Adelantado mayor

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Adelantado mayor was a high-ranking Spanish colonial title granted by the Crown, typically conferring broad military, judicial, and administrative authority over a designated territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish Empire ⓘ
associatedWith conquest of new territories ⓘ
frontier administration ⓘ
authorizedBy royal capitulation ⓘ
royal decree ⓘ
belongsTo Spanish nobility system ⓘ
category colonial governance title ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Crown of Castile ⓘ
exercisedOver designated territory ⓘ
frontier regions ⓘ
overseas colonies ⓘ
governanceModel delegated royal authority ⓘ
governs territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
grantedBy King of Castile ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
hasAuthorityOver administration of justice ⓘ
local military forces ⓘ
settlement and conquest activities ⓘ
hasComponent administrative governance ⓘ
judicial jurisdiction ⓘ
military command ⓘ
hasPrivilege collection of certain revenues ⓘ
granting of lands to settlers ⓘ
hasRank high-ranking colonial office ⓘ
hasRole administrative authority ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
military authority ⓘ
historicalFunction extend royal control over distant lands ⓘ
organize conquest and colonization ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early modern period ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus hereditary in some cases ⓘ
literalMeaning chief adelantado ⓘ
oversightBy audiencias ⓘ
royal inspectors ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
regulates colonial settlement ⓘ
resource exploitation ⓘ
relatedTo adelantado ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of the Indies ⓘ
Spanish monarch ⓘ
superiorTo local colonial officials ⓘ
typeOf royal concession ⓘ
usedIn Spanish America ⓘ
Spanish overseas territories ⓘ

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Adelantado of Florida → relatedPosition → Adelantado mayor ⓘ
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira → positionHeld → Adelantado of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar → positionHeld → Adelantado of Cuba ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Pedro de Alvarado → positionHeld → Adelantado of Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Diego de Almagro → receivedTitle → Adelantado of New Toledo ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Pedro de Mendoza → militaryRank → adelantado ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Pedro de Mendoza → positionHeld → Adelantado of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Sebastián de Benalcázar → positionHeld → Adelantado of Popayán ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Francisco de Montejo the Elder → title → Adelantado of Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Bartholomew Columbus → positionHeld → Adelantado of Hispaniola ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Alonso Fernández de Lugo → nobleTitle → Adelantado ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva → positionHeld → adelantado in New Spain ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Columbus family → hasTitle → Adelantado of the Indies ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Capitulation of Toledo → grantedTitle → Adelantado ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Montejo family → heldTitle → Adelantado of Yucatán ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor
Manuel of Castile → positionHeld → Adelantado mayor of the Kingdom of Murcia ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor