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Governorate General of Brazil

Administration of the Portuguese Empire

Field	Value
native_name	Governo-Geral do Brasil
conventional_long_name	Governorate General of Brazil
common_name	Brazil
status	Colonial State of the Portuguese Empire
life_span	1549–1572
1578–1607
1613–1621
year_start	1549
year_end	1621
p1	Captaincy Colonies of Brazil
p2	Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro
p3	Governorate General of Bahia
s1	Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro
s2	Governorate General of Bahia
s3	State of Brazil
s4	State of Maranhão (colonial)
image_flag	Flag Portugal (1578).svg
flag_caption	Flag of Portugal
government_type	Dependent territory under a feudal monarchy
image_map	Capitanias.jpg
image_map_caption	Captaincies of the Governorate General of Brazil by 1574
capital	São Salvador
common_languages	Portuguese
religion	Roman Catholicism
currency	Portuguese Real
title_leader	Monarch
leader1	John III
leader2	Philip II
year_leader1	1549–1557
year_leader2	1598–1621
title_representative	Governor General
representative1	Tomé de Sousa
year_representative1	1549–1553

1578–1607 1613–1621

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 John III of Portugal established the Governorate General of Brazil. The governorate united the fifteen original donatary captaincy colonies some of which had reverted to the Crown, and others of which had been abandoned, into a single colony, but each captaincy would continue to exist as a provincial administrative unit of the governorate. For two brief periods from 1572–78 and 1607–13, the Governorate General of Brazil was partitioned into the Governorate General of Rio de Janeiro in the south, and the Governorate General of Bahia in the north.

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 captaincy of Sao Vicente was renamed to Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro.

List of governors-general

Main article: List of governors-general of Brazil

References

[http://www.brasilescola.com/historiab/governo-geral.htm Brasil Escola - Governo Geral]
"Arquivo Público do Estado do Espírito Santo - Relação de Tabelas do Brasil Colonial".

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