Editing Intendant (section)

{{short description|Term for public official in non-English-speaking countries}}
{{About|public officials especially in non-English-speaking countries called "intendants" in English|administrators of theaters|theater manager|administrators of opera houses|opera manager|other uses|intendant (disambiguation)}}
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An '''intendant''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛ̃tɑ̃dɑ̃|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-intendant.wav}}; {{langx|pt|intendente}} {{IPA|pt|ĩtẽˈdẽtɨ|}}; {{langx|es|intendente}} {{IPA|es|intenˈdente|}}) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in [[France]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], and [[Latin America]].<ref>[https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=intendant ''American Heritage Dictionary'' definition of "intendant"]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intendant|title = Definition of INTENDANT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/intendant | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925035254/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/intendant | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 25, 2016 | title=Oxford Languages &#124; the Home of Language Data }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/intendant|title = Intendant: Meaning and Definition of &#124; Infoplease}}</ref> The '''intendancy system''' was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] of 1701 to 1714 the French royal [[House of Bourbon]] secured its hold on the throne of Spain; it extended a French-style intendancy system to Spain and Portugal - and subsequently worldwide through the [[Spanish Empire]] and [[Portuguese Empire]]. Regions were divided into districts, each administered by an intendant.<ref>
Jacquelyn Briggs Kent, "Intendancy System" in ''Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture'', vol. 3, pp. 286-87. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
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The title continues in use in Spain and in parts of Spanish America for particular government officials.