Bourbons flee to the New World following Napoleons invasion of Spain. Names for a resulting Empire?

So this hypothetical revolves around the Spanish royal family pulling a Portugal/Brazil and a corresponding split where a Spanish prince becomes an Emperor in the New World. What would the name be for an Empire ranging from Mexico down to Chile?
 
Even the Spanish Bourbons and their colonists had a sense of legacy - I could totally see "Empire of the Indies" being the name a la the Council of the Indies, calling the western lands "the Indies" in general, etc.
 
What about Española / Hispaniola being adopted to refer to the entire Empire? It literally just means Spanish anyway.
 
They would continue to call it the same thing, most likely. If the Spanish Empire remained powerful enough to remain united in the Americas even after losing Spain, then they would also be powerful enough to maintain their de jure claim to Spain.

Spanish Empire (Imperio Español)

Kingdom of Spain and of the Indies (Reino de España y de las Indias)
 
"Empire of the Indies" is absolutely what they would name it. "New Spain" is too restricted of a term, which would imply domination by New Spaniards/Mexicans (especially considering its capital would likely be in New Spain).
 
"Empire of the Indies" is absolutely what they would name it. "New Spain" is too restricted of a term, which would imply domination by New Spaniards/Mexicans (especially considering its capital would likely be in New Spain).

So that makes its inhabitants Indians?
 
Eh... Latin Empire?

As interesting idea seems, I don't think there could be united Empire of Spanish America. Mexico couldn't keep even United Provinces, and those couldn't even stay together.
 
Eh... Latin Empire?

As interesting idea seems, I don't think there could be united Empire of Spanish America. Mexico couldn't keep even United Provinces, and those couldn't even stay together.

Having a Spanish monarch and not some upstart random general being the head of Spanish America might be enough to unify it.
 
Its inhabitants would be New Spaniards, Peruvians, New Granadines, and Platineans.
Plus Paraguayan and Chileans, as both those groups were purposeful differentiate themselves of the inhabitants of the Virreinos.

Having a Spanish monarch and not some upstart random general being the head of Spanish America might be enough to unify it.
I doubt it, the resentment against the Penisulares, as their actions was constantly against the local populations interest, higher taxes that was mostly illegally appropriated by the Peninsular Bureaucrats, prohibition of all industry endevour so the Americas was complete dependent of Spain for elaborated products, the exclusion of all the government positions, outside the military, for the local population, among other created a lot of resentment against the Spanish in general, and the crown in Particular.
I still could see La plata, Chile and Paraguay declaring independence, and I could see Peru and Nueva Granada demanding a King, distinct of the Spanish emperor, for themselves.
 
I still could see La plata, Chile and Paraguay declaring independence, and I could see Peru and Nueva Granada demanding a King, distinct of the Spanish emperor, for themselves.
Would be the reverse in la plata and paraguya, i can see Chile and Nueva granada going full independance alongside Venezuela and Ecuador, Peru might want a new king too
 
Plus Paraguayan and Chileans, as both those groups were purposeful differentiate themselves of the inhabitants of the Virreinos.


I doubt it, the resentment against the Penisulares, as their actions was constantly against the local populations interest, higher taxes that was mostly illegally appropriated by the Peninsular Bureaucrats, prohibition of all industry endevour so the Americas was complete dependent of Spain for elaborated products, the exclusion of all the government positions, outside the military, for the local population, among other created a lot of resentment against the Spanish in general, and the crown in Particular.
I still could see La plata, Chile and Paraguay declaring independence, and I could see Peru and Nueva Granada demanding a King, distinct of the Spanish emperor, for themselves.
The Spanish Empire truly surviving would probably require Spain to have never been invaded by Napoleon, and very early industrialization of northern Spain based on the coal deposits there.
 
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