Columbian Viceroyalty
| Virreinato Colombino | ||||||||||||
| Colony of the Spanish Empire | ||||||||||||
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| Capital | Santo Domingo | |||||||||||
| Languages | Spanish | |||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||||
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| • | 1493–1516 |
Ferdinand II and Isabella I (first) |
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| • | 1788–1795 | Charles IV (last) | ||||||||||
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| • | 1493–1500 | Christopher Columbus | ||||||||||
| • | 1788–1801 | Diego Columbus de facto | ||||||||||
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| • | Human settlement | Before 1493 | ||||||||||
| • | Capitulations of Santa Fe | 1492 | ||||||||||
| • | European settlement | 1492 | ||||||||||
| • | Ceded eastern portion to France | 1535 | ||||||||||
| Area | 54,642 km² (21,097 sq mi) | |||||||||||
| Currency | Santo Domingo real | |||||||||||
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 Dominican Republic Haiti
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The Columbian Viceroyalty, Viceroyalty of India or First Viceroyalty in the Indies is the name that designates the number of titles and rights granted to Christopher Columbus by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492 on the lands discovered and undiscovered, before embarking on his first trip that culminated in the discovery of America.
The titles and powers over discovered lands granted to Christopher Columbus were entered in the capitulations of Santa Fe agreed on April 17 of 1492. Under them, the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, awarded for the period of his life, and after his death, to be conferred on his heirs or Successors one after the other perpetually:
In addition, other powers and economic prerogatives.
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Firstly, that Your Highnesses, Masters as you are of the said Oceans, hereby and henceforth make Don Christopher Columbus your admiral in all those islands and all that land which, by his hand or industry, may be discovered or won in the said Oceans for the period of his life, and after his death, to be conferred on his heirs or Successors one after the other perpetually with all the privileges and prerogatives attendant thereto, and his successors in the said rank enjoyed them in their districts. ...
Furthermore, that Your Highnesses make the said Don Christopher Columbus your Viceroy and Governor General in all the said islands and land which as said herein he should discover or win in the said Oceans, and that for the government of each and every of them, he should elect three persons for each rank, and that Your Highnesses should take and choose the one who is most suited to your service, so that in this way the lands which Our Lord permits him to find or win in Your Highnesses service may be better ruled.
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These titles would be confirmed by the monarchs on his return from his first voyage in May 1493. Of these, the best known in Castile, which paid the most attention both Columbus and the monarchs, was the Admiral.
According to the capitulations of Santa Fe, all lands discovered by Christopher Columbus were part of his viceroyalty:
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The kings sent to the Spanish as pesquisador judge (with government functions) to Francisco de Bobadilla in 1500, which upon arrival (August 23) arrested Columbus and his brothers and sailed Spain, dismissing him from the government. Columbus refused to be removed the shackles around his trip to Spain, during which he wrote a long letter to the Catholic Monarchs. Upon arriving to Spain he regained his freedom, but had perdidosu prestige, its powers and the virreinato. Bobadilla was also relieved of his government and replaced by Nicolas de Ovando in 1502.
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