Adelantado mayor
E85767
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.
Aliases (7)
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 |