Duarte de Eça

Duarte de Eça

3rd Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon
In office 1552–1553
Monarch	John III of Portugal
Preceded by	Diogo de Melo Coutinho
Succeeded by	Fernão Carvalho
Personal details
Born	1480

Duarte de Eça (born 1480) was the 3rd Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Eça was appointed in 1552 under John III of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1553. He was succeeded by Fernão Carvalho.^[1]

References

↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Captains-major". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

Government offices
Preceded by Diogo de Melo Coutinho	Captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon 1552-1553	Succeeded by Fernão Carvalho

Governors of Portuguese Ceylon →

Captains (1518–1524)	Silveira Brito Lemos

Captain-majors (1551–1594)	Henriques Coutinho Eça Carvalho Lacerda Baroche Sousa Inferno Melo Monroy Coutinho Noronha Albuquerque Coutinho Brito Brito Pereira

Governors (1594–1658)	Sousa Azevedo Meneses Homem Pereira Noronha Albuquerque Noronha Mascarenhas Almeida Castro Almeida Castro Mascarenhas Mascarenhas Homem Castro Coutinho Meneses*

* in Jaffna

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