The Council of the Indies; officially, the Royal and Supreme Council of the Indies (Spanish: Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias, pronounced: [reˈal i suˈpɾemo konˈsexo ðe ˈindjas]), was the most important administrative organ of the Spanish Empire for the Americas and Asia. It was placed at start as a section under the jurisdiction of the Council of Castile and it had legislative, executive and judicial functions. The Crown of Castile incorporated the American and Asian territories into its domains by a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI. The Council of the Indies was abolished in 1812 by the Cádiz Cortes, restored in 1814 by Fernando VII of Spain, and definitively abolished in 1834 by Isabella II of Spain.