Pedro Homem Pereira was the 17th and last Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Pereira was appointed in 1591 under

Philip I of Portugal Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

, he was Captain-major until 1594. The office of Captain-major was abolished and he was succeeded by

Pedro Lopes de Sousa Pedro Lopes de Sousa ( Bordonhos, Portugal - 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 Portu ...

Governor of Portuguese Ceylon The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous cap ...

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{{Captain-majors of Ceilão Captain-majors of Ceilão 16th-century Portuguese people