Duarte de Menezes

Duarte de Meneses
D. Duarte de Meneses
Governor of India
In office
1522–1524
MonarchJohn III
Preceded byDiogo Lopes de Sequeira
Succeeded byVasco da Gama
Personal details
BornBefore 1488
Portugal
DiedAfter 1539
Lisbon, Portugal
SpouseFilipa de Noronha
ChildrenJoão de Meneses
Pedro de Meneses
Fernando de Meneses
Joana de Meneses
Inácia de Meneses
Brites de Meneses
Military service
AllegiancePortuguese Empire
Battles/warsMoroccan–Portuguese conflicts

D. Duarte de Meneses (before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor of Tangier from 1508 to 1521 and 1536 to 1539, and Governor of India from 1522 to 1524.