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The viceroyalty (Spanish: virreinato) was a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth century, for ruling its overseas territories. [ 1 ]
The Columbian Viceroyalty, Viceroyalty of the Indies or First Viceroyalty in the Indies is the name that designates the number of titles and rights granted to Christopher Columbus by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492 on the lands discovered and undiscovered, before embarking on his first trip that culminated in the colonization of the Americas.
The Viceroyalty of Peru (Spanish: Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru (Spanish: Reino del Perú), was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima.
The crown established New Spain as a viceroyalty in 1535, appointing as viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, an aristocrat loyal to the monarch rather than the conqueror Cortés. New Spain was the first of the viceroyalties that Spain created, the second being Peru in 1542, following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Both New Spain and Peru had ...
A viceroyalty is a colony control and government system which was used mainly (but not exclusively) by Spain while it ruled the New World portion of the Spanish Empire. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
There had been one earlier reform in the creation of the new Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717), carved out from the Viceroyalty of Peru to improve the administration of the overseas possessions. The new viceroyalty was created initially in 1717, suppressed just six years later, and then permanently established in 1739, still earlier than the ...
Viceroy of New Granada Coat of arms of Colonial-era Bogotá Flag of Spain Appointer King of Spain Formation 1718 First holder Antonio Ignacio de la Pedrosa y Guerrero Final holder Juan de la Cruz Mourgeón Abolished 1821 Spanish viceroys of the colonial Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717–1819) located in northern South America. Introduction The former territory within the Viceroyalty of New ...
Viceroy under King Philip II of Spain. Pedro Girón, 1st Duke of Osuna: 1582–1586: Viceroy of Naples under King Philip II of Spain. Juan de Zúñiga y Avellaneda: 1586–1595: Viceroy under King Philip II of Spain. Also Viceroy of Catalonia, 1583–1586 and 1st Duke of Peñaranda de Duero. Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares: 1595–1598