Captaincy General of Puerto RicoThe Captaincy General of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitanía General de Puerto Rico) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire, created in 1582 to provide better military management of the main island of Puerto Rico, previously under the rule of a governor of Puerto Rico, jurisdiction of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo, and authority of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
Captaincy General of Guatemala1609–1821 Spanish colony in Central America Captaincy General of GuatemalaCapitanía General de Guatemala (Spanish)1527–1821 Flag Coat of arms Motto: Plus ultra"Further Beyond"Anthem: Marcha Real"Royal March"New Spain in 1794, with the Captaincy General of Guatemala shown in pinkThe captaincy general in 1800StatusCaptaincy general of the Spanish Empire (New Spain)CapitalSantiago de Guatemala (1527–1776)Guatemala City (1776–1821)Common languagesSpanish (official)Mayan languagesNawatLencaReligion CatholicismGovernmentCaptaincy generalKing • 1527-1556 Charles I (first)• 1808-1821 Ferdinand VII (last) Captain General • 1527-1541 Pedro de Alvarado• 1821 Gabino Gaínza (last) LegislatureReal Audiencia of GuatemalaHistorical eraSpanish America• Established by King Charles I 1527• Disestablished 15 September 1821 Population• 1778 811,675 ISO 3166 codeGT Preceded by Succeeded by Cuzcatlan Indigenous peoples of the Americas Captaincy General of Guatemala (Mexico) Today part ofBelize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua The Captaincy General of Guatemala (Spanish: Capitanía General de Guatemala), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala (Spanish: Reino de Guatemala), was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central America, including present-day Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Captaincy General of YucatánToday part ofBelizeGuatemalaMexicoThe Province of Yucatán ( , UK also ; Spanish: Provincia de Yucatán), or the Captaincy General, Governorate, Intendancy, or Kingdom of Yucatán, was a first order administrative subdivision of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Spanish FloridaSpanish Florida (Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land claim and attempted settlement area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish colonization of the Americas.
Habsburg SpainToday part ofSpainHabsburg Spain, also known as the Catholic Monarchy, was the period of Spanish history and Spanish Empire from 1516 to 1700 when it was ruled by kings from the House of Habsburg. In this period the Spanish Empire was at the zenith of its power and influence.Spanish EmpireThis article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article includes a list of general references but lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (July 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs more citations.
Bourbon ReformsThe Bourbon Reforms (Spanish: Reformismo borbónico, lit.'Borbonic reformism') were a series of political and economic changes promulgated by the Spanish Crown beginning with Charles III and continuing under various kings of the House of Bourbon, mainly in the 18th century. The beginning of the new Crown's power with clear lines of authority to officials contrasted to the complex system of government that had evolved under the Habsburg monarchs.
Spanish languageSpanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It originated in the Kingdom of Castile, a historical kingdom in north-central Spain. Today, it is a global language with 519 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 636 million speakers total, including second-language speakers.
Louisiana (New Spain)Louisiana (Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]) was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801. It was primarily located in the center of North America encompassing the western basin of the Mississippi River plus New Orleans. The area had originally been claimed and controlled by France, which had named it La Louisiane in honor of King Louis XIV in 1682.
Charles III of SpainCharles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain from 1759 until his death in 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza as Charles I (1731–1735), King of Naples as Charles VII and King of Sicily as Charles III (or V) (1735–1759). He was the fourth son of Philip V of Spain and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, Elisabeth Farnese.
José Moñino, 1st Count of FloridablancaJosé Moñino y Redondo, 1st Count of Floridablanca (October 21, 1728 – December 30, 1808) was a Spanish statesman. He was the reformist chief minister of King Charles III of Spain, and also served briefly under Charles IV. He was arguably Spain's most effective statesman in the eighteenth century. In Spain, he is simply known as Conde de Floridablanca. Early lifeHe was born at Murcia in 1728 as the son of a retired army officer.
CaptaincyA captaincy (Spanish: capitanía, Portuguese: capitania, Croatian: kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguesecolonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule administrations of medieval feudal governments in which the monarch delimited territories for colonization that were administered by men of confidence.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.