Antão de Noronha
- not to be confused with António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira
Antão de Noronha | |
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 Portrait of D. Antão de Noronha in Ásia Portuguesa by Manuel de Faria e Sousa, 1674. | |
| 25th Viceroy of Portuguese India | |
| In office 3 September 1564 – September 1568 | |
| Monarch | Sebastian I of Portugal |
| Preceded by | João de Mendonça |
| Succeeded by | Luís de Ataíde |
D. Antão de Noronha[1] was appointed in 1564 under Sebastian of Portugal as vice-roy of India. Previously, he had been captaining at Hormuz in the 1550s and served at Ceuta in the 1540s. He was the illegitimate son of D. João de Noronha and nephew of viceroy D. Afonso de Noronha (1550-1554). D. Antão de Noronha was also the Viceroy of Portuguese India between 3 September 1564 and September 1568. He captured Mangalore and built a fort there in 1568.[2] He died in 1569 on board in his voyage back to Portugal.
References
[edit]- ^ "D. Antão de Noronha". Infopédia. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Varghese, Alexander P. (2008). India : History, Religion, Vision And Contribution to the World. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 404. ISBN 978-81-269-0903-2.
Bibliography
[edit]Vila-Santa, Nuno, "O Vice-Reinado de D. Antão de Noronha (1564-1568) no contexto da crise do Estado da Índia de 1565-1575", Anais de História de Além-Mar, vol. XI, Lisboa/Ponta Delgada, 2010, pp. 63–101. [1]
Government offices
Preceded byDiogo de Melo Coutinho
Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1572-1575
Succeeded byFernando de Albuquerque
Preceded byJoão de Mendonça
Viceroy of India 1564-1568
Succeeded byLuís de Ataíde
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