Teresa da Gama, who married Lopo Mendes de Vasconcelos. Little is known of da Gama's early life. Teixeira de Aragão suggests that he studied at the inland...

Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 1453 – 16 December 1515), was a Portuguese general, admiral, and statesman. He served as viceroy of Portuguese...

Dom Francisco de Almeida (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃ˈsiʃku ðɨ alˈmɐjðɐ]), also known as the Great Dom Francisco (c. 1450 – 1 March 1510), was a Portuguese...

was a title created by a secret decree, in 1580, by King Filipe I, to be granted to Dom Luís de Ataíde, on the assumption that he would accept proclaiming...

of Ministers (Prime Minister) of Portugal and Dictator-for-life, António de Oliveira Salazar to fight to the death and surrendered the following day to...

Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Martim Afonso de Sousa was born in Vila...

portrayed by the American actor Alexx O'Nell. Don Juan de Castro The Voyage of Don Stefano de Gama from Goa to Suez, in 1540, with the intention of Burning...

Castro (Portuguese: Castro Forte) by the poet Luís de Camões. De Castro was the second son of Álvaro de Castro, the civil governor of Lisbon. His wife was...

D. Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465–1530) was a Portuguese fidalgo, sent to analyze the trade potential in Madagascar and Malacca. He arrived at Malacca on...

Portuguese explorer to do so; earlier expeditions by Diogo Dias and Afonso de Albuquerque along with Diogo Fernandes Pereira may have encountered the islands...

Oja and Brava, and at the capture of Panane, under the viceroy Francisco de Almeida. Named by João III ninth governor of Portuguese possessions in India...

Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all Portuguese...

D. Duarte de Meneses (before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor of Tangier from 1508 to 1521...

India in 1515 to succeed Afonso de Albuquerque as governor. Lopo Soares de Albergaria (sometimes called Lopo Soares de Alvarenga, or simply Lopo Soares)...

Dom Filipe Rei de Portugal e de Ceilão" This Ceremony, quickly decided and organized by Azevedo, was thus equivalent to the acclamation of Filipe I as...

Lopo Vaz de Sampaio was the 6th Governor of Portuguese India from 1526 to 1529. He was also the captain of Vasco da Gama, a famous Portuguese explorer...

king resisted Portuguese overlordship until he was ousted and hanged by Filipe de Oliveira in 1619.: 166  In 1598, he destroyed a fleet of Kunjali Marakkar...

D. Garcia de Noronha (1479 in Lisbon – 3 April 1540 in Cochin) was a Portuguese nobleman. He was great-great-grandson of King Ferdinand I of Portugal,...

Francisco Barreto (occasionally Francisco de Barreto, 1520 – 9 July 1573) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer. An officer in Morocco during his early...

that was repulsed by the Malabari corsairs and another expedition by Dom Filipe de Oliveira and his land army of 5,000, which defeated Cankili and conquered...