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Article Nº 2351 Donatary, governor or ruler Vol. II · p. 681

Meneses (Aires de Saldanha de Sousa)

Aires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses governed Madeira from 1669 and later governed Angola.

On 9 November 1668 he was appointed Governor and Captain-General (capitão-general, military governor of Madeira) of Madeira, and he took office on 10 April 1669. Some years later he was Governor and Captain-General of Angola.

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Chronology
  • Aires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses was appointed governor of Madeira.
  • Aires de Saldanha de Sousa e Meneses took office as governor of Madeira, ending Aires de Ornelas's interim governorship.
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