Article Nº 1102 Donatary, governor or ruler Vol. I · pp. 634–635
Coutinho (Dom Manuel Pereira)
Original title: Coutinho (D. Manuel Pereira)
Brief entry on D. Manuel Pereira Coutinho, appointed governor-general of Madeira in 1609 and later governor-general of Angola.
He was appointed governor-general of this archipelago on 22 November 1609. When his term ended, the diocesan bishop, Dom Friar Lourenço de Távora, acted as interim governor-general.
Coutinho, however, later became governor-general of Angola.
People mentioned
- D. Lourenço de Távora d. 1629
- D. Manuel Coutinho 1671–1742
Places mentioned