Filipe Mascarenhas | |
Order: | 9th & 15th |
Office: | Governor of Portuguese Ceylon |
Term Start: | 1630 |
Term End: | 1631 |
Predecessor: | Constantino de Sá de Noronha |
Successor: | Jorge de Almeida |
Term Start2: | 1640 |
Term End2: | 1645 |
Monarch2: | Philip III of Portugal John IV of Portugal |
Predecessor2: | António Mascarenhas |
Successor2: | Manuel Mascarenhas Homem |
Birth Date: | c. 1580 |
Death Date: | 16.. |
Filipe Mascarenhas was the 9th and 15th Governor of Portuguese Ceylon. Mascarenhas was first appointed in 1630 under Philip III of Portugal, he was Governor until 1631 and then in 1640 until 1645. He was succeeded by Jorge de Almeida and Manuel Mascarenhas Homem respectively.[1]