Viceroyalty
A viceroyalty is an entity headed by a viceroy.
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".
Russian Empire
Spanish Empire
The viceroyalty was a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the Spanish monarchy in the 15th century, for ruling in 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:
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.
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