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Governorate of New León

Gobernación de Nueva León
1529–??
Flag of New León
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The adelantado grants of Charles V prior to the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru
The adelantado grants of Charles V prior to the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru
Status Governorate of the Crown of Castile
Capital Puerto de los Leones
Official languages Spanish
Religion
Catholicism
Government Monarchy
King  
• 1529-1542
Simón de Alcazaba y Sotomayor
Historical era Spanish Empire
• Created by Capitulación de Toledo
1529
• Dissolved by Real Cédula
??
Currency Escudo
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mapuche
Tehuelche people
Indigenous peoples in Argentina
Indigenous peoples in Chile
Captaincy General of Chile
Governorate of the Río de la Plata
Governorate of Tucumán

The Governorate of New León 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.

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.

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