Duarte de Menezes

Duarte de Menezes
D. Duarte de Menezes
Governor of Portuguese India
In office
1522–1524
MonarchJohn III of Portugal
Preceded byDiogo Lopes de Sequeira
Succeeded byVasco da Gama
Personal details
BornBefore 1488
Kingdom of Portugal
DiedAfter 1539
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
SpouseFilipa de Noronha
ChildrenJoão de Meneses
Pedro de Meneses
Fernando de Menezes
Joana de Menezes
Inácia de Menezes
Brites de Menezes
Military service
AllegiancePortuguese Empire
Battles/warsMoroccan-Portuguese conflicts

Dom Duarte de Menezes (before 1488 – after 1539), was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial officer, governor of Tangier from 1508 to 1521 and 1536 to 1539, and governor of Portuguese India from 1522 to 1524.


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