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About Jerónimo de Azevedo
Dom Jerónimo de Azevedo was a Portuguese fidalgo, Governor (captain-general) of Portuguese Ceylon and viceroy of Portuguese India. He proclaimed in Colombo, in 1597, the King of Portugal, Philip I, as the legitimate heir to the throne of Kotte, thus substantiating the Portuguese claims of sovereignty over the island of Ceylon.
Everything about Jerónimo de Azevedo →- Occupation
- governor, viceroy, military commander
- Position held
- Governor of Portuguese Ceylon, Viceroy of the Portuguese Provinces of India
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Born
- 1555
- Died
- 1625