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[[File:Historica relación Reino Chile 0015.jpg|alt=Kingdom of Chile Historic Relation Map, 1603 – 1651.|thumb|Kingdom of Chile, Alonso de Ovalle, year 1603 – 1651.]]
The '''General Captaincy of Chile''' (''Capitanía General de Chile'' {{IPA-es|kapitaˈni.a xeneˈɾal de ˈtʃile|}}) , '''Governorate of Chile''' or <ref>https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitan%C3%ADa_General_de_Chile</ref><ref>http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-3352.html</ref>'''Kingdom of Chile''' (modern day Chile), was a territory of the [[Spanish Empire]] from 1541 to 1817 that was, initially , part of the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]]. It comprised most of modern-day [[Chile]] and southern parts of [[Argentina]]. Its capital was [[Santiago de Chile]]. In 1810 it declared itself independent, in 1814 the Spanish [[Reconquest (Chile)|reconquered]] the territory, but in 1817 it gained independence as the [[Chile|Republic of Chile]]. It had a number of [[Royal Governor of Chile|Spanish governors]] over its long history and several [[Monarch|kings]].
==Name==
The Captaincy General of Chile was incorporated to the [[Crown of Castile]] as were all the other Spanish possessions in the [[New World]]. The Captaincy General of Chile was first known as '''New Extremadura''' (a name subsequently given to a part of Mexico) and then as '''Indian [[Spanish Flanders|Flanders]]'''.
The administrative apparatus of the Captaincy General of Chile was subordinate to the [[Council of the Indies]] and the [[Laws of the Indies]], like the other Spanish colonial possessions. The day-to-day work was handled mostly by [[viceroy]]s and governors, who represented the king in the overseas territories. The areas of the [[Americas]], which had been the site of complex civilizations or became rich societies were usually referred to by the Spanish as "kingdoms".▼
Benjamin Vicuna Mackena<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjam%C3%ADn_Vicu%C3%B1a_Mackenna</ref> noted that Chile has always been officially and unofficially the Kingdom of Chile. <ref>http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0053257.pdf</ref>In the XVI century Pedro Marino de Lobera, “Corregidor de Valdivia”, 1575 wrote the <ref>http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-8176.html</ref>Chronicles of the Kingdom of Chile. Other publications of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries confirm the name and/or status of what is known as the <ref>http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/archivos2/pdfs/MC0054412.pdf</ref>Kingdom. However, although the status of kingdom was officially used and recognised in Court the jurisdiction of the kingdom was still under Spanish control for most of its existence, later it became a republic.<ref>https://www.cristiancofre.cl/post/el-reino-de-chile</ref>
▲The administrative apparatus of the Captaincy General of Chile was subordinate to the [[Council of the Indies]] and the [[Laws of the Indies]], like the other Spanish colonial possessions. The day-to-day work was handled mostly by [[viceroy]]s and governors, who represented the king in the overseas territories. The areas of the [[Americas]], which had been the site of complex civilizations or became rich societies were usually referred to by the Spanish as "kingdoms".
==History==
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