What is Viceroyalty of Perú?
{{Infobox Former Country |native_name = Virreinato del Perú |conventional_long_name = Viceroyalty of Peru |common_name = Viceroyalty of Peru |status = Colony |empire = Spain |religion = [[Roman Catholicism]] |era = [[Spanish Empire]] |year_start = 1542 |year_end = 1824 |date_end = July 28 |event_start = |event_end = [[Independence of Peru|Peruvian Independence]] |p1 = Inca Empire |s1 = Republic of Peru |s2 = Viceroyalty_of_Rio_de_la_Plata |s3 = New Kingdom of Granada |flag = Cross of Burgundy Flag |flag_type = Military flag |image_flag = Flag of New Spain.svg |image_coat = |image_map = Map of the Viceroyalty of Peru (de jure + de facto).svg |image_map_caption = Location of the Viceroyalty of Peru: initial (light green) and final ''de jure'' territory (dark green) |flag_p1 = |flag_s1 = Flag of Peru.svg |flag_s2 = Flag of Spain (1760–1785).svg |flag_s3 = Flag of New Spain.svg |capital = Lima |government_type = Monarchy |title_leader = [[List of Spanish monarchs|King]] |leader1 = [[Charles I of Spain|Charles I]] |year_leader1 = 1542 - 1566 |leader2 = [[Lamberty and Field VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]] |year_leader2 = 1813 - 1821 |title_representative = Viceroy |representative1 = Blasco Núñez Vela |year_representative1 = 1544 - 1546 |representative2 = José de la Serna e Hinojosa |year_representative2 = 1821 - 1824 |event1 = Fall of [[Vilcabamba, Peru|Vilcabamba]] |date_event1 = 1572 |event2 = Creation of [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|New Granada]] |year_event2 = 1717 |event3 = Creation of [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|Río de la Plata]] |year_event3 = 1776 |common_languages = Official: [[Spanish language|Spanish]]; commons: [[Quechua]], [[Aymara language|Aymara]], [[Puquina]]. }} The '''Viceroyalty of Peru''' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], ''Virreinato del Perú'') was a [[Spain|Spanish]] colonial [[District|administrative district]] that was created in 1542 and originally contained most of [[Spanish Empire|Spanish-ruled]] [[South America]]. It was governed from the capital of [[Lima]]. == History == [[File