Person captain-donatary of Machico
Diogo Teixeira
d. 1540
captain-donatary of Machico
Son of Tristão Teixeira and fourth captain-donatary of Machico, whom King João III removed from the captaincy in 1538 for mental incapacity. After his death without heirs in 1540 the captaincy passed in 1541 to António da Silveira.
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- Donataries — Corregedor sent by D. Manuel in the early sixteenth century, whose arrival provoked Simão Gonçalves to try to leave the captaincy.
- Donataries — Donatary of Machico whose death without heirs returned the captaincy to the crown.
- Silveira (António da) — Captain-donatary of Machico who died without issue and was succeeded by Silveira.
- Historical dates — Captain-donatary of Machico whose death in 1540 returned the captaincy to the crown.
- Captaincies — Great-grandson of Tristão Vaz, removed from the Machico captaincy for incapacity; died in Funchal in 1540.
- Machico (captaincy) — Fourth and last donatary descended from Tristão Vaz, deprived for incapacity in 1538 and died in custody in 1540.
- Vieira — Captain-donatary of Machico whose daughter married António Vieira.
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