Viceroyalty

A viceroyalty was an entity headed by a viceroy. It dates back to the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 16th century.

France[]

Viceroyalty of New France

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".

Viceroyalty of Brazil
Governors of Portuguese India

Russian Empire[]

List of viceroyalties of the Russian Empire

Spanish Empire[]

The viceroyalty (Spanish: virreinato) was a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the Spanish monarchy in the 16th 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]

The Spanish Americas had four viceroyalties:

Viceroyalty of New Spain
Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Viceroyalty of New Granada

United Kingdom[]

The representative of the British executive in Ireland from the Williamite period until independence was known as the Viceroy of Ireland.

British Empire[]

British Raj, which was governed by a Governor-General and Viceroy, commonly shortened to "Viceroy of India".

References[]

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

[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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