Viceroy of Portugal
Residence	Ribeira Palace
Appointer	King of Portugal
Formation	18 July 1580
First holder	Duke of Alba
Final holder	Duchess of Mantua
Abolished	1 December 1640

The Viceroy of Portugal was the political chief of the Kingdom of Portugal and the highest representative of the King of Portugal during the period of the Iberian Union, when a personal union existed between the monarchies of Portugal and Spain.

History

According to what was established in the Cortes of Tomar in 1581, the regency of the Kingdom of Portugal always had to be trusted by the king to a Portuguese, or in alternative to a member of the Royal Family. This was, in a general way, fulfilled, having during two periods the regency been trusted to a governmental council called Government Junta of the Kingdom of Portugal.

List

Picture	Viceroy	From	Until	Monarch
	Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba	18 July 1580	11 December 1582	Philip I of Portugal
	Albert VII, Archduke of Austria	11 February 1583	5 July 1593
	1st Regency Council Presided by Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon João da Silva, 2nd Marquis of Gouveia Francisco de Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Santa Cruz Duarte de Castelo Branco, 1st Count of Sabugal Miguel de Moura	5 July 1593	1598
	Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma	1598	29 January 1600	Philip II of Portugal
	Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo	29 January 1600	1603
	Afonso de Castelo Branco, Bishop-Count of Coimbra	1603	24 May 1605
	Pedro de Castilho, Bishop of Leiria	24 May 1605	February 1608
	Aleixo de Menezes, Archbishop-Primate of Braga	1612	1615
	Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon	1615	10 May 1619
	Diogo da Silva e Mendonça, 1st Marquis of Alenquer	10 May 1619	1 September 1621
	2nd Regency Council Presided by Martim Afonso Mexia, Bishop-Count of Coimbra Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto Nuno Álvares Pereira Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Veragua	1 September 1621	30 August 1623	Philip III of Portugal
	3rd Regency Council Presided by Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto Afonso Furtado de Mendonça, Archbishop of Lisbon Diogo da Silva, 5th Count of Portalegre	30 August 1623	1631
	4th Regency Council Presided by António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis	1631	March 1632
	Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis	March 1632	12 May 1633
	João Manuel de Ataíde, Archbishop of Lisbon	12 May 1633	4 July 1633
	Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto	4 July 1633	23 December 1634
	Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Mantua	23 December 1634	1 December 1640

See also

• Iberian Union
• Council of Portugal

Sources

• October 2009+05:53:11 Virreinato de Portugal