Adelantado mayor

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Adelantado mayor was a high-ranking Spanish colonial title granted by the Crown, typically conferring broad military, judicial, and administrative authority over a designated territory.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial title
noble title
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish Empire
associatedWith conquest of new territories
frontier administration
authorizedBy royal capitulation
royal decree
belongsTo Spanish nobility system
category colonial governance title
countryOfOrigin Crown of Castile NERFINISHED
exercisedOver designated territory
frontier regions
overseas colonies
governanceModel delegated royal authority
governs territorial jurisdiction
grantedBy King of Castile
Spanish Crown
hasAuthorityOver administration of justice
local military forces
settlement and conquest activities
hasComponent administrative governance
judicial jurisdiction
military command
hasPrivilege collection of certain revenues
granting of lands to settlers
hasRank high-ranking colonial office
hasRole administrative authority
judicial authority
military authority
historicalFunction extend royal control over distant lands
organize conquest and colonization
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery
early modern period
languageOfName Spanish
legalStatus hereditary in some cases
literalMeaning chief adelantado
oversightBy audiencias
royal inspectors
partOf Spanish colonial administration
regulates colonial settlement
resource exploitation
relatedTo adelantado
subordinateTo Council of the Indies
Spanish monarch
superiorTo local colonial officials
typeOf royal concession
usedIn Spanish America
Spanish overseas territories

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar ("Adelantado of Cuba")
Pedro de Alvarado ("Adelantado of Guatemala")
Pedro de Mendoza ("Adelantado of the Río de la Plata")
Sebastián de Benalcázar ("Adelantado of Popayán")
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ("Adelantado of the Solomon Islands")
positionHeld
Pedro de Mendoza ("adelantado")
militaryRank
Diego de Almagro ("Adelantado of New Toledo")
receivedTitle
Adelantado of Florida
relatedPosition

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