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Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
Capitanía General de Puerto Rico
1580–1898
Flag
Seal
Anthem: National anthem of Spain
Location of Puerto Rico
Status
Captaincy General
Capital
San Juan
Common languages
Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Espiritismo
Government
Monarchy
King
• 1580–1598
Philip II
• 1759–1788
Charles III
• 1886–1898
Alfonso XIII Maria Christina of Austria (Regent)
Governor
• 1580
Jerónimo de Agüero Campuzano
• 1898
Ricardo de Ortega y Díez
Historical era
Early modern Europe
• Administrative reorganisation
1580
• Treaty of Paris
1898
Currency
Spanish real, Puerto Rican peso
ISO 3166 code
PR
Preceded by
Succeeded by
New Spain
United States Military Government of Porto Rico
The Captaincy General of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Capitanía General de Puerto Rico) was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire, created in 1580 to provide better military management of the island of Puerto Rico, previously under the direct rule of a lone governor and the jurisdiction of Audiencia of Santo Domingo. Its creation was part of the, ultimately futile, Habsburg attempt in the late 16th century to prevent incursion into the Caribbean by foreign powers. Spain also established Captaincies General in Cuba, Guatemala and Yucatán.
The Captaincy General played a crucial role in the history of the Spanish Caribbean. The institution lasted until 1898 in Puerto Rico, when an autonomous local government, headed by a governor-general and an insular parliament, was instituted just months before Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States in 1898 following defeat in the Spanish–American War.
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