Luís de Ataíde, 3rd Count of Atouguia
The Marquess of Santarém | |
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Portrait of Dom Luís de Ataíde at Goa State Museum | |
| Governor and Viceroy of Portuguese India | |
| Monarch | Sebastian |
| In office 1568–1571 | |
| Preceded by | Antão de Noronha |
| Succeeded by | Diogo de Meneses |
| In office 1578–1581 | |
| Preceded by | António de Noronha |
| Succeeded by | Fernão Teles de Meneses |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1516 Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 10 March 1581 (aged 64) Goa, Portuguese India |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Portuguese Empire |
| Battles/wars | |
D. Luís de Ataíde, 1st Marquess of Santarém and 3rd Count of Atouguia (c. 1516 – March 10, 1581), was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander and statesman of the 16th century, who stood out for his military feats in the Portuguese State of India. He served as Viceroy of India for two non-subsequent terms (1568–1571 and 1578–1581).
In his first term in India, Dom Luís de Ataíde led military campaigns in the war of the League of the Indies that would probably be described today as a total war (a concept created in the 18th century, in opposition to the notion of limited war); for the Portuguese Empire had to use all of its available resources - military, economic, political and diplomatic - and also include operations involving or affecting civilians, in order to be able to resist a joint assault by the Indian potentates, with the purpose of expelling the Portuguese from their cities, forts and trading posts in the Indian Ocean.