Back Generální kapitanát Portoriko Czech Capitanía General de Puerto Rico Spanish Puerto Ricoko kapitaintza nagusia Basque Capitainerie générale de Porto Rico French Capitania General de Porto Rico Interlingua Capitaneria generale di Porto Rico Italian プエルトリコ総督領 Japanese Capitania-Geral de Porto Rico Portuguese Generalkaptenskapet Puerto Rico Swedish
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Captaincy General of Puerto Rico Capitanía General de Puerto Rico | |||||||||
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| 1580–1898 | |||||||||
| Motto: "JOANNES EST NOMEN EJUS" "John is his name" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Anthem of Riego
1873-1874 | |||||||||
.svg) Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1794, with the Captaincy General of Puerto Rico shown in light pink | |||||||||
| Status | Captaincy General Autonomous Province | ||||||||
| Capital | San Juan | ||||||||
| Official languages | Spanish | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Spaniard, Puerto Rican | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy (1598-1872,1875-1898) Federal semi-presidential republic (1873–1874) | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1580-1598 | Philip II | ||||||||
• 1759-1788 | Charles III | ||||||||
• 1886-1898 | Alfonso XIII Maria Christina of Austria (Regent) | ||||||||
| Captain General | |||||||||
• 1580 | Jerónimo de Agüero Campuzano (first)[2][3] | ||||||||
• 1898 | Ángel Rivero Méndez (last)[4] | ||||||||
| Legislature | None | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||
• Creation[2] | 1580 | ||||||||
| 11 February 1873– 29 December 1874 | |||||||||
| 25 July 1898 | |||||||||
• Withdrawal of Spanish forces[5] | 18 October 1898 | ||||||||
| Currency | Spanish real, Puerto Rican peso | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PR | ||||||||
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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 main island of Puerto Rico, previously under the rule of a governor, jurisdiction of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo, and authority of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Its creation was part of the, ultimately futile, Habsburg attempt in the late 16th century to prevent incursion into the Caribbean by competing European world powers. The institution lasted until 1898 in Puerto Rico, when an autonomous provincial government, headed by a governor-general and an insular parliament, was instituted months before Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States in 1898 following defeat in the Spanish–American War.
- ^ Presidency of the Government (11 October 1997). "Real Decreto 1560/1997, de 10 de octubre, por el que se regula el Himno Nacional" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 244 (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Puerto Rico - Chronology". World's Statesmen. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ Blanch, José (December 23, 1894). "Directorio comercial é industrial de la isla de Puerto-Rico para 1894. Formado con relaciones oficiales remitidas por los sres. alcaldes municipales de cada localidad" (in Spanish). Puerto-Rico, "La correspondencia". p. 8 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Last Spanish Ruler in Porto Rico Dies". Democrat and Chronicle. 25 February 1930. Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via newspapers.com.
Although he served only two days, Rivero was credited with being the last Spanish governor of Porto Rico. He was born here and educated in Spain. He served in the Spanish army until the end of the Spanish-American war and later became an American citizen. Rivero was credited with doing much to create friendly understanding among Spaniards, Porto Ricans and Americans.
- ^ "Chronology of Puerto Rico in the Spanish–American War". The World of 1898: The Spanish–American War. Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved 2008-08-04.