List of Spanish Viceroys of Portugal

In the period from 1580 to 1640 there was a personal union between the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal ; during this time Portugal was ruled by viceroys .

• 1580 : Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (de facto)
• 1583 : Albrecht VII of Austria
• 1593 : First Junta de Gobierno :
  • Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon
  • João da Silva, Count of Portalegre
  • Francisco Mascarenhas
  • Duarte Castelo-Branco, Count of Sabugal
  • Miguel de Moura
• 1600 : Cristóvão de Moura, Margrave de Castel Rodrigo (1st time)
• 1603 : Afonso Castelo-Branco, Count of Coimbra
• 1605 : Pedro Castilho, Bishop of Leiria
• 1608 : Cristóvão de Moura, Margrave de Castel Rodrigo (2nd time)
• 1614 : Alejo de Meneses , Archbishop of Braga
• 1615 : Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon (interim)
• 1615 : Diego de Silva y Mendoza, Count of Salinas (1st time)
• 1621 : Second Junta de Gobierno :
  • Martín Alonso de Mejía (1621-1622)
  • Diego de Castro and Nuño Álvares de Portugal (1622–1623)
  • Diego de Castro and Diego de Silva y Mendoza (2nd time) (1623–1626)
  • Diego de Silva y Mendoza and Alfonso Furtado de Mendonça (1627-1630)
  • Antonio Ataide and Nuño de Mendoza (1631–1633)
• 1633 : João Manuel, Archbishop of Lisbon
• 1633 : Diego de Castro, Count of Basto
• 1634 : Margaret of Savoy , Duchess of Mantua

Web links

• Virreinato de Portugal ( Memento from October 25, 2009 on WebCite ) (in the WebCite archive)