Royal Governor of Chile

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The Royal Governor of Chile was the Spanish Crown’s highest colonial authority in Chile, responsible for administering government, justice, defense, and relations with Indigenous peoples in the territory.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish imperial governorship ⓘ
colonial office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Captaincy General of Chile ⓘ
Kingdom of Chile ⓘ
appointedBy King of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
confersRank captain general ⓘ
president of the Real Audiencia of Santiago ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
endCause Chilean War of Independence ⓘ
endTime early 19th century ⓘ
governs Spanish settlers in Chile ⓘ
encomienda system in Chile ⓘ
hasComponent civil authority ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
military authority ⓘ
hasDuty administer government in Chile ⓘ
administer justice in Chile ⓘ
collect royal revenues and taxes ⓘ
enforce royal laws and decrees ⓘ
manage relations with Indigenous peoples in Chile ⓘ
organize defense of Chile ⓘ
promote Christianization of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
hasPower command colonial militia and troops ⓘ
grant land and encomiendas ⓘ
negotiate treaties with Indigenous groups ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period in Chile ⓘ
interactsWith Mapuche people ⓘ
other Indigenous groups of Chile ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
Laws of the Indies ⓘ
militaryResponsibility Arauco War ⓘ
officeHolderRole highest colonial authority in Chile ⓘ
oversees Real Audiencia of Santiago ⓘ
cabildos of Chilean cities ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
religionAssociated Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Republican authorities of Chile ⓘ
Supreme Director of Chile ⓘ
residence Royal Palace of Santiago ⓘ
seat Santiago de Chile ⓘ
linked to: Santiago (Chile)
startTime 16th century ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ
Viceroy of Peru ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

García Hurtado de Mendoza → positionHeld → Royal Governor of Chile ⓘ
Cabildo of Santiago → subordinateTo → Royal Governor of Chile ⓘ
Casimiro Marcó del Pont → positionHeld → President of the Royal Audiencia of Santiago ⓘ
linked to: Royal Governor of Chile
Casimiro Marcó del Pont → category → Royal Governors of Chile ⓘ
linked to: Royal Governor of Chile
Royal Army in Chile → commandStructure → Royal Governors of Chile ⓘ
linked to: Royal Governor of Chile
Kingdom of Chile → colonialGovernorTitle → Royal Governor of Chile ⓘ
Biobío River frontier zone → governedBy → Spanish colonial governors of Chile ⓘ
linked to: Royal Governor of Chile
García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete → positionHeld → Royal Governor of Chile ⓘ
subject linked to: 5th Marquis of Cañete