Constantino of Braganza
Constantino de Bragança | |
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Viceroy of India | |
In office 1558–1561 | |
Monarch | Sebastian |
Preceded by | Francisco Barreto |
Succeeded by | Francisco Coutinho |
Captain-major of Ribeira Grande | |
In office 1562–1570? | |
Monarch | Sebastian |
Preceded by | Manuel de Andrade |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 1528 Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 15 July 1575 (aged 46–47) Kingdom of Portugal |
Spouse | Maria de Melo |
Biography
He was the son of Dom James, 4th Duke of Braganza from his second marriage to Joana of Mendoça, daughter of Diogo of Mendonça, High-Alcaide of Mourão.
When he was 19 years old, he was appointed by King Dom John III of Portugal as his special ambassador to the baptism ceremony of King Henry II of France's son.
In 1558, he was appointed by the
He was a remarkable organiser of the local State, and he conquered
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His government in India took three years and eight days, and during that period he made important reforms. He was considered by the historian C. R. Boxer one of the most fanatic Portuguese governors of India together with Dom Francisco Barreto (1555–1558).
He protected the poet
He was later governor of Ribeira Grande, in the island of Santo Antão, Portuguese Cape Verde, from 1562.
Dom Constantino afterwards returned to the
Tooth relic
According to Mutu Coomara Swamy, Constantino claimed to play a part in capturing and destroying the
Ancestry
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See also
- House of Braganza
- Duke of Braganza
- Portuguese India
- List of colonial heads of Portuguese India
- Relics associated with Buddha § Relics in Sri Lanka
- Relic of the tooth of the Buddha
- Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira
References
- ^ Abeysinghe, T. Jaffna Under the Portuguese, p.3
- ^ Kunarasa, K The Jaffna Dynasty, p. 115
- ^ Mutu Coomara Swamy. The Dathavansa, Or The History of the Tooth-relic of Gotama Buddha. Trübner & Co. p. xix.
- Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil – Vol. II, page 443. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
External links
- Genealogy of Constantino of Braganza, in Portuguese
- "Constantino de Bragança" in Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, vol. 7, eds. David Thomas and John Chesworth, Leiden - Boston, Brill, 2015, pp. 841–845.[1]