The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous captain-generals until 1658. The post of captain-general was preceded by that of the captain-major in 1551 and before that by the captain in 1518.

List of governors

Portrait Name Birth Death Governor from Governor until Sovereign
Pedro Lopes de Sousa--15941594Filipe I
Jerónimo de Azevedo1540162515941612Filipe I
Filipe II
Francisco de Meneses--16131614Filipe II
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem--16141616Filipe II
Nuno Álvares Pereira--16161618Filipe II
Constantino de Sá de Noronha
(1st time)		--16181622Filipe II
Filipe III
Jorge de Albuquerque--16221623Filipe III
Constantino de Sá de Noronha
(2nd time)		--16231630Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas
(1st time)		158016..16301631Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida
(1st time)		--16311633Filipe III
Diogo de Melo de Castro
(1st time)		--16331635Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida
(2nd time)		--16351636Filipe III
Diogo de Melo de Castro
(2nd time)		--16361638Filipe III
António Mascarenhas--16381640Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas
(2nd time)		158016..16401645Filipe III
John IV
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem1600-16451653John IV
Francisco de Mello e Castro1600166416531655John IV
António de Sousa Coutinho-166816551656John IV
António de Amaral de Meneses
(in Jaffna)		--165622 June 1658John IV
Afonso VI

See also

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.