Pedro Mascarenhas
Pedro Mascarenhas | |
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Captain-major of Portuguese Malacca | |
In office 1525–1526 | |
Monarch | John III of Portugal |
Preceded by | Jorge de Albuquerque |
Succeeded by | Jorge Cabral |
Viceroy of Portuguese India | |
In office 1554–1555 | |
Monarch | John III of Portugal |
Preceded by | Afonso de Noronha |
Succeeded by | Francisco Barreto |
Personal details | |
Born | 1470 Mértola, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 16 June 1555 (aged 84–85) Goa, Portuguese India |
Rodrigues the Mascarene Islands
, after the name of Mascarenhas.
He was ambassador from Portugal to the
King John III and Diogo de Gouveia. His mission ended on 15 March 1540, when he travelled back to Portugal together with Francis Xavier.[1]
After this, he served in the Portuguese court and took a special role in the education and household of Prince John, the son of John III of Portugal. He was also involved by the King in the Portuguese withdrawal from Moroccan fortresses in 1549. In 1554, King John III forced him for the post of viceroy of India. Mascarenhas tried to resist, arguing with his age but the King forced him to accept the post.
He was
Roman Catholic church.[3]
Bibliography
O Vice-Reinado de D. Afonso de Noronha (1550-1554): Perspectivas Políticas da Ásia Portuguesa em meados de Quinhentos. [1]
References
- ^ a b http://www.uc.pt/fluc/eclassicos/publicacoes/ficheiros/humanitas52/12_Pinho.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Robert Kerr, ed. (1812). "Conquest of India". A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. p. 411.
- ^ Balthasar Tellez, The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia, 1710 (LaVergue: Kessinger, 2010), pp. 133f