List of viceroys of Portugal

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.

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

History
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
Picture Viceroy From Until Monarch
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba18 July 158011 December 1582
Philip I of Portugal
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria11 February 15835 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 15931598
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma159829 January 1600
Philip II of Portugal
Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo29 January 16001603
Afonso de Castelo Branco, Bishop-Count of Coimbra160324 May 1605
Pedro de Castilho, Bishop of Leiria24 May 1605February 1608
Aleixo de Menezes, Archbishop-Primate of Braga16121615
Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon161510 May 1619
Diogo da Silva e Mendonça, 1st Marquis of Alenquer10 May 16191 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 162130 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 16231631
4th Regency Council
Presided by António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira
Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis		1631March 1632
Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de ReisMarch 163212 May 1633
João Manuel de Ataíde, Archbishop of Lisbon12 May 16334 July 1633
Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto4 July 163323 December 1634
Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Mantua23 December 16341 December 1640

See also

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