viceroy
Sign in to savethumb|"Roy" Edward III of England|Edward III, King of England. [[Bruges Garter Book.]] A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.
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A viceroy is an official who rules over a territory on behalf of and in place of the monarch. This position mattered historically because it allowed distant monarchs to govern distant lands through appointed representatives who held royal authority.
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- Spanish Empire
- In Spanish ruled Europe
- In the Americas
- Portuguese Empire
- India
- Portugal
- Brazil
- British Empire
- India
- Ireland
- Commonwealth realms
- Russian Empire
- Other viceroyalties
- French colonies
- Italian colonies
- Ban of Bosnia
- Ban of Croatia
- Ancient antecedents
- Non-Western counterparts
- Africa
- Indian empires
- Magadha Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Vietnamese Empire
- Chinese empires
- Siam
- See also
- References
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thumb|"Roy" Edward III of England|Edward III, King of England. [[Bruges Garter Book.]] A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.
The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in place of" and the Anglo-Norman roy (Old French roi, roy), meaning "king". This denotes the position as one who acts on behalf of a king or monarch ("in place of king"). A viceroy's territory may be called a viceroyalty, though this term is not always applied. The adjectival form is viceregal, less often viceroyal. The term vicereine is sometimes used to indicate a female viceroy suo jure, although viceroy can serve as a gender-neutral term. Vicereine is more commonly used to indicate a viceroy's wife, known as the viceregal consort.