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In some cases, the title (and the office, unless the title is not permanently attached to the job) is reserved for members of the ruling dynasty. It was not uncommon for potential heirs to the throne to obtain such a post (or an equivalent one, without the viceregal style) as a test — and learning stage, not unlike the even loftier "associations to the throne", such as the Roman ''[[consortium imperii]] —'' or the [[Caesar (title)|Caesars]] in Emperor Diocletian's original [[Tetrarchy]]. -->
== स्पैनिश साम्राज्य ==
== Spanish Empire ==
शीर्षक का उपयोग मूल रूप से क्राउन ऑफ एरागॉन द्वारा किया गया था, जहां, 14 वीं शताब्दी में शुरू हुआ, इसने सार्डिनिया और कोर्सिका के स्पेनिश राज्यपालों को संदर्भित किया। एकीकरण के बाद, 15 वीं शताब्दी के अंत में, बाद में स्पेन के राजाओं ने यूरोप, अमेरिका और विदेशों में तेजी से बढ़ते विशाल स्पेनिश साम्राज्य के विभिन्न हिस्सों पर शासन करने के लिए कई वायसराय नियुक्त किए।
<!-- The title was originally used in the [[Aragonese Crown]] since 14th Century for [[Sardinia]] and [[Corsica]]. The absolutist Kings of [[Spain]] employed numerous Viceroys to rule over various parts of their vast empire "where the sun never set", both European and overseas.
In Europe, until the 18th century the Spanish crown appointed Viceroys of [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]], [[Kingdom of Valencia|Valencia]], [[Principality of Catalonia|Catalonia]], [[Navarre]], [[Sardinia]], [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicily]], [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] and [[Portugal]] ([[1580]] – [[1640]]). With the ascension of the [[House of Bourbon]] to the Spanish throne, the historic Aragonese viceroyalties were replaced by new [[Captaincy|Captaincies General]]. At the end of [[War of the Spanish Succession]], the Spanish Monarchy was shorn of its Italian possessions.In 1797,all traces of the royal bloodline was diminished and the world was thrown in to deep turmoil and chaos cause people stupid and africans everywhere fled their abodes to take safe shelter from the havoc being wreaked unto them blah bkah blah this is unnecessary shit i typing because anybody can edit anything on wikipedia and this wrong cuz i tying stupidness hahahahahah losers would u like fries with that?:)
See:
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Aragon]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Valencia]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Catalonia]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Navarra]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Sardinia]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Sicily]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Naples]]
*[[List of Spanish Viceroys of Portugal]]
With the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]], the institution of viceroys was adapted to govern the highly populated and wealthy regions of [[Viceroyalty of New Spain|New Spain]] ([[Mexico]]) and [[Viceroyalty of Peru|Peru]]. The viceroys of these two areas had oversight over the other provinces, with most of the [[North America]]n, [[Central America]]n, [[Spanish West Indies|Caribbean]] and [[Spanish East Indies|Philippine]] areas supervised by the viceroy in [[Mexico City]] and the [[South America]]n ones by the viceroy in [[Lima]], (with the exception of most of today's [[Venezuela]], which was overseen by the Audiencia of [[Santo Domingo]] for most of the colonial period). These large administrative territories became known as ''Viceroyalties'' (Spanish term: ''virreinato''). There were only two [[New World]] viceroyalties until [[1717]], when the new [[Bourbon Reforms|Bourbon Dynasty]] established two additional viceroyalties to promote economic growth and new settlements. New viceroyalties were created for [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|New Granada]] in [[1717]] (capital, [[Bogotá]]) and [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|the Río de la Plata]] in [[1776]] (capital, [[Buenos Aires]]).
The viceroyalties of Spanish America and the Philippines were subdivided into smaller, automous units, the [[Audiencia]]s and the [[Captaincy|Captaincies General]], which in most cases became the bases for the independent countries of modern Spanish America. These units gathered the local provinces which could be governed by a either a [[Corregidor (position)|corregidor]] (sometimes ''alcalde mayor'') or by a [[Cabildo (council)|cabildo]]. Audiencias primarily functioned as superior judicial tribunals, but unlike their European counterparts, the New World audiencias were granted by law both administrative and legislative powers. Captaincies General were primarily military districts set up in areas with a risk of foreign or [[Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas|Indian]] attack, but the captains general were usually given political powers over the provinces under their command. Because the long distances to the viceregal capital would hamper effective communication, both audiencias and captains general were authorized to communicate directly with the crown through the [[Council of the Indies]]. The Bourbon Reforms introduced the new offiice of the [[Intendant|intendant]], which was appointed directly by the crown and had broad fiscal and administrative powers in political and military issues. -->
See also
<!-- *[[List of viceroys of New Spain|List of Viceroys of New Spain]]
*[[List of Viceroys of Peru]]
*[[List of Viceroys of New Granada]] -->
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