Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro

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Royal Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro Capitania Real do Rio de Janeiro
1567-1821
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First Section of Capitaincy of St. Vincent, which later, after being abandoned by its grantee captain, Estacio de Saa, became its grantee captain. Rio de Janeiro Capitaincy in 1750, after the conquest of territories of St. Paul Capitaincy 'n Treaty of Madrid Rio de Janeiro after the Pernambucan Revolution, in 1817 Rio de Janeiro in 1821, before the elevation to be a Province.
Capital	São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Official languages	Portuguese
Religion	Catholicism
Government	Absolute monarchy
• First grantee	Estácio de Sá 1565-1567
• Last grantee	Gomes Freire de Andrade 1733-1763
• First Viceroy	Antônio Álvares da Cunha 1763-1767
• Last Viceroy	Marcos de Noronha e Brito 1806-1808
Legislature	Courts

The Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro was formed in the northern portion of the Captaincy of São Vicente, in a territory that extended from Macaé (Rio de Janeiro) to Caraguatatuba (São Paulo). This part of the Captaincy had been abandoned by its donatário Martim Afonso de Sousa, who was never interested in its settlement and focused his attention and resources on the area of the current São Paulo coast.^[1][2]