List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon

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The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous captain-generals until 1658. The post of captain-general was preceded by that of the captain-major in 1551 and before that by the captain in 1518.

List of governors

Name	Birth	Death	Governor from	Governor until	Sovereign
Pedro Lopes de Sousa	-	-	1594	1594	Filipe I
Jerónimo de Azevedo	1540	1625	1594	1612	Filipe I Filipe II
Francisco de Meneses	-	-	1613	1614	Filipe II
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem	-	-	1614	1616	Filipe II
Nuno Álvares Pereira	-	-	1616	1618	Filipe II
Constantino de Sá de Noronha (1st time)	-	-	1618	1622	Filipe II Filipe III
Jorge de Albuquerque	-	-	1622	1623	Filipe III
Constantino de Sá de Noronha (2nd time)	-	-	1623	1630	Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas (1st time)	1580	16..	1630	1631	Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida (1st time)	-	-	1631	1633	Filipe III
Diogo de Melo de Castro (1st time)	-	-	1633	1635	Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida (2nd time)	-	-	1635	1636	Filipe III
Diogo de Melo de Castro (2nd time)	-	-	1636	1638	Filipe III
António Mascarenhas	-	-	1638	1640	Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas (2nd time)	1580	16..	1640	1645	Filipe III John IV
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem	1600	-	1645	1653	John IV
Francisco de Mello e Castro	1600	1664	1653	1655	John IV
António de Sousa Coutinho	-	1668	1655	1656	John IV
António de Amaral de Meneses (in Jaffna)	-	-	1656	22 June 1658	John IV Afonso VI

References

List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org

v t e Captains of Portuguese Ceylon →
Captains (1518–1524)	Silveira Brito Lemos
Captain-majors (1551–1594)	Henriques Coutinho Eça Carvalho Lacerda Baroche Sousa Inferno Melo Monroy Coutinho Noronha Albuquerque Coutinho Brito Brito Pereira
Captain-generals (1594–1658)	Sousa Azevedo Meneses Homem Pereira Noronha Albuquerque Noronha Mascarenhas Almeida Castro Almeida Castro Mascarenhas Mascarenhas Homem Castro Coutinho Meneses

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Dambadeniya period 1232 – 1341
Gampola period 1341– 1412
Kotte period 1412– 1592

Kingdom of Dambadeniya, Gampola & Kotte (1232–1597)
History	Malay invasions of Sri Lanka Sinhalese–Portuguese War Ming–Kotte War Kandyan independence Crisis of the Sixteenth Century Vijayabā Kollaya Convention of Malvana
Government	Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Capital city Rājākariya
Society	Alagakkonara Caste system Karava Salagama Durava Irrigation network
Culture	Guththila Kawya Literature in Pali, in Sinhalese Anavamadarshin Popular culture
Landmarks	Polonnaruwa Dambadeniya Yapahuwa Yapahuwa rock fortress Kurunegala Gampola Gadaladeniya Vihara Lankatilaka Vihara Embekka Devalaya Kelaniya Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kotte Raja Maha Vihara Sri Subodharama Raja Maha Vihara
Other	Suleiman (elephant)

Jaffna kingdom (1232–1620)
History	Kalinga Magha Pandyan Principality Jaffna under Tambralinga rule Jaffna under Kotte rule Kotte's campaign Liberation battle Sinhalese–Portuguese War Crisis of the Sixteenth Century Jaffna under Portuguese rule Mannar martyrs Portuguese conquest 1560 invasion 1591 invasion
Government	Monarchs Kalinga dynasty Chandrabhanu (Tambralinga) Aryacakravarti dynasty House of Siri Sanga Bo Don Constantine (Portuguese puppet)
Culture	Flag Setu coins Yalpana Vaipava Malai
Landmarks	Mantri Manai Cankilian Thoppu Yamuna Eri Kotagama inscriptions Madawala inscription

Kingdom of Sitawaka (1521–1594)
History	Crisis of the Sixteenth Century Vijayabā Kollaya Sinhalese–Portuguese War
Government	Monarchy Monarchs House of Siri Sanga Bo Mayadunne Rajasinha I Rajasuriya
Landmarks	Avissawella Sitawaka fort Delgamuwa Raja Maha Vihara Hanwella fort

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