Editing Captain general (section)

===In the Portuguese Empire===
In the Portuguese Empire, a ''capitão-general'' (plural ''capitães-generais'') was a governor of a ''capitania geral'' ([[captaincy general]]), with a higher rank than a ''capitão-mor'' ([[captain-major]]) and directly subordinated to the Crown. A captaincy general had a higher category than the simple [[Captaincies of the Portuguese Empire|captaincies]] (also referred as subaltern captaincies). Sometimes, a captaincy general included one or more subaltern captaincies. The governors of the captaincies general were usually styled "governor and captain-general", with the term "governor" referring to his administrative role and the term "captain-general" referring to his military role as commander-in-chief of the troops in his captaincy.

The title ''capitão-general'' was also associated to the roles of Governor-General or Viceroy of [[Portuguese India]] and of [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]]. Thus, in Brazil, besides the captains-generals that were governors of the [[Captaincies of Brazil|several captaincies general]], existed a central captain-general that was the governor-general or Viceroy.