Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias

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Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias was the highest Spanish royal administrative and judicial body responsible for governing and overseeing Spain’s overseas territories in the Americas and Asia during the colonial period.

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Label Occurrences
Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias canonical 1

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administration institution ⓘ
government body ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
royal council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Council of the Indies ⓘ
Real Consejo de Indias ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Central America ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish Caribbean ⓘ
linked to: Spanish West Indies

Spanish East Indies ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Spanish Pacific territories ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
country Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
dissolved 19th century ⓘ
governs American colonies of Spain ⓘ
Asian colonies of Spain ⓘ
overseas territories of the Spanish Crown ⓘ
hasPart fiscales ⓘ
oidores ⓘ
president of the Council of the Indies ⓘ
secretaries ⓘ
hasRole advising the king on colonial affairs ⓘ
codifying laws for the Indies ⓘ
collecting and managing information about overseas territories ⓘ
drafting colonial legislation ⓘ
granting offices and appointments in the Indies ⓘ
highest court of appeal for the Indies ⓘ
judicial review of colonial officials ⓘ
organizing residencias and visitas of colonial officials ⓘ
overseeing colonial administration ⓘ
overseeing missionary and ecclesiastical matters in the Indies ⓘ
preparing royal decrees for the Indies ⓘ
regulating trade and economic policy for the Indies ⓘ
supervising Audiencias in the Indies ⓘ
supervising viceroys and governors ⓘ
headquartersLocation Madrid ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
inception 16th century ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
namedAfter Indies ⓘ
partOf Spanish monarchy ⓘ
Spanish royal administration ⓘ
product Laws of the Indies ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subordinateTo King of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of the Indies → officialName → Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias ⓘ