Vasco Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Óbedos

General Vasco Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Óbedos, OC (c. 1605–4 July 1678), was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial governor, who was Governor General of Brazil, Viceroy of Brazil and Viceroy of India.[1]


The Count of Óbedos

Portrait at the Gallery of Viceroys and Governors of India, Goa
27th Viceroy of Portuguese India
In office
1663–1667
MonarchPeter II
Preceded byFrancisco Barreto de Meneses
Succeeded byAlexandre de Sousa Freire
17th Viceroy of Brazil
In office
May 1640  1640
MonarchJohn IV
Preceded byFernando de Mascarenhas
Succeeded byJorge de Mascarenhas
Personal details
Born
Vasco Mascarenhas

ca. 1605
Died4 July 1678
NationalityPortuguese

He was the son of Fernaõ Martins Mascarenhas, Lord of Lavre, and his wife, Maria of Lancaster, great-grandchild of Dinis of Braganza, Count of Lemos and a dynast of the House of Lancaster and of the House of Braganza.

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Preceded by
2nd Interim Council of Government of Portuguese India
Viceroy of Portuguese India
1652–1653
Succeeded by
Brás de Castro


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