Rui Gonçalves da Câmara
Rui Gonçalves da Câmara | |
|---|---|
Rui da Câmara | |
| 1st Captain-Donatário of São Miguel | |
| In office 10 March 1474 – 27 November 1497 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Preceded by | João Soares de Albergaria |
| Succeeded by | João Rodrigues da Câmara |
| Constituency | São Miguel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rui Gonçalves da Câmara 1430 |
| Died | 27 November 1497 Vila Franca do Campo |
| Resting place | Church of São Miguel |
| Citizenship | Kingdom of Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Spouse | Maria de Bettencourt |
| Children | João Rodrigues da Câmara |
| Residence | Vila Franca do Campo |
Rui Gonçalves da Câmara (c. 1430 – 27 November 1497), was the second son of João Gonçalves Zarco, and inherited the title of Donatary-Captain of the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Rui Gonçalves da Câmara was made the third person to administer/manage the colonization of the island of São Miguel by regal charter on 10 March 1474 (becoming the first of the family Gonçalves da Câmara to obtain this title). After his 21-year mandate to administer the island of São Miguel, in which he was successful in promoting and establishing settlements throughout the colony, the Vila Franca do Campo received a foral (charter) as town.