Martim Afonso de Castro | |
Office: | Viceroy of Portuguese India |
Term Start: | 1605 |
Term End: | 1607 |
Predecessor: | Aires de Saldanha |
Successor: | Aleixo de Meneses |
Birth Date: | c. 1560 |
Birth Place: | Kingdom of Portugal |
Death Place: | Portuguese Malacca |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
Allegiance: | Portuguese Empire |
Battles: | Aceh expedition (1606) Dutch-Portuguese War |
Martim Afonso de Castro (died 3 June 1607 in Malacca) was a Portuguese Viceroy of India. He commanded the Portuguese Navy in the Battle of Cape Rachado and fought over the present day Malaccan exclave of Tanjung Tuan in 1606.[1] [2]