Jerónimo de Ataíde
The Count of Atouguia | |
|---|---|
| Governor-General of Brazil | |
| In office 14 December 1654 – 20 June 1657 | |
| Preceded by | Count of Castelo Melhor |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Barreto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1610 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 16 August 1665 (aged 54–55) |
| Spouse(s) |
D. Maria de Castro
(m. 1658; died 1661)D. Leonor de Meneses
(m. 1660) |
D. Jerónimo de Ataíde, 6th Count of Atouguia (1610 – 16 August 1665) was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor-General of Brazil from 1654 to 1657.
Firstborn of D. Filipa de Vilhena and D. Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia, he was one of the two brothers whom his famous mother armed with knights, sending them to fight to defend the independence of the country, becoming one of the brave noble restorers who carried out the coup d'état on 1 December 1640, and it is even said that he was one of those who entered Ribeira Palace, who went to the room of the traitor Miguel de Vasconcelos to kill him.
He was commander of Adaúfe and Vila Velha de Ródão, in the Order of Christ.