Pedro Lopes de Sousa

Pedro Lopes de Sousa
1st Governor of Portuguese Ceylon
In office
1594–1594
Monarch Philip I of Portugal
Preceded by Office created
Pedro Homem Pereira (as Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon)
Succeeded by Jerónimo de Azevedo

Pedro Lopes de Sousa was the 1st Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. The office of Captain-major was abolished in 1594 and de Sousa was appointed in the same year under Philip I of Portugal.[1] He died that year in the Campaign of Danture.

References

  1. Cahoon, Ben. "Governors". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
Government offices
Preceded by
Office created
Pedro Homem Pereira
(as Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon)
Governor of Portuguese Ceylon
1594-1594
Succeeded by
Jerónimo de Azevedo
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