List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon
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 |
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Pedro Lopes de Sousa | - | - | 1594 | 1594 | Filipe I | |
Jerónimo de Azevedo | 1540 | 1625 | 1594 | 1612 | Filipe I Filipe II | |
Francisco de Meneses | - | - | 1613 | 1614 | Filipe II | |
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem | - | - | 1614 | 1616 | Filipe II | |
Nuno Álvares Pereira | - | - | 1616 | 1618 | Filipe II | |
Constantino de Sá de Noronha (1st time) | - | - | 1618 | 1622 | Filipe II Filipe III | |
Jorge de Albuquerque | - | - | 1622 | 1623 | Filipe III | |
Constantino de Sá de Noronha (2nd time) | - | - | 1623 | 1630 | Filipe III | |
Filipe Mascarenhas (1st time) | 1580 | 16.. | 1630 | 1631 | Filipe III | |
Jorge de Almeida (1st time) | - | - | 1631 | 1633 | Filipe III | |
Diogo de Melo de Castro (1st time) | - | - | 1633 | 1635 | Filipe III | |
Jorge de Almeida (2nd time) | - | - | 1635 | 1636 | Filipe III | |
Diogo de Melo de Castro (2nd time) | - | - | 1636 | 1638 | Filipe III | |
António Mascarenhas | - | - | 1638 | 1640 | Filipe III | |
Filipe Mascarenhas (2nd time) | 1580 | 16.. | 1640 | 1645 | Filipe III John IV | |
![]() | Manuel Mascarenhas Homem | 1600 | - | 1645 | 1653 | John IV |
Francisco de Mello e Castro | 1600 | 1664 | 1653 | 1655 | John IV | |
António de Sousa Coutinho | - | 1668 | 1655 | 1656 | John IV | |
António de Amaral de Meneses (in Jaffna) | - | - | 1656 | 22 June 1658 | John IV Afonso VI |
See also
- List of monarchs of Sri Lanka
- List of captains of Portuguese Ceylon
- List of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon
- History of Sri Lanka
References
- List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org
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