Henrique de Meneses | |
Monarch1: | John III |
Predecessor1: | Vasco da Gama |
Successor1: | Lopo Vaz de Sampaio |
Birth Date: | 1496 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Death Place: | Cannanore, India |
Termstart: | 1524 |
Termend: | 1526 |
Office: | Governor of India |
D. Henrique de Meneses, 2nd Lord of Louriçal (1496 – 21 February 1526) was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator, Governor of India from 1521 to 1524.[1] [2] He was born in Lisbon in 1496 and died in Cannanore on 21 February 1526.[3] [4] [5] He was the nephew of Diogo Lopes de Sequeira.[6]