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ royal cedulas ⓘ royal decrees ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	independent nation-states in former colonies ⓘ
subordinateTo	Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervisedBy	Council of the Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Captain General of Catalonia → relatedTo → Viceroyalties and captaincies general of Spain ⓘ

Puerta Real → usedBy → Viceroyalties and captaincies general of Spain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish governors-general