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Viceroy of Portugal
ResidenceRibeira Palace
AppointerKing of Portugal
Formation18 July 1580
First holderDuke of Alba
Final holderDuchess of Mantua
Abolished1 December 1640

The Viceroy of Portugal was the political chief of the Kingdom of Portugal and the highest representative of the King of Portugal during the period of the Iberian Union, when a personal union existed between the monarchies of Portugal and Spain.

History

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Main articles: Iberian Union and Philippine Dynasty

According to what was established in the Cortes of Tomar in 1581, the regency of the Kingdom of Portugal always had to be trusted by the king to a Portuguese, or in alternative to a member of the Royal Family. This was, in a general way, fulfilled, having during two periods the regency been trusted to a governmental council called Government Junta of the Kingdom of Portugal.

List

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Picture Viceroy From Until Monarch
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba 18 July 1580 11 December 1582
Philip I of Portugal
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria 11 February 1583 5 July 1593
1st Regency Council
Presided by Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon
João da Silva, 2nd Marquis of Gouveia
Francisco de Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Santa Cruz
Duarte de Castelo Branco, 1st Count of Sabugal
Miguel de Moura 		5 July 1593 1598
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma 1598 29 January 1600
Philip II of Portugal
Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo 29 January 1600 1603
Afonso de Castelo Branco, Bishop-Count of Coimbra 1603 24 May 1605
Pedro de Castilho, Bishop of Leiria 24 May 1605 February 1608
Aleixo de Menezes, Archbishop-Primate of Braga 1612 1615
Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon 1615 10 May 1619
Diogo da Silva e Mendonça, 1st Marquis of Alenquer 10 May 1619 1 September 1621
2nd Regency Council
Presided by Martim Afonso Mexia, Bishop-Count of Coimbra
Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto
Nuno Álvares Pereira Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Veragua 		1 September 1621 30 August 1623
Philip III of Portugal
3rd Regency Council
Presided by Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto
Afonso Furtado de Mendonça, Archbishop of Lisbon
Diogo da Silva, 5th Count of Portalegre 		30 August 1623 1631
4th Regency Council
Presided by António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira
Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis		 1631 March 1632
António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira [1] March 1632 12 May 1633
João Manuel de Ataíde, Archbishop of Lisbon 12 May 1633 4 July 1633
Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto 4 July 1633 23 December 1634
Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Mantua 23 December 1634 1 December 1640

See also

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Freire, Anselmo Braamcamp (1921). Brasões da Sala de Sintra. Livro Terceiro (in Portuguese). Robarts - University of Toronto. Coimbra: Coimbra : Imprensa da Universidade. p. 104. D. António de Ataíde, 1st Count of Castro Daire by decree dated June 20, 1625 and 5th Count of Castanheira... was governor of the kingdom (of Portugal) with the Count of Vale de Reis from August 14, 1631 to 1 April of the following year, and alone from then until May 1633
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