João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)

João de Castro

Portuguese explorer (1500–1548)

D. João de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and colonial administrator, being the fourth Portuguese Viceroy of India from 1545 to 1548. He was called Strong Castro by the poet Luís de Camões. De Castro was the second son of Álvaro de Castro, the civil governor…