Pedro Mascarenhas

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Pedro Mascarenhas
Captain-major of Portuguese Malacca
In office
1525–1526
MonarchJohn III of Portugal
Preceded byJorge de Albuquerque
Succeeded byJorge Cabral
Viceroy of Portuguese India
In office
1554–1555
MonarchJohn III of Portugal
Preceded byAfonso de Noronha
Succeeded byFrancisco Barreto
Personal details
Born1470
Died16 June 1555(1555-06-16) (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

Bibliography

O Vice-Reinado de D. Afonso de Noronha (1550-1554): Perspectivas Políticas da Ásia Portuguesa em meados de Quinhentos. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.uc.pt/fluc/eclassicos/publicacoes/ficheiros/humanitas52/12_Pinho.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Robert Kerr, ed. (1812). "Conquest of India". A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. p. 411.
  3. ^ Balthasar Tellez, The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia, 1710 (LaVergue: Kessinger, 2010), pp. 133f
Preceded by
Viceroy of Portuguese India

1554 – June 1555
Succeeded by