List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon

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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.

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List of governors

PortraitNameBirthDeathGovernor fromGovernor untilSovereign
Pedro Lopes de Sousa --15941594 Filipe I
P1170551 D. Jeronimo de Azevedo.JPG Jerónimo de Azevedo 1540162515941612 Filipe I
Filipe II
Francisco de Meneses --16131614 Filipe II
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem --16141616 Filipe II
Nuno Álvares Pereira --16161618 Filipe II
Constantino de Sá de Noronha
(1st time)
--16181622 Filipe II
Filipe III
Jorge de Albuquerque --16221623 Filipe III
Constantino de Sá de Noronha
(2nd time)
--16231630 Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas
(1st time)
158016..16301631 Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida
(1st time)
--16311633 Filipe III
Diogo de Melo de Castro
(1st time)
--16331635 Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida
(2nd time)
--16351636 Filipe III
Diogo de Melo de Castro
(2nd time)
--16361638 Filipe III
António Mascarenhas --16381640 Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas
(2nd time)
158016..16401645 Filipe III
John IV
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem, vice-rei da India.png Manuel Mascarenhas Homem 1600-16451653 John IV
Francisco de Mello e Castro 1600166416531655 John IV
António de Sousa Coutinho -166816551656 John IV
António de Amaral de Meneses
(in Jaffna)
--165622 June 1658 John IV
Afonso VI

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