List of governors-general of Brazil

This is a list of governors-general of colonial Brazil (Portuguese: governadores-gerais). The office was created by D. João III in 1549. From 1640 onward, some governors-general held the title of viceroy (Portuguese: vice-rei). The office was the same, only the title was different in order to correspond to the dignity of the individual appointed to the office. From 1720, however, until the arrival of D. João VI, king of Portugal, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1808, all governors-general were viceroys.

List

Name Image Title Time in office (approx.) Ref.
1 Tomé de Sousa

governor 7 July 1549
—
1 May 1553 		[1]
2 Duarte da Costa governor 1 May 1553
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3 January 1558 		[citation needed]
3 Mem de Sá governor 3 January 1558
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2 March 1572 		[1][2][3]
1572 - Division of Brazil into two governor-generalship, one in Bahia (north) and the other in Rio de Janeiro (south)
4 Luís de Brito e Almeida governor
(in Bahia) 		10 December 1572
—
12 April 1578 		[4][5]
1578 - Reunification of the governor-generalship in Bahia
5 Lourenço da Veiga governor-general 12 April 1578
—
17 June 1581 		[6][7][8]
[9][10]
6 Manuel Teles Barreto governor-general 11 May 1582
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9 May 1587 		[6][11]
[12][13]
7 Francisco de Sousa governor-general 1592
—
1 April 1602 		[14]
8 Diogo Botelho governor-general 1 April 1602
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1607 		[4][15][16]
1608 - Division of Brazil into two governor-generalship, one in Bahia (north) and the other in Rio de Janeiro (south)
9 Diogo de Meneses e Sequeira governor-general
(in Bahia) 		1608
—
22 August 1612 		[17][18]
1612 - Reunification of the governor-generalship in Bahia
10 Gaspar de Sousa governor-general 1613
—
1 January 1617 		[6][19]
[20][21]
11 Luís de Sousa

Count of Prado

governor-general 1 January 1617
—
12 October 1621
1621 - State of Maranhão becomes autonomous (1621)
12 Diogo de Mendonça Furtado governor-general 12 October 1621
—
26 July 1624
13 Francisco de Moura Rolim governor-general 1625 - 1627
14 Diogo Luís de Oliveira governor-general 1627
—
11 December 1635
15 Pedro da Silva
Count of São Lourenço 		governor-general 11 December 1635
—
23 January 1639 		[22]
16 Fernando de Mascarenhas
Count of Torre 		governor-general 23 January 1639
—
1640
17 Jorge de Mascarenhas
Marquis of Montalvão 		1# viceroy 26 May 1640
—
16 April 1641
18 António Teles da Silva governor-general 1642
—
26 December 1647
19 António Teles de Meneses
Count of Vila Pouca de Aguiar 		governor-general 26 December 1647
—
10 March 1650
20 João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 2nd Count of Castelo Melhor
Count of Castelo Melhor 		governor-general 10 March 1650
—
14 December 1654
21 Jerónimo de Ataíde
Count of Atouguia 		governor-general 14 December 1654
—
20 June 1657
22 Francisco Barreto de Meneses governor-general 20 June 1657
—
21 July 1663
23 Vasco Mascarenhas
Count of Óbidos 		2# viceroy 21 July 1663
—
13 June 1667
24 Alexandre de Sousa Freire governor-general 13 July 1667
—
8 May 1671
25 Afonso Furtado de Castro de Mendonça
Viscount of Barbacena 		governor-general 8 May 1671
—
26 November 1675
26 Roque da Costa Barreto governor-general 5 March 1678
—
23 May 1682
27 António de Sousa Meneses governor-general 23 May 1682
—
4 June 1684
28 António Luís de Sousa Telo de Meneses
Marquis of Minas 		governor-general 4 June 1684
—
4 June 1687
29 Matias da Cunha governor-general 4 June 1687
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24 October 1688
30 Antônio Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Coutinho governor-general 8 October 1690
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22 May 1694
31 João de Lencastre governor-general 22 May 1694
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3 July 1702
32 Rodrigo da Costa governor-general 3 July 1702
—
8 September 1705
33 Luís César de Meneses governor-general 8 September 1705
—
3 May 1710
34 Lourenço de Almada
Count of Avranches 		governor-general 3 May 1710
—
14 October 1711
35 Pedro de Vasconcelos e Sousa governor-general 14 October 1711
—
14 October 1714
36 Pedro António de Meneses Noronha
Marquis of Angeja 		3# viceroy 14 October 1714
—
11 June 1718
37 Sancho de Faro e Sousa
Count of Vimieiro 		governor-general 21 August 1718
—
13 October 1719
38 Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses
Count of Sabugosa 		semmoldura 4# viceroy 23 November 1720
—
11 May 1735
39 André de Melo e Castro
Count of Galveias 		5# viceroy 11 May 1735
—
17 December 1749
40 Luís Pedro Peregrino de Carvalho e Ataíde
Count of Atouguia 		6# viceroy 17 December 1749
—
17 August 1754
41 Marcos José de Noronha e Brito
Count of Arcos 		7# viceroy 23 December 1755
—
9 January 1760
42 António de Almeida Soares Portugal
Marquis of Lavradio 		8# viceroy 9 January 1760
—
4 July 1760
43 António Álvares da Cunha
Count of Cunha 		9# viceroy 27 June 1763
—
31 August 1767
44 Antônio Rolim de Moura Tavares
Count of Azambuja 		10# viceroy 17 November 1767
—
4 November 1769 		[23][24]
45 Luís de Almeida Portugal Soares Mascarenhas
Marquis of Lavradio and Count of Avintes 		11# viceroy 4 November 1769
—
30 April 1778 		[25]
1775 - Reunification of the State of Brazil
46 Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa
Count of Figueiró 		12# viceroy 30 April 1778
—
9 May 1790 		[26][27][28]
47 José Luís de Castro
Count of Resende 		13# viceroy 4 June 1790
—
14 October 1801 		[29]
48 Fernando José de Portugal e Castro
Marquis of Aguiar 		14# viceroy 14 October 1801
—
14 October 1806
49 Marcos de Noronha e Brito
Count of Arcos 		15# viceroy 14 October 1806
—
22 January 1808

See also

More lists of office-holders of Brazil

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