A viceroyalty was an entity headed by a
viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...
. It dates back to the
Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century.
France
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Viceroyalty of New France
Portuguese Empire
In the scope of the
Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the l ...
, the term "
Viceroyalty of Brazil
The Viceroyalty of Brazil refers, in narrow scope, to office of viceroy of the Portuguese colonial State of Brazil and, in broad scope, to the whole State of Brazil during the historic period when its governors had the title of "viceroy". The t ...
" is also occasionally used to designate the colonial
State of Brazil
The State of Brazil ( pt, Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.
History
In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Bra ...
, in the historic period while its governors had the title of "Viceroy". Some of the governors of
Portuguese India
The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...
were also called "Viceroy".
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Viceroyalty of Brazil
The Viceroyalty of Brazil refers, in narrow scope, to office of viceroy of the Portuguese colonial State of Brazil and, in broad scope, to the whole State of Brazil during the historic period when its governors had the title of "viceroy". The t ...
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Governors of Portuguese India
Russian Empire
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List of viceroyalties of the Russian Empire This is a list of viceroyalties (''namestnichestvo'') of the Russian Empire.
Under Catherine II
Later
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Spanish Empire
The viceroyalty ( es, virreinato) was a local, political, social, and administrative institution, created by the
Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth century, for ruling its overseas territories.
The administration over the vast territories of the
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire ( es, link=no, Imperio español), also known as the Hispanic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Hispánica) or the Catholic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Católica) was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its prede ...
was carried out by
viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...
s, 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.
The Spanish Americas had four viceroyalties:
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Viceroyalty of New Spain
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Viceroyalty of Peru
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Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ( es, Virreinato del Río de la Plata or es, Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) meaning "River of the Silver", also called "Viceroyalty of the River Plate" in some scholarly writings, in ...
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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
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kingd ...
.
British Empire
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British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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, which was governed by a
Governor-General and Viceroy, commonly shortened to "Viceroy of India".
See also
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Viceroy
A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...
References
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