Duarte de Menezes
Duarte de Meneses | |
|---|---|
D. Duarte de Meneses | |
| Governor of India | |
| In office 1522–1524 | |
| Monarch | John III |
| Preceded by | Diogo Lopes de Sequeira |
| Succeeded by | Vasco da Gama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Before 1488 Portugal |
| Died | After 1539 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Spouse | Filipa de Noronha |
| Children | João de Meneses Pedro de Meneses Fernando de Meneses Joana de Meneses Inácia de Meneses Brites de Meneses |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Portuguese Empire |
| Battles/wars | Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts |
Dom Duarte de Menezes (sometimes de Meneses)(before 1488 – after 1539) was a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor of Tangier from 1508 to 1521 and 1536 to 1539, and Governor of India from 1522 to 1524.