Miguel de Vasconcelos

Miguel de Vasconcelos
Secretary of State
In office
January 1635 – December 1640
MonarchPhilip III of Portugal (Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal)
Preceded byFilipe de Mesquita
Succeeded byFrancisco de Lucena
Personal details
Bornc. 1590
Died1 December 1640(1640-12-01) (aged 49–50)
Lisbon, Portugal
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Miguel de Vasconcelos e Brito (Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛl vaʃkõˈsɛluʃ]; c. 1590 – 1 December 1640) was a Portuguese politician who served as the Secretary of State of the Kingdom of Portugal in the final years of the Iberian Union. He was assassinated during the Portuguese revolt of 1640.[1][2]

  1. ^ Newitt 2019, p. 74.
  2. ^ Elliott 1963, p. 342.