Francisco Xavier Doutel

Doutel's motion to the king for appointment as governor (October 19, 1745)

Francisco Xavier Doutel (* in Bragança , Portugal ; † 1748 in Portuguese Timor ?) Was a Portuguese trader, officer and colonial administrator in the 18th century.

Life

Doutel's direct ancestor had achieved great fame by defending Bragança in 1580 against the Spaniards who took over the crown from the House of Avis after the death of the last Portuguese king .

Doutel went to Macau in 1698 , where he established himself as a trader. In less than ten years he was a wealthy shipowner, despite repeated losses. The Santa Cruz burned in Cavite in the Philippines and another ship was hijacked by Arabs in the Gulf of Khambhat . Through Doutel's marriage to Francisca Pereira , he was related to the wealthy Moura family. Because of this relationship, Doutel became involved in the conflict over the wedding of Maria de Moura e Vasconcellos and António de Albuquerque Coelho . Against the will of the family, Albuquerque Coelho enforced the marriage, which Henrique de Noronha , a rival and friend of Doutel's attempt to prevent by an assassination attempt. This failed, as did the murder plan by Doutel's brother-in-law and uncle Maria's Francisco Leite Pereira . In 1717, several years after the events, Albuquerque Coelho was made governor of Macau in Goa . But when he was about to board the ship for Macau, it had already left without him. The captain and owner of the ship was Doutel. Albuquerque Coelho had to travel across India to the east coast and charter a ship there, with which he only reached Macau on May 29, 1718 after an adventurous voyage. There was no revenge on Doutel, even if he initially fled to the Franciscan convent out of fear . The viceroy in Goa had forbidden this.

Doutel held various public offices in Macau, including an associate judge ( Ouvidor ). There he had the Bom Jesus chapel built north of the Penha hill , the namesake of the neighboring streets Calçada Bom Jesus and Travessa de Bom Jesus . The church later fell apart and became a place for stories of ghosts, pirates, hidden treasures and curses. The Carmelites took over the property in the 20th century.

From 1745 to 1748 Doutel was governor of Portuguese Timor and Solor . It is possible that he died in Timor as early as 1745 or 1746, but the sources contradict each other and give no indication whether a councilor ( Conselho Governativo ) took over the official duties until the arrival of his successor Manuel Correia de Lacerda , as was the rule.

See also

• History of East Timor

Web links

• Original documents on Francisco Xavier Doutel on AHU online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Lindsay and May Ride: The Voices of Macao Stones , 1999 (PDF; 7.5 MB)
2. ↑ Hans Hägerdal: governor of Portuguese Timor to 1832 ; Sources: Artur Teodoro de Matos: Timor Portugues, 1515–1769 (Lisboa 1974), Affonso de Castro: As possessões portuguezas na Oceania (1867) and Luna de Oliveira: Timor na historia de Portugal (1940s)

predecessor	Office	successor
Manuel Leonís de Castro	Governor of Portuguese Timor 1745–1748	Manuel Correia de Lacerda