Lopo Vaz de Sampaio
Portuguese colonial governor (c. 1480–1534)
Lopo Vaz de Sampaio | |
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![]() Portrait of Lopo Vaz de Sampaio in Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu, c. 1560. | |
Governor of Portuguese India | |
In office 1526–1529 | |
Monarch | John III of Portugal |
Preceded by | Henrique de Meneses |
Succeeded by | Nuno da Cunha |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1480 Carrazeda de Ansiães, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 1534 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
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. During 1528–29, Lopo Vaz de Sampaio seized the fort of Mahim from the Gujarat Sultanate, when the King was at war with Nizam-ul-mulk, the emperor of Chaul, a town south of Bombay.
References
- Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1580, p. 286
- The History of Portugal, p. 85
- Greater Bombay District Gazetteer 1986 (Portuguese Period)
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- Afonso de Albuquerque 1510–15
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- Dom Vasco da Gama 1524
- Dom Henrique de Menezes 1525–26
- Lopo Vaz de Sampaio 1526–29
- Nuno da Cunha 1529–38
- Dom Garcia de Noronha 1538–40
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- André Furtado de Mendonça 1609–10
- Rui Lourenço de Távora 1610–12
- Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo 1612–17
- Dom João Coutinho 1617–19
- Fernão de Albuquerque 1619–22
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- Luís de Brito e Meneses 1629–29
- Miguel de Noronha 1629–35
- Pero da Silva 1635–39
- António Teles de Meneses 1639–40
- João da Silva Telo e Meneses 1640–44
- Filipe Mascarenhas 1644–51
- João da Silva Telo e Meneses 1651
- Vasco Mascarenhas 1652–55
- Brás de Castro 1655
- Rodrigo Lobo da Silveira 1655–56
- Manuel Mascarenhas Homem 1656
- António de Melo e Castro 1662–66
- João Nunes da Cunha 1666–68
- Luís de Mendonça Furtado e Albuquerque 1671–76
- Dom Pedro de Almeida 1676–78
- António Brandão 1678–81
- Francisco de Távora 1681–86
- Rodrigo da Costa 1686–90
- Dom Miguel de Almeida 1690–91
- Pedro António de Meneses Noronha de Albuquerque 1692–97
- António Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Coutinho 1697–1701
- Caetano de Melo e Castro 1702–1707
- Dom Rodrigo da Costa 1707–12
- Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses 1712–17
- Sebastião de Andrade Pessanha 1717
- Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses 1717–20
- Francisco José de Sampaio e Castro 1720–23
- Cristóvão de Melo 1723
- João de Saldanha da Gama 1725–32
- Pedro de Mascarenhas 1732–40
- Luís Carlos Inácio Xavier de Meneses 1740–42
- Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos 1745–50
- Francisco de Assis de Távora 1750–54
- Luís Mascarenhas 1754–56
- Manuel de Saldanha e Albuquerque 1758–65
- João José de Melo 1768–74
- Filipe de Valadares Sotomaior 1774
- Dom José Pedro da Câmara 1774–79
- Dom Frederico Guilherme de Sousa Holstein 1779–86
- Francisco da Cunha e Meneses 1786–94
- Francisco António da Veiga Cabral da Câmara 1794–1806
- Dom Bernardo José Maria da Silveira e Lorena 1806–16
- Dom Diogo de Sousa 1816–21
- Dom Manuel da Câmara 1823–25
- Dom Manuel Francisco Zacarias de Portugal e Castro 1826–35
- Bernardo Peres da Silva 1835
- Dom Manuel Francisco Zacarias de Portugal e Castro 1835
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- Bernardo Peres da Silva 1836–37
- Simão Infante de Lacerda de Sousa Tavares 1837–39
- José António Vieira da Fonseca 1839
- Manuel José Mendes 1839–40
- José Joaquim Lopes Lima 1840–42
- Francisco Xavier da Silva Pereira 1842–43
- Joaquim Mourão Garcez Palha 1843–44
- José Ferreira Pestana 1844–51
- José Joaquim Januário Lapa 1851–55
- António César de Vasconcelos Correia 1855–64
- José Ferreira Pestana 1864–70
- Januário Correia de Almeida 1870–71
- Joaquim José Macedo e Couto 1871–75
- João Tavares de Almeida 1875–77
- António Sérgio de Sousa 1877–78
- Caetano Alexandre de Almeida e Albuquerque 1878–82
- Carlos Eugénio Correia da Silva 1882–86
- Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral 1886
- Augusto César Cardoso de Carvalho 1886–89
- Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque 1889
- Vasco Guedes de Carvalho e Meneses 1889–91
- Francisco Maria da Cunha 1891
- João Manuel Correia Taborda 1891–92
- Francisco Teixeira da Silva 1892–93
- Rafael Jácome de Andrade 1893–94
- João Manuel Correia Taborda 1894
- Elesbão José de Bettencourt Lapa 1894–95
- Rafael Jácome de Andrade 1895–96
- Prince Afonso Henriques de Bragança 1896
- João António de Brissac das Neves Ferreira 1896–97
- João Manuel Correia Taborda 1897
- Joaquim José Machado 1897–1900
- Eduardo Augusto Rodrigues Galhardo 1900–05
- Arnaldo de Novais Guedes Rebelo 1905–07
- José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa 1907–10
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- Francisco Manuel Couceiro da Costa 1910–17
- Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira 1917
- José de Freitas Ribeiro 1917–19
- Augusto de Paiva Bobela da Mota 1919–20
- Jaime Alberto de Castro Morais 1920–25
- Francisco Maria Peixoto Vieira 1925
- Mariano Martins 1925–26
- Tito Augusto de Morais 1926
- Acúrcio Mendes da Rocha Dinis 1926–27
- Pedro Francisco Massano de Amorim 1927–29
- Acúrcio Mendes da Rocha Dinis 1929
- Alfredo Pedro de Almeida 1929–30
- João Carlos Craveiro Lopes 1930–36
- Francisco Craveiro Lopes 1936–38
- José Ricardo Pereira Cabral 1938–45
- Paulo Bénard Guedes 1945–46
- José Ferreira Bossa 1946–47
- José Alves Ferreira 1947–48
- Fernando de Quintanilha e Mendonça Dias 1948–52
- Paulo Bénard Guedes 1952–58
- Manuel António Vassalo e Silva 1958–61
Note: The head of Portuguese India could have either the title of "Governor" or the more prestigious "Viceroy" though their responsibilities were the same