Aires de Saldanha

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Aires de Albuquerque e Saldanha
Portrait of D. Aires de Saldanha; 1591
Viceroy of Portuguese India
In office 1600–1605
Governor of Tangiers
In office 17 June 1591 – 24 August 1599
Personal details
Born	10 May 1542 Santarém, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	19 August 1605 (1605-08-20) (aged 63) Portuguese Empire

Aires de Saldanha (Santarém, Portugal, 10 May 1542 - Terceira, 19 August 1605) was a Portuguese military. He was the son of António de Saldanha, military and navigator who discovered the bay of Saldanha. He went to Portuguese India in 1558, with the viceroy Constantino of Braganza, this time serving for twelve years in the region.