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João de Castro

1500 - 1548

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D. João de Castro (27 February 1500 – 6 June 1548) was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and colonial administrator, being the fourth Portuguese Viceroy of India from 1545 to 1548. He was called Strong Castro (Portuguese: Castro Forte) by the poet Luís de Camões. De Castro was the second son of Álvaro de Castro, the civil governor of Lisbon. His wife was Leonor Coutinho. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. João de Castro is the 13,547th most popular politician (down from 12,452nd in 2024), the 316th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 117th most popular Portuguese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, João de Castro ranks 13,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Gaius Sosius, Fujiwara no Tadahira, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Gisulf II of Benevento, and Herbert Wehner. After him are Luo Ruiqing, Calixto García, Ecgfrith of Mercia, William J. Donovan, Agum III, and Rachel Cohen-Kagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, João de Castro ranks 54. Before him are Lope de Rueda, Corneille de Lyon, Ligier Richier, Martim Afonso de Sousa, Leonardo III Tocco, and Joachim Camerarius. After him are García López de Cárdenas, Álvaro Fernandes, Nicholas Ridley, and Abd al-Samad. Among people deceased in 1548, João de Castro ranks 8. Before him are Sigismund I the Old, Juan Diego, Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan de Zumárraga, Girolamo Savoldo, and Pascual de Andagoya. After him is Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, João de Castro ranks 316 out of 633. Before him are João Félix (1999), Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842), Pedro Teixeira (1585), Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza (1805), Marcos Portugal (1762), and Fernão Lopes (1385). After him are Salvador Sobral (1989), Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465), Raul Meireles (1983), João Cancelo (1994), Rui Patrício (1988), and Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, João de Castro ranks 117. Before him are Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937), Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510), António Manoel de Vilhena (1663), Pedro Passos Coelho (1964), and Guilhermina Suggia (1885). After him are Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923), Pedro Santana Lopes (1956), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Jerónimo de Sousa (1947), and Elisa Ferreira (1955).

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