Portuguese - (1505 - 1658)

Portuguese Ceylon (Portuguese: Ceilão Português) was a Portuguese territory in present-day Sri Lanka, representing a period in Sri Lankan history from 1505–1658. The Portuguese first encountered the Ceylonese kingdom of Kotte, with whom they signed a treaty. Portuguese Ceylon was established through the occupation of Kotte and the conquest of surrounding Sinhalese kingdoms. In 1565 the capital of Portuguese Ceylon was moved from Kotte to Colombo. Christianization attempts by the Portuguese furthered friction with the Sinhalese people. Eventually, the Ceylonese sought help from the Dutch Empire in their struggle for liberation. The Dutch Empire initially entered into agreement with the Kingdom of Kandy. After the collapse of the Iberian economy in 1627, and the breakup of Spain as a united kingdom after the secession of Portugal in 1640, the Dutch-Portuguese War saw the Dutch conquest of Portugal's Asiatic colonies. Eventually, Portugal's Ceylonese territories were ceded to the Netherlands. Nevertheless, there remain elements of Portuguese culture in Sri Lanka today from this colonial period.

 
RULERS
1 Lopo de Brito1518 - 1522
2 Joao da Silveira1518 - 1518
3 Fernao Gomes de Lemos1522 - 1524
4 No Information available1524 - 1551
5 Joao Henriques1551 - 1552
6 Duarte de Eca1552 - 1553
7 Diogo de Melo Coutinho1552 - 1552
8 Fernao Carvalho1553 - 1555
9 Afonso Pereira de Lacerda1555 - 1559
10 Jorge de Meneses Baroche1559 - 1560
11 Baltasar Guedes de Sousa1560 - 1564
12 Pedro de Ataide Inferno1564 - 1565
13 Diogo de Melo 1565 - 1568
14 Fernando de Monroy1568 - 1570
15 Diogo de Melo Coutinho1570 - 1572
16 Antonio de Noronha1572 - 1575
17 Fernando de Albuquerque1575 - 1578
18 Manuel de Sousa Coutinho1578 - 1583
19 Joao de Correia de Brito1583 - 1590
20 Simao de Brito1590 - 1591
21 Pedro Homem Pereira1591 - 1593
22 Pedro Lopes de Sousa1593 - 1594
23 Dom Jeronimo de Azevedo1594 - 1613
24 Francisco de Meneses1613 - 1614
25 Manuel Mascarenhas Homem1614 - 1616
26 Nuno Alvares Pereira1616 - 1618
27 Constantino de Sa de Noronha1618 - 1622
28 Jorge de Albuquerque1622 - 1623
29 Constantino de Sa de Noronha1623 - 1630
30 Filipe Mascarenhas1630 - 1631
31 Jorge de Almeida1631 - 1633
32 Diogo de Melo de Castro1633 - 1635
33 Jorge de Almeida1635 - 1636
34 Diogo de Melo de Castro1636 - 1638
35 Antonio Mascarenhas1638 - 1640
36 Filipe Mascarenhas1640 - 1645
37 Manuel Mascarenhas Homem1645 - 1653
38 Francisco de Mello e Castro1653 - 1655
39 Antonio de Sousa Coutinho1655 - 1656
40 Antonio de Amaral de Meneses1656 - 1658
 
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  • Portuguese Captain
  • 1518 - 1551
  • Portuguese Captain Majors
  • 1551 - 1594
  • Portuguese Governors
  • 1594 - 1658
     
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