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The Viceroy of Portugal was the political chief of the Kingdom of Portugal and the highest representative of the King of Portugal during the period of the Iberian Union, when a personal union existed between the monarchies of Portugal and Spain.
According to what was established in the Cortes of Tomar in 1581, the regency of the Kingdom of Portugal always had to be trusted by the king to a Portuguese, or in alternative to a member of the Royal Family. This was, in a general way, fulfilled, having during two periods the regency been trusted to a governmental council called Government Junta of the Kingdom of Portugal.
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Viceroy
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From
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Until
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Monarch
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba |
18 July 1580 |
11 December 1582 |
Philip I of Portugal
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Albert VII, Archduke of Austria |
11 February 1583 |
5 July 1593
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1st Regency Council
Presided by Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon
João da Silva, 2nd Marquis of Gouveia
Francisco de Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Santa Cruz
Duarte de Castelo Branco, 1st Count of Sabugal
Miguel de Moura |
5 July 1593 |
1598
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Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma |
1598 |
29 January 1600 |
Philip II of Portugal
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Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo |
29 January 1600 |
1603
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Afonso de Castelo Branco, Bishop-Count of Coimbra |
1603 |
24 May 1605
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Pedro de Castilho, Bishop of Leiria |
24 May 1605 |
February 1608
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Aleixo de Menezes, Archbishop-Primate of Braga |
1612 |
1615
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Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon |
1615 |
10 May 1619
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Diogo da Silva e Mendonça, 1st Marquis of Alenquer |
10 May 1619 |
1 September 1621
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2nd Regency Council
Presided by Martim Afonso Mexia, Bishop-Count of Coimbra
Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto
Nuno Álvares Pereira Colón de Portugal, 3rd Duke of Veragua |
1 September 1621 |
30 August 1623 |
Philip III of Portugal
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3rd Regency Council
Presided by Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto
Afonso Furtado de Mendonça, Archbishop of Lisbon
Diogo da Silva, 5th Count of Portalegre |
30 August 1623 |
1631
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4th Regency Council
Presided by António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira
Nuno de Mendonça, 1st Count of Vale de Reis |
1631 |
March 1632
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António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira [1] |
March 1632 |
12 May 1633
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João Manuel de Ataíde, Archbishop of Lisbon |
12 May 1633 |
4 July 1633
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Diogo de Castro, 2nd Count of Basto |
4 July 1633 |
23 December 1634
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Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Mantua |
23 December 1634 |
1 December 1640
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- ^ Freire, Anselmo Braamcamp (1921). Brasões da Sala de Sintra. Livro Terceiro (in Portuguese). Robarts - University of Toronto. Coimbra: Coimbra : Imprensa da Universidade. p. 104.
D. António de Ataíde, 1st Count of Castro Daire by decree dated June 20, 1625 and 5th Count of Castanheira... was governor of the kingdom (of Portugal) with the Count of Vale de Reis from August 14, 1631 to 1 April of the following year, and alone from then until May 1633
