Governorate of New León explained

Leader1:Simón de Alcazaba y Sotomayor
Year Leader1:1529-1542
Common Name:New León
Conventional Long Name:Governorate of New León
Native Name:Gobernación de Nueva León
Capital:Puerto de los Leones
Official Languages:Spanish
P1:Mapuche
P2:Tehuelche people
P3:Indigenous peoples in Argentina
P4:Indigenous peoples in Chile
S1:Captaincy General of Chile
S2:Governorate of the Río de la Plata
S3:Governorate of Tucumán
Status:Governorate of the Crown of Castile
Year End:1544
Event End:Dissolved by Real Cédula
Year Start:1529
Event Start:Created by Capitulación de Toledo
Government Type:Monarchy
Currency:Escudo
Empire:Spain
Era:Spanish Empire
Religion:Catholicism
Title Leader:King

The Governorate of New León[1] [2] was a Governorate of the Crown of Castile created in 1534.It was granted to Simón de Alcazaba y Sotomayor and later to Francisco de Camargo, expanding the territory to the Strait of Magellan bordering with the Governorate of Terra Australis since 1539.[3]

History

The Governorate was created as one of King Charles V's grants of 1529, establishing the adelantado Simón de Alcazaba y Sotomayor as its first governor, captain general, and chief justice. The territory was described as extending 200 leagues down the Pacific coast from Pedro de Mendoza's grant of New Andalusia.

On May 21, 1534 the king signed three other capitulations to explore and occupy the American lands, establishing provinces or governorates of 200 leagues of north-south extension, including the governorship of Nueva León, granted to Simón de Alcazaba and Sotomayor, also from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific, south of 36° 57' 09S (line from Coronel to Pinamar) and up to 48° 22' 52s (line from Campana Island to Laura Bay).

The Governorate was subsequently extended to the Strait of Magellan and the southern lands from it.

Governorates in Hispanic America

After the territorial division of South America between Spain and Portugal, the Peruvian Hispanic administration was divided into six entities:

This territorial division set the basis for the Hispanic administration of South America for several decades. It was formally dissolved in 1544, when King Charles I sent his personal envoy, Blasco Núñez Vela, to govern the newly founded Viceroyalty of Peru that replaced the governorates.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eyzaguirre, Jaime . Breve historia de las fronteras de Chile . 1967 . Editorial Universitaria . es.
  2. Web site: 1534 . Memoria Chilena . 25 August 2022.
  3. Book: Pinochet de la Barra, Óscar . La Antártica Chilena . November 1944 . Editorial Andrés Bello.