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 SovereignPedro Lopes de Sousa--15941594Filipe IJerónimo de Azevedo1540162515941612Filipe IFilipe IIFrancisco de Meneses--16131614Filipe IIManuel Mascarenhas Homem--16141616Filipe IINuno Álvares Pereira--16161618Filipe IIConstantino de Sá de Noronha(1st time)--16181622Filipe IIFilipe IIIJorge de Albuquerque--16221623Filipe IIIConstantino de Sá de Noronha(2nd time)--16231630Filipe IIIFilipe Mascarenhas(1st time)158016..16301631Filipe IIIJorge de Almeida(1st time)--16311633Filipe IIIDiogo de Melo de Castro(1st time)--16331635Filipe IIIJorge de Almeida(2nd time)--16351636Filipe IIIDiogo de Melo de Castro(2nd time)--16361638Filipe IIIAntónio Mascarenhas--16381640Filipe IIIFilipe Mascarenhas(2nd time)158016..16401645Filipe IIIJohn IVManuel Mascarenhas Homem1600-16451653John IVFrancisco de Mello e Castro1600166416531655John IVAntónio de Sousa Coutinho-166816551656John IVAntónio de Amaral de Meneses(in Jaffna)--165622 June 1658John IVAfonso 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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