Portuguese East India Company

Portuguese East India Company
Native name
Companhia do Commércio da Índia
IndustryInternational trade
FoundedAugust 1628
DefunctMay 1633 (1633-05)
FateDissolved
SuccessorCasa da Índia
Headquarters
Area served
Portuguese Empire
Key people
Philip III of Portugal

The Portuguese East India Company (Portuguese: Companhia do commércio da Índia or Companhia da Índia Oriental) was a short-lived and ill-fated attempt by Philip III of Portugal, to create a chartered company to ensure the security of their interests in India, in the face of the mounting pressure and influence by their rivals; the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company, following the personal union of the Portuguese and Spanish Crowns.