| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
|---|
| 28 August 1471 to 1484? |
Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, 1st Count of Olivença, Governor
|
Took possession following the Conquest of Asilah.
|
| 1484? to 1486 |
Manuel de Melo, Count of Olivença, Governor
|
|
| 1486 to 1489 |
João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca, Governor |
1st Term.
|
| 1487 to 1489 |
Fernão Martins Mascarenhas, Interim Governor
|
|
| 1489 to 1490 |
Manuel Pessanha, Interim Governor
|
|
| 1490? to 1501 |
Lopo Vaz de Azevedo, Governor
|
|
| 1501 to 1508 |
João de Meneses, 1st Count of Tarouca, Governor |
2nd Term.
|
| 1508 to 1521 |
Duarte de Menezes, Governor |
1st Term.
|
| 1521 to 1522 |
Henrique de Meneses, Governor
|
|
| 1522 to 1533 |
Duarte de Meneses, from Évora, Governor
|
|
| 1533 to 1536 |
Gonçalo Mendes Sacoto, Governor
|
|
| 1536 to 1539 |
Duarte de Menezes, Governor |
2nd Term.
|
| 1539 to 1546 |
João de Meneses, Governor
|
|
| 1546 to 1548 |
Francisco Botelho, Governor
|
|
| 1548 to 1550 |
Pedro de Meneses, Governor
|
|
| 1550 to 1552 |
João Álvares de Azevedo, Governor
|
|
| 1552 to 1553 |
Luís de Loureiro, Governor
|
|
| 1553 |
Fernando de Menezes, Governor
|
|
| 1553 to 1554 |
Luís da Silva de Meneses, Governor
|
|
| 1554 to 1564 |
Bernardim de Carvalho, Governor
|
|
| 1564 to 1566 |
Lourenço de Távora, Governor
|
|
| 15 July 1566 to 1 August 1572 |
João de Meneses, Governor
|
|
| 1572 to 1573 |
Rui de Carvalho, Governor
|
|
| 1573 to 1574 |
Diogo Lopes da Franca, Governor
|
|
| 1574 to 15 August 1574 |
António of Portugal, Governor
|
|
| 1574 to 1578 |
Duarte de Meneses, Viceroy of Portuguese India, Governor
|
|
| 1578 to September 1578 |
Pedro da Silva, Governor
|
|
| 7 September 1578 to 25 July 1581 |
Jorge de Mendonça, Governor
|
Last Governor nominated by the Portuguese Crown before the Iberian Union.
|
| 25 July 1581 to 1590 |
Francisco de Almeida, Governor
|
|
| 1590 to June 1591 |
Belchior da França and Simão Lopes de Mendonça, Governors
|
|
| 17 June 1591 to 24 August 1599 |
Aires de Saldanha, Governor
|
|
| 24 August 1599 to 22 September 1605 |
António Pereira Lopes de Berredo, Governor
|
|
| 22 September 1605 to March 1610 |
Nuno de Mendonça, Governor
|
|
| March 1610 to June 1614 |
Afonso de Noronha, Governor
|
|
| June 1614 to October 1614 |
Luís de Meneses, 2nd Count of Tarouca, Governor
|
|
| October 1614 to August 1615 |
Luís de Noronha, Governor
|
|
| August 1615 to 22 December 1616 |
João Coutinho, 5th Count of Redondo, Governor
|
|
| 22 December 1616 to 1 July 1617 |
André Dias da França, Governor
|
|
| 1 July 1617 to 1621 |
Pedro Manuel, Governor
|
|
| 1621 to 13 March 1622 |
André Dias da França, Governor
|
|
| 13 March 1622 to July 1624 |
Jorge de Mascarenhas, Marquis of Montalvão, Governor
|
|
| July 1624 to 14 May 1628 |
Miguel de Noronha, 4th Count of Linhares, Governor
|
|
| 14 May 1628 to 18 June 1628 |
Galaaz Fernandes da Silveira, Governor
|
|
| 18 June 1628 to 1637 |
Fernando de Mascarenhas, Count of Torre, Governor
|
|
| 15 April 1637 to 24 August 1643 |
Rodrigo Lobo da Silveira, Governor
|
|
| 1643 to 16 April 1645 |
André Dias da França, Governor
|
|
| 16 April 1645 to 20 November 1649 |
Caetano Coutinho, Governor
|
|
| 20 November 1649 to January 1653 |
Luís Lobo, Baron of Alvito, Governor
|
|
| January 1653 to 7 March 1656 |
Rodrigo de Lencastre, Governor
|
|
| 7 March 1656 to 1661 |
Fernando de Meneses, 2nd Count of Ericeira, Governor
|
|
| 1661 to 29 January 1662 |
Luís de Almeida, 1st Count of Avintes Governor
|
|
| 23 June 1661
|
Awarded to Charles II by the Marriage Treaty
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