Governorate General of Brazil
Governorate General of Brazil Governo-Geral do Brasil | |||||||||||||||||||
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1549–1572 1578–1607 1613–1621 | |||||||||||||||||||
Roman Catholicism | |||||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1549–1557 | John III | ||||||||||||||||||
• 1598–1621 | Philip II | ||||||||||||||||||
Governor General | |||||||||||||||||||
• 1549–1553 | Tomé de Sousa | ||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1549 | ||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1621 | ||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Portuguese Real | ||||||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | BR | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Governorate General of Brazil (Governo-Geral do Brasil) was a colonial administration of the Portuguese Empire in present-day Brazil. A governorate was equivalent in status to a viceroyalty, though the title viceroy didn't come into use until the early 18th century. They were ruled by a Governor General who reported to the Crown. The Governor General had direct authority over the constituent royal captaincies, and nominal but ill-defined authority over the donatary captaincies. One captaincy, that of Duarte Coelho in Pernambuco, was exempt by royal decree from the authority of the Governors General.
History
In 1549, in order to solve the governance problem of his South American colonies, King
In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was partitioned into two colonies, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão.
Composition
From the original captaincies, additional donatary captaincies were carved out.
Captaincies created under the governorates
- Captaincy of Paraíba
- Captaincy of Rio Grande de Norte
- Captaincy of Cabo Frio
- Captaincy of Paraguacu
- Captaincy of Itaparica and Itamarandiba
The northern section of the
List of governors-general
References
- ^ Brasil Escola - Governo Geral
- ^ "Arquivo Público do Estado do Espírito Santo - Relação de Tabelas do Brasil Colonial". Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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