Pedro Lopes de Sousa | |
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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 | Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1540 Bordonhos, Portugal |
Died | 9 October 1594 (aged 53–54) Danture, present day Sri Lanka |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Portugal |
Battles/wars | Campaign of Danture |
Pedro Lopes de Sousa (Bordonhos, Portugal, c. 1540 - Danture, present day Sri Lanka, 1594) 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.