Columbian Viceroyalty

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Columbian Viceroyalty" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Viceroyalty of the Indies Virreinato de las Indias (Spanish)
1492–1535
Flag Coat of arms
Status	Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire
Capital	La Isabela (1494-1496) Santo Domingo (1496-)
Official languages	Spanish
Government	Monarchy
Monarch
• 1492–1504	Isabella I & Ferdinand V (first)
• 1504–1535	Joanna I co-monarchs: Philip I (1506) Charles I (1516-)
Viceroy
• 1492–1506	Christopher Columbus
• 1511–1526	Diego Columbus
History
• Discovery of the Americas	1492
• Became the Viceroyalty of New Spain	1535
Currency	Santo Domingo real
Preceded by Succeeded by Chiefdoms of Hispaniola New Spain Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
Today part of	Dominican Republic

The Columbian Viceroyalty, Viceroyalty of the Indies or First Viceroyalty in the Indies is the name that designates the number of titles and rights granted to Christopher Columbus by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492 on the lands discovered and undiscovered, before embarking on his first trip that culminated in the colonization of the Americas.