Real Audiencia of Buenos Aires

The jurisdiction of the first covered the territory of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata and operated from 1661 to 1671.

The second began to function in 1783 and had jurisdiction over the parts of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata not covered by the Audiencia de Charcas, that is to say the intendancies of Buenos Aires, Córdoba del Tucumán, Salta del Tucumán and Paraguay.

Created by Philip IV by decree (real cédula) in 1661, it covered the governorates of Río de la Plata, Paraguay (established in 1617) and Tucumán.

[1][2] Created during the reign of Charles III of Spain (1759–1788) and under the rule of viceroy Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo, in 1783, as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, from 1 August 1776.

Its jurisdiction included the aforesaid intendencias and the subordinate Governorates of Misiones and Montevideo.