Spanish Empire

E991

colonial empire empire monarchy

The Spanish Empire was a vast early modern global empire that dominated much of the Americas, parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, becoming one of history’s most powerful colonial powers.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Empire canonical	946
Spanish colonial empire	13
Monarquía Hispánica	2
Spanish Empire in the Americas	2
Spanish Monarchy	2
Habsburg Spain	1
Imperio Español	1
Kingdom of Spain	1
Spain and the Indies	1
Spanish Crown	1
Spanish Crown (during colonial period)	1
Spanish Divine Empire	1
Spanish Empire (former)	1
Spanish Lost Empire	1
Spanish colonial period	1
Spanish imperial administration	1

Statements (105)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire ⓘ empire ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Imperio Español Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Monarquía Hispánica Spanish Empire ⓘ surface form: Spanish Monarchy
capital	Madrid ⓘ Toledo ⓘ Valladolid ⓘ
colonialPower	yes ⓘ
commonName	Spanish Empire self-link ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
currency	Spanish dollar ⓘ Spanish real ⓘ
economicActivity	gold mining ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ silver mining ⓘ transatlantic trade ⓘ
endCause	loss of remaining major colonies in Spanish–American War ⓘ
endTime	1898 ⓘ
governmentType	composite monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Argentina ⓘ Arizona ⓘ Belize ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Canary Islands ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ El Salvador ⓘ Equatorial Guinea ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Kingdom of Naples ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Morocco ⓘ surface form: Morocco (coastal enclaves) New Mexico ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Panama ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ Peru ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ Florida ⓘ surface form: Spanish Florida Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Spanish Netherlands Spanish Sahara ⓘ Texas ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
influenced	Columbian Exchange ⓘ global spread of Catholicism ⓘ global spread of Spanish language ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
notableColony	Cuba ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ surface form: New Spain Peru ⓘ Philippines ⓘ
notableRuler	Charles I of Spain ⓘ Charles II of Spain ⓘ Charles III of Spain ⓘ Charles IV of Spain ⓘ Philip II of Spain ⓘ Philip III of Spain ⓘ Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
officialReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
partOf	Catholic Monarchy ⓘ
peakPeriod	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ House of Habsburg ⓘ House of Trastámara ⓘ
significantEvent	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Conquest of the Aztec Empire Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ surface form: Conquest of the Inca Empire Eighty Years' War ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic invasion of Spain Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence Spanish Armada ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ surface form: Spanish–Portuguese Treaty of Tordesillas War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
startTime	15th century ⓘ
usedSystem	Spanish galleon trade ⓘ encomienda ⓘ repartimiento ⓘ

Referenced by (976)

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

Dutch Republic → declaredIndependenceFrom → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Havana, Cuba → foundedBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Havana

Havana, Cuba → foundingCountry → Spanish Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Havana

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Spain

Spanish Empire → commonName → Spanish Empire self-link ⓘ

Spanish Empire → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Monarchy

Spanish Empire → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monarquía Hispánica

Spanish Empire → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperio Español

Chamorro → historicalColonialInfluence → Spanish Empire ⓘ

El Salvador → formerColonyOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Peru → independenceFrom → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Eighty Years' War → belligerent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Habsburg Spain

Eighty Years' War → belligerent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Juan Ponce de León → employer → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Crown

Juan Ponce de León → partOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Latin American independence movements → opposedTo → Spanish Empire ⓘ

First Government Junta of Chile → locatedIn → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Spanish missions in California → country → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Tordesillas → relatedTo → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → conflict → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → mainBelligerent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Catholic Monarchy → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Monarquía Hispánica

Spanish galleon trade → country → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Napoleonic Wars → mainBelligerent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Havana (1762) → belligerent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles → foundedBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Cuban War of Independence → opponent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Indo-Caribbean people → colonialPowersInvolved → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Castillo del Morro → builtBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Crown of Castile → successor → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Mexican War of Independence → opponent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Castillo San Cristóbal → builtBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

States Army of the Dutch Republic → primaryOpponent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

European wars of religion → hasParticipant → Spanish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Monarchy

Siege of Manila (1762) → belligerent → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Santa Barbara, California, United States → originallyNamedBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Philip II of Spain → monarchOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Inca Empire → conqueredBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Philip IV of Spain → monarchOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

San Juan National Historic Site → builtBy → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Charles II of Spain → monarchOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Felipe de Neve → employer → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Spanish Inquisition → jurisdiction → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Viceroyalty of Peru → country → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Puerto Rican coat of arms → historicalOrigin → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Viceroyalty of New Granada → country → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Viceroyalty of New Granada → subdivisionOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata → country → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata → subdivisionOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Spanish Sahara → partOf → Spanish Empire ⓘ

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma → countryOfCitizenship → Spanish Empire ⓘ