Mendonça Furtado

Mendonça Furtado
Great Governer of Brazil
Governor-General Diogo Furtado in an excerpt from an illustration dated 17 October 1624, made by a Dutchman.
Reign1621–1624
Military career
Conflicts
Dutch–Portuguese War

Diogo de Mendonça Furtado was a Portuguese colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of Brazil from 12 December 1621 to 26 June 1624. He was the twelfth holder of the office, succeeding D. Luís de Sousa, whose term ran from 1 January 1617 to 12 October 1621.

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