Viceroyalty

A viceroyalty was an entity headed by a viceroy. It dates back to the Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century.

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Portuguese Empire

In the scope of the Portuguese Empire, the term "Viceroyalty of Brazil" is also occasionally used to designate the colonial State of Brazil, in the historic period while its governors had the title of "Viceroy". Some of the governors of Portuguese India were also called "Viceroy".

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Spanish Empire

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 administration over the vast territories of the Spanish Empire was carried out by viceroys, who became governors of an area, which was considered not as a colony but as a province of the empire, with the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain.[2]

Europe
Name Capital or main city Dates Later status
Viceroyalty of Aragon Zaragoza 1517–1707 Integrated into the Kingdom of Spain
Viceroyalty of Catalonia Barcelona 1520–1716 Integrated into the Kingdom of Spain
Viceroyalty of Galicia Santiago de Compostela 1486–1679 Integrated into the Kingdom of Spain
Viceroyalty of Majorca Palma de Majorca 1520–1716 Integrated into the Kingdom of Spain
Viceroyalty of Naples Naples 1504–1707 Ceaded to Austria
Viceroyalty of Navarre Pamplona 1512–1841 Integrated into the Kingdom of Spain
Viceroyalty of Portugal Lisbon 1580–1640 Achieved independence as Portugal
Viceroyalty of Sardinia Cagliari 1417–1720 Ceded to Austria
Viceroyalty of Sicily Palermo 1415–1713 Ceded to Savoy
Viceroyalty of Valencia Valencia 1520–1707 Integrated into the Kingdom of Spain

Americas and Asia
Name Capital or main city Dates Later status
Viceroyalty of New Granada Santa Fe de Bogotá 1717–1723 Integrated into Peru
1739–1810 Achieved independence as New Granada
1815–1822 Achieved independence as Colombia
Viceroyalty of New Spain Mexico City 1535–1821 Achieved independence as Mexico
Viceroyalty of Peru Lima 1542–1824 Achieved independence as Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Buenos Aires 1776–1810 Achieved independence as Argentina
Viceroyalty of the Indies Santo Domingo 1492–1535 Integrated into New Spain

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See also

References
  1. "viceroyalty". The Free Dictionary.
  2. Madariaga, Salvador de (1986). El auge y el ocaso del imperio español en América (Tercera ed.). Madrid: Espasa-Calpe. ISBN 9788423949434.
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