Person captain-donatary nobleman
João Gonçalves da Câmara
1541–1580
captain-donatary · nobleman
Sixth and last effective captain-donatary of Funchal (1541–1580), who never personally governed his captaincy. He died at Almeirim in 1580, after which Castilian rule reduced the donataries' powers to little more than honours.
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- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — 6th captain-donatary of Funchal and father of the subject; died at Almeirim in early June 1580.
- Câmara (Simão Gonçalves da) — Son of the subject, sent to Madeira after the 1566 sack; sixth donatary and second Count of Calheta, died three months after his father.
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