Mateus da Costa (Viqueque)

Viqueque

Location of Viqueque in East Timor

Dom Mateus da Costa was a Liurai of Viqueque around 1700 , the king of an indigenous empire in the east of the island of Timor .

Mateus da Costa was converted to Christianity by the Dominican Manuel de Santo António , who later became the bishop of Malacca , around 1700 and thereby became an ally of Portugal . But in 1708 governor Jácome de Morais Sarmento (1708 to 1709) had Dom Mateus arrested against all rights and humiliated him. Morais Sarmento had found Mateus “too independent” and now he wanted to replace him. In doing so, the governor turned himself against not only Manuel de Santo António, but also the local population. Domingos da Costa , the ruler of the Topasse , then besieged the colonial capital Lifau until 1709. Manuel de Santo António saved the situation by going to the camp of Domingos da Costa and persuaded him to submit to the Portuguese crown again. The subsequent governor Manuel de Souto-Maior (1709 to 1714) rehabilitated Dom Mateus, but the alliance between the clergy and the civil administration was destroyed.

See also

• History of East Timor

Individual evidence

1. ^ Artur Teodoro de Matos: D. Frei Manuel de Santo António: missionário e primeiro bispo residente em Timor. Elementos para a sua biografia (1660-1733) ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese) 
2. ^ ^{A b} Instituto Camões: Dom Frei Manuel de Santo António: Missionary and first resident Bishop in Timor. Elements for a biography ( Memento of the original dated August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ Hans Hägerdal: Rebellions or factionalism? Timorese forms of resistance in an early colonial context, 1650-1769 ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
4. ↑ Chronologie de l'histoire du Timor (1512-1945) suivie des événements récents (1975-1999) (French; PDF file; 867 kB)