List of viceroys of Portugal

This is a list of the Viceroys of Portugal during the Iberian Union (1580-1640). Accordingly to what was established in the Cortes of Tomar in 1581, the regency of the Kingdom of Portugal always had to be trusted by the king to a Portuguese, or in alternative to a member of the Royal Family. This was, in a general way, fulfilled, having during two periods the regency been trusted to a governmental council called Government Junta of the Kingdom of Portugal.

• 1580 : Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (de facto)
• 1583 : Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
• 1593 : First Government Junta:
  • Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon
  • João da Silva, Count of Portalegre
  • Francisco Mascarenhas
  • Duarte Castelo-Branco, Count of Sabugal
  • Miguel de Moura
• 1600 : Cristóvão de Moura, Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo (1st time)
• 1603 : Afonso Castelo-Branco, Count of Coimbra
• 1605 : Pedro Castilho, Bishop of Leiria
• 1608 : Cristóvão de Moura, Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo (2nd time)
• 1614 : Aleixo de Meneses, Bishop of Guarda
• 1615 : Miguel de Castro, Archbishop of Lisbon (Interim)
• 1615 : Diogo da Silva e Mendonça, Count of Salinas (1st time)
• 1621 : Second Government Junta:
  • Martim Afonso Mexia, Bishop of Coimbra (1621-1622)
  • Diogo de Castro and Nuno Álvares de Portugal (1622-1623)
  • Diogo de Castro and Diogo da Silva e Mendonça (2nd time) (1623-1626)
  • Diogo da Silva e Mendonça and Afonso Furtado de Mendonça (1627-1630)
  • António Ataíde and Nuno de Mendonça (1631-1633)
• 1633 : João Manuel, Archbishop of Lisbon
• 1633 : Diogo de Castro, Count of Basto
• 1634 : Margarita de Saboya, Duquesa de Mantua

Source

• Virreinato de Portugal