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.
History
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
From
Until
Monarch
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
18 July 1580
11 December 1582
Philip I of Portugal
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
11 February 1583
5 July 1593
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
Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma
1598
29 January 1600
Philip II of Portugal
Cristóvão de Moura, 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo
29 January 1600
1603
Afonso de Castelo Branco , Bishop-Count of Coimbra
1603
24 May 1605
Pedro de Castilho , Bishop of Leiria
24 May 1605
February 1608
Aleixo de Menezes , Archbishop-Primate of Braga
1612
1615
Miguel de Castro , Archbishop of Lisbon
1615
10 May 1619
Diogo da Silva e Mendonça , 1st Marquis of Alenquer
10 May 1619
1 September 1621
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
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
4th Regency Council Presided by António de Ataíde, 5th Count of Castanheira Nuno de Mendonça , 1st Count of Vale de Reis
1631
March 1632
Nuno de Mendonça , 1st Count of Vale de Reis
March 1632
12 May 1633
João Manuel de Ataíde , Archbishop of Lisbon
12 May 1633
4 July 1633
Diogo de Castro , 2nd Count of Basto
4 July 1633
23 December 1634
Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Mantua
23 December 1634
1 December 1640
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