Viceroy of New Granada

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The Viceroy of New Granada was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial authority in the New Granada region (including present-day Colombia and neighboring areas), overseeing administration, justice, and defense.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Viceroy of New Granada canonical 8
viceroy of New Granada 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
viceroyal position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction New Granada ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Granada ⓘ
present-day Colombia ⓘ
present-day Ecuador ⓘ
present-day Panama ⓘ
present-day Venezuela ⓘ
capital Santa Fe de Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
endCause Latin American wars of independence ⓘ
independence of New Granada territories ⓘ
endTime early 19th century ⓘ
equivalentOffice Viceroy of New Spain ⓘ
Viceroy of Peru ⓘ
firstHolder Jorge de Villalonga ⓘ
governmentalRole head of colonial government in New Granada ⓘ
representative of the Spanish king in New Granada ⓘ
hasDuty administer justice ⓘ
collect royal revenues ⓘ
enforce royal decrees ⓘ
organize defense ⓘ
oversee colonial administration ⓘ
promote Catholic evangelization ⓘ
supervise local officials ⓘ
hasPower appoint subordinate colonial officials ⓘ
preside over high courts in the viceroyalty ⓘ
supreme civil authority in New Granada ⓘ
supreme military authority in New Granada ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era in South America ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Antonio Caballero y Góngora ⓘ
José Manuel de Ezpeleta ⓘ
Juan de Sámano ⓘ
Pedro Messía de la Cerda ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Philip V of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
officeHoldersConfirmedBy Council of the Indies ⓘ
officeHoldersSelectedBy Spanish monarch ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial system in the Americas ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
reestablished 1739 ⓘ
religionAssociated Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Viceroyal Palace of Santa Fe ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Santa Fe de Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá
startTime 1717 ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Audiencia of Bogotá → subordinateTo → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
Pedro Messía de la Cerda → positionHeld → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
Antonio José Amar y Borbón → positionHeld → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
Sebastián de Eslava → positionHeld → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
Governor of Popayán → subordinateTo → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
Captain General of Venezuela → subordinateTo → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
Captain General of Quito → subordinateTo → Viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
procurador general of New Granada → subordinateTo → viceroy of New Granada ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of New Granada