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List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon

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in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called
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Lists of Portuguese colonial governors and administrators
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List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org
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Index

List of governors of Ceilão
Portuguese
Kingdom of Kotte
Portuguese Ceylon
Sri Lanka
captain-major
captain
Pedro Lopes de Sousa
Filipe I

Jerónimo de Azevedo
Filipe I
Filipe II
Francisco de Meneses
Filipe II
Manuel Mascarenhas Homem
Filipe II
Nuno Álvares Pereira
Filipe II
Constantino de Sá de Noronha
Filipe II
Filipe III
Jorge de Albuquerque
Filipe III
Constantino de Sá de Noronha
Filipe III
Filipe Mascarenhas
Filipe III
Jorge de Almeida
Filipe III

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