Azores
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- Adopted 10 Apr 1979 Azores
Local Flag
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Map
of the Azores
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Hear National Anthem
"A Portugesa"
(The Portuguese)
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Hear Local Anthem
"Hino dos Açores"
(Hymn of the Azores)
Adopted 12 Apr 1979
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Constitution
(25 Apr 1976)
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Capital: Ponta Delgada
Legislative Capital: Horta
Judicial Capital: Angra do
Heroísmo
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Currency: Euro (EUR);
to 1 Jan 2002 Portuguese
Escudo (PTE)
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National Holiday: 10 Jun
(1580)
Portugal Day
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Local Holiday: on
Pentecost Monday (1976)
Azores Day (Autonomy Day)
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Population: 245,746 (2012)
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GDP: $4.74 million (2010)
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Exports: $N/A
Imports: $N/A
(included in Portugal figures)
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Ethnic groups: mainly Portuguese
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Total Police Forces: N/A
U.S. Forces: 700 (2011)
Defense is the Responsibility
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Religion: mainly Roman Catholic
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Organizations/Treaties: None |
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Azores Index
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Chronology
1427
Discovered by Portuguese Capt. Diogo de Senill
(or Sevilha),(Praia [Terceira], Pico e Faial, São
Miguel, Flores e Corvo, Graciosa, Santa Maria, &
Angra São Jorge), granted as separate donatarias.
1432
Rediscovered by Portuguese Capt. Gonçalo Velhol
Cabral.
1466
Portuguese allow Flemish settlers on the islands
which become known as the "Fleming Isles"
(Ilhas Flamengas).
15 Jul 1580 - 1 Dec 1640 Islands
along with Portugal a Spanish possession.
2 Aug 1766
Islands united (Captaincy-general of the Azores).
26 Jan 1771
Unification of the islands formalized.
3 Mar 1830 - Mar 1834
Queen Maria II (s.a.) rules from the Azores in
opposition to King Miguel (s.a.) in Lisbon.
4 Jun 1832
Overseas province of Portugal (Azores Province).
28 Jul 1833
Divided into two overseas provinces (Oriental dos
Açores [São Miguel, Santa Maria & Ponta
Delgada]
and Ocidental dos Açores [the remaining islands
and Angra do Heroísmo]).
18 Jul 1835
Status changed to districts.
28 Mar 1836
Divided into three districts (Angra do Heroísmo
[islands of Graciosa, São Jorge and Terceira],
Horta [Corvo, Faial, Flores and Pico] and
Ponta Delgada [Santa Maria and São Miguel]).
18 Jan 1918 - 1 Sep 1919 U.S.
naval base established at Ponta Delgada
on São Miguel.
4 Apr 1931 - 2 May 1931
Under control of military junta in Madeira,
sometimes styled República da Atlântida
(Atlantic Republic)(see under Madeira).
1943 - 1945
Allied military air bases established: British
base and U.S. base, both at Lajes on Terceira.
27 Aug 1975
Regional Junta governs all islands.
27 Aug 1976
Azores Autonomous Region within Portugal.
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Santa Maria
(1461-1832)
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São Miguel
(1474-1820)
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Praia (Terceira)
and Angra
(1450-1749)
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Graciosa
(1474-1737)
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Faial e Pico
(1468-1737)
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Flores e Corvo
(1475-1832)
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Captains-general
7 Oct 1766 - 1776
Antão de Alamda
(b. 1718 - d. 1797)
21 Apr 1776 - 3 Dec 1793 Dinis Gregório
de Melo Castro e (d. 1793)
Mendonça
3 Dec 1793 - 30 Oct 1799 José d'Ave
Maria Leite da Costa (b. 1727 - d.
1799)
e Silva, bispo de Angra
(president of interim government)
1796 - 30 Oct 1799 Matheus Homem
Borges da Costa
(acting for da Costa e Silva)
30 Oct 1799 - 17 Oct 1804 Lourenço José Boaventura
de (b. 1757
- d. 1815)
Almada, conde de Almada
17 Oct 1804 - 4 May 1806 José António
de Melo da Silva (b. 1763
- d. 1839)
César de Meneses, marquês de
Sabugosa
10 May 1806 - 9 Sep 1810 Miguel António
de Melo,
(b. 1766 - d. 1836)
conde de Murça
9 Sep 1810 - 14 May 1817 Aires Pinto de Sousa
Coutinho
14 May 1817 - 18 Oct 1820 Francisco António
de Araújo e Azevedo (b. 1772 - d. 1822)
18 Oct 1820 - 15 May 1821 Francisco de Borja Garção
Stockler, (b. 1759 - d. 1829)
barão da Vila da Praia (1st time)
15 May 1821 - 19 Nov 1822 Government Junta
19 Nov 1823 - 24 Jul 1824 Francisco de Borja Garção
Stockler, (s.a.)
barão da Vila da Praia (2nd time)
24 Jul 1824 - 22 Jun 1828 Manuel Vieira Tovar
de Albuquerque (b. 1776 - d. 1833)
22 Jun 1828 - 1828
Interim Government
1828 - 1831
Henrique da Fonseca de Sousa Prego (b. 1768 - d. 1847)
(for the Miguelist party, in Ponta Delgada)
1828 - 5 Apr 1829
Provisional Junta
23 Jun 1829 - 4 Jun 1832 António José
de Sousa Manuel de (b. 1792 - d. 1860)
Menezes Severim de Noronha,
conde de Vila Flor
(for the Liberal party, in Angra do Heroísmo)
Prefect
1832 - 1833
Francisco Saraiva da Costa Refóios, (b. 1779 - d. 1842)
barão de Ruivós
Prefect of Eastern Azores
1 Jul 1833 - 1 Dec 1835 José
António Ferreira de Moura
Prefects of Western Azores
1833
Francisco Saraiva da Costa Refóios, (s.a.)
barão de Ruivós
1833 - 1836
Luís Pinto de Mendonça Arrais,
(b. 1787 - d. 1859)
barão de Valongo e visconde de
Valongo
Civil governors of Angra do Heroísmo
1836 - 3 Mar 1836
Luís Pinto de Mendonça Arrais,
(s.a.)
barão de Valongo e visconde de
Valongo
23 Mar 1836 - 4 May 1836 Teotónio
de Ornelas Bruges Paim da (b. 1807 - d. 1870)
Câmara, visconde Bruges
(1st time)
4 May 1836 - 14 Sep 1836 António
Pedro de Brito Vila Lobos, (b. 1782 - d. 1841)
barão de Cacella
18 Nov 1836 - 27 Sep 1839 Teotónio de Ornelas Bruges Paim
da (s.a.)
Câmara, visconde Bruges
(2nd time)
28 Sep 1839 - 13 Nov 1844 José Silvestre
Ribeiro (b. 1807
- d. 1891)
30 Dec 1844 - 1 Jun 1846 Nicolau Anastácio
de Bettencourt (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
(1st time)
1 Jun 1846 - 1846
Francisco de Menezes Lemos e Carvalho (b. 1786 - d. 1862)
1846 - 6 Jun 1848 Nicolau
Anastácio de Bettencourt (s.a.)
(2nd time)
6 Jun 1848 - 8 Sep 1849 António
José Vieira Santa Rita
(b. 1802 - d. 1877)
8 Sep 1849 - 3 Jun 1851 Nicolau
Anastácio de Bettencourt (s.a.)
(3rd time)
3 Jun 1851 - 18 Sep 1851 António
de Oliveira Marreca
(b. 1805 - d. 1889)
19 Sep 1851 - 24 Apr 1852 António Marcelino
da Victória
24 Apr 1852 - 19 Aug 1857 Nicolau Anastácio
de Bettencourt (s.a.)
(4th time)
19 Aug 1857 - 31 May 1858 António Maria
Cordeiro
31 May 1858 - 6 Apr 1859 Cassiano Sepúlveda
Teixeira (b. 1823 - d. 1901)
6 Apr 1859 - 15 Feb 1861 José Maria
da Silva Leal
1861
José Inácio de Almeida Monjardino
(s.a.)
(3rd time) (acting)
17 Dec 1861 - 29 Sep 1865 Jácome de Ornelas Bruges
de Ávila (b. 1833 - d. 1889)
Paim da Câmara (1st time)
30 Sep 1865 - 22 Nov 1865 Albino de Abranches Freire
de (b. 1804
- d. 1876)
Figueiredo
29 Nov 1865 - 26 Dec 1866 José Guillerme
Pacheco (b. 1823
- d. 1889)
13 Feb 1867 - 14 Jan 1868 António de Gouveia
Osório (b. 1825 - d. ....)
14 Jan 1868 - 25 Feb 1869 Teotónio de Ornelas
Bruges Paim da (b. 1807 - d. 1870)
Camara, conde da Praia da Vitória,
visconde de de Bruges
25 Feb 1869 - 13 Sep 1869 Miguel Vaz
Guedes de Ataíde
13 Sep 1869 - 1872
Félix Borges de Medeiros
(b. 1819 - d. 1872)
7 Jan 1873 - 12 Apr 1876 Francisco de Albuquerque
Mesquita (b. 1841 - d. ....)
e Castro
12 Apr 1876 - 11 Oct 1877 António da Fonseca
Carvão Paim da (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
Câmara, barão do Ramalho (1st time)
11 Oct 1877 - 31 Jan 1878 Jácome de Ornelas
Bruges de Ávila (s.a.)
Paim da Câmara, conde da Vila da
Praia da Vitória, visconde de
Bruges (2nd time)
31 Jan 1878 - 3 Jun 1879 António da
Fonseca Carvão Paim da (s.a.)
Câmara, Barão do Ramalho (2nd time)
3 Jun 1879 - 26 Mar 1881 Jácome de
Ornelas Bruges de Ávila (s.a.)
Paim da Câmara, conde da Vila da
Praia da Vitória, visconde de
Bruges (3rd time)
24 Apr 1881 - 11 Oct 1883 Afonso de Castro
(b.
1824 - d. 1885)
13 Dec 1883 - 20 Nov 1884 João António
Pereira Neves
20 Nov 1884 - 5 Nov 1885 Augusto Maria da
Fonseca Coutinho (b. 1857 - d. 1887)
1885 - 1886
Jacinto Cândido da Silva (interim) (b. 1857 - d.
1926)
13 Aug 1886 - 1889 Jácome
de Ornelas Bruges de Ávila (s.a.)
Paim da Câmara, conde da Vila da
Praia da Vitória, visconde de
Bruges (4th time)
31 Jan 1889 - 17 Jan 1890 Cândido Pacheco
de Melo Menezes (b. 1837 - d. 1900)
Forjaz de Lacerda, visconde de
Nossa Senhora das Mercês (1st time)
17 Jan 1890 - 8 Jan 1891 António da
Fonseca Carvão Paim da (s.a.)
Câmara, barão do Ramalho (3rd time)
8 Jan 1891 - 9 Mar 1893 Henrique de Sá
Nogeira de Vasconcelos (b. 1843 - d. 1923)
18 May 1893 - 31 May 1893 Henrique de Castro (acting)
(b. 1851 - d. 1923)
14 Sep 1893 - 27 Feb 1895 José Pimentel
Homem de Noronha (b. 1846 - d. 1933)
27 Feb 1895 - 5 Nov 1896 Manuel Homem da
Costa Noronha (b. 1828 - d. 1897)
24 Dec 1896 - 4 Feb 1897 Emídio
Lino da Silva Júnior (1st time)(b. 1860 - d. 1936)
11 Feb 1897 - 29 Jun 1900 Cândido Pacheco
de Melo Menezes (s.a.)
Forjaz de Lacerda, visconde de
Nossa Senhora das Mercês (2nd time)
27 Jul 1900 - 13 Feb 1902 Emídio
Lino da Silva Júnior (2nd time)(s.a.)
13 Feb 1902 - 18 Oct 1904 Raimundo Sieuve de Menezes,
(b. 1854 - d. 1937)
conde de Sieuve de Menezes
22 Oct 1904 - 22 Mar 1906 Theotónio Simão
Paim de Ornelas (b. 1841 - d. 1929)
Bruges (1st time)
22 Mar 1906 - 17 May 1906 António da Fonseca
Carvão Paim da (b. 1864 - d. 1934)
Câmara
29 May 1906 - 4 Nov 1907 José Pereira
da Cunha da Silveira e (b. 1864 - d. 1927)
Sousa Júnior
4 Nov 1907 - 15 Feb 1908 Aristides Moreira
da Mota
(b. 1855 - d. 1942)
14 Mar 1908 - 20 Jan 1910 João Carlos da
Silva Nogueira (b. 1872 - d. 1954)
20 Jan 1910 - 26 Jun 1910 Theotónio Simão
Paim de Ornelas (s.a.)
Bruges (2nd time)
29 Jun 1910 - 5 Oct 1910 Jacinto Carlos da
Silva, visconde de (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
Agualva
5 Oct 1910 - 17 Feb 1912 Henrique Ferreira
de Oliveira Brás (b. 1884 - d. 1947)
17 Feb 1912 - 18 Jan 1913 António Afonso
de Carvalho (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
18 Jan 1913 - 30 Aug 1913 Francisco de Mendonça
Pacheco de Melo (b. 1865 - d. 19..)
(1st time)
30 Aug 1913 - 11 Nov 1913 João de Mendonça Pacheco
1 Nov 1913 - 11 Apr 1914 João Baptista
da Silva
11 Apr 1914 - 16 Jan 1915 Adolfo da Trinidade
17 Feb 1915 - 24 May 1915 António
Silveira Lopes (b.
1875 - d. 1963)
24 May 1915 - 13 Dec 1917 Joaquim Teixeira da Silva
(1st time) (b. 1870 - d. 1963)
13 Dec 1917 - 18 Feb 1919 Francisco Vicente Ramos
(b. 1860 - d. 1930)
18 Feb 1919 - 4 Jun 1919 Constantino José
Cardoso (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1938)
4 Jul 1919 - 27 Mar 1920 Joaquim Teixeira da Silva
(2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Mar 1920 - 6 Aug 1920 Álvaro de Castro
Meneres (1st time)
6 Aug 1920 - 6 Jun 1921 Constantino José
Cardoso (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jun 1921 - 1 Nov 1921 António
Veríssimo de Sousa
(b. 1860 - d. 1934)
1 Nov 1921 - 21 Dec 1921 Virgílio
da Rocha Dinis
13 Jan 1922 - 18 Feb 1922 Francisco
de Paula Homem da Costa
Noronha
24 Mar 1922 - 28 Sep 1923 António de Amorim
Pires Toste (b. 1866 - d. 19..)
28 Sep 1923 - 16 Nov 1923 Antonio José Teixeira
(1st time)
20 Nov 1923 - 26 Dec 1923 Sebastião Ávila
de Vasconcelos
26 Dec 1923 - 29 Jun 1924 Manuel de Mesquita (1st
time) (b. 1879 - d. 1944)
29 Jun 1924 - 9 Aug 1924 António José
Teixeira (2nd time)
9 Aug 1924 - 28 Feb 1925 Álvaro de
Castro Meneres (2nd time)
21 Mar 1925 - 19 Sep 1925 Alexandre Martins Pamplona
Ramos (b. 1865 - d. 1933)
19 Sep 1925 - 11 Jun 1926 Francisco de Mendonça
Pacheco de Melo (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Jul 1926 - 31 Oct 1927 Jaime Pereira da
Silva
31 Oct 1927 - 19 Feb 1928 Gonçalo Lobo Pereira
Caldas de Barros (b. 1850 - d. 1950)
19 Feb 1928 - 9 Jun 1931 Manuel de Mesquita
(2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Jul 1931 - 15 Jul 1932 Luíz Augusto de
Sousa Rodrigues
15 Jul 1932 - 2 Apr 1933 Domingos Augusto
Borges (b. 1892 -
d. 1933)
20 Apr 1933 - 3 Apr 1936 Joaquim Moniz de
Sá Corte-Real do (b. 1899 - d. 1987)
Amaral
3 Apr 1936 - 15 Jan 1940 Carlos Alberto de
Oliveira (b. 1898 - d. 1980)
15 Jan 1940 - 31 Jan 1941 Abílio Garcia
de Carvalho
(b. 1891 - d. 1941)
24 Apr 1941 - 17 Oct 1944 António Francisco
Salles de
Guimarães Pestana da Silva
17 Oct 1944 - 29 Dec 1952 Cândido Pamplona
Forjaz (b. 1901 - d. 1987)
29 Dec 1952 - 27 Dec 1956 Manuel de Sousa Menezes
(b. 1890 - d. 1958)
27 Dec 1956 - 4 Aug 1958 José
Luís Abecassis
(b. 1920)
28 Mar 1959 - 14 Apr 1973 Teotónio Machado Pires
(b. 1903 - d. 1993)
14 Apr 1973 - 14 Apr 1974 Francisco Cabrita Matias
16 Aug 1974 - 1975
Oldemiro Cardoso de Figueiredo (b. 1916
- d. 1995)
Sub-Prefects of Horta
1832 - 1833
António Mariano de Lacerda (1st time) (b. 1807 - d. 1881)
1833 - 1833
António José de Ávila (1st time)
(b. 1807 - d. 1881)
1833 - 1833
António Garcia da Rosa
(b. 1790 - d. 1876)
1833 - 1834 António
José de Ávila (2nd time) (s.a.)
1834 - 1836
António Mariano de Lacerda (2nd time) (s.a.)
Civil governors of Horta
8 Aug 1836 - 13 Sep 1836 António
José Joaquim de Miranda
13 Sep 1836 - 15 Jul 1837 António
Mariano de Lacerda (s.a.)
18 Jul 1837 - 6 Dec 1839 António Joaquim
Nunes de Vasconcelos
6 Dec 1839 - 3 Feb 1840 Francisco Garcia
do Rosário (acting) (b. 1793 - d. 1866)
3 Feb 1840 - 4 Mar 1842 Francisco de Paula
de Sousa Vilas (b. 1798 - d. 1868)
Boas
4 Mar 1842 - 22 Aug 1846 António
José Vieira Santa Rita
(b. 1802 - d. 1877)
(1st time)
22 Aug 1846 - 10 Oct 1846 Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho
Teixeira de (b. 1823 - d. 1894)
Andrada Barbosa, conde de Linhares
10 Oct 1846 - 8 Sep 1847 António José
Vieira Santa Rita (s.a.)
(2nd time)
8 Sep 1847 - 20 Dec 1847 José
Cupertino da Fonseca e Brito
(acting)
20 Dec 1847 - 6 Jun 1848 António José
Vieira Santa Rita (s.a.)
(3rd time)
6 Jun 1848 - 8 Sep 1849 Nicolau Anastácio
de Bettencourt (b. 1810 - d. 1874)
(1st time)
8 Sep 1849 - 26 Dec 1849 Francisco Maria
de Freitas Jácome
29 Dec 1849 - 3 Jun 1851 Joaquim José
Pereira da Silveira (b. 1796 - d. 1870)
e Sousa
6 Jun 1851 - 24 Apr 1852 Nicolau Anastácio de Bettencourt
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
24 Apr 1852 - 14 Aug 1857 Luís Teixeira
de Sampaio
(b. 1788 - d. 1865)
14 Aug 1857 - 11 Oct 1877 António José
Vieira Santa Rita (s.a.)
(4th time)
11 Ocy 1877 - 31 Jan 1878 Júlio de Castilho,
visconde de (b. 1840 - d. 1919)
Castilho
31 Jan 1878 - 2 Jun 1879 António Maria
de Oliveira (b. 1818 - d. 1886)
4 May 1879 - 28 May 1881 Manuel Francisco
de Medeiros (b. 1832 - d. 1895)
(1st time)
1881
Manuel Maria de Melo e Simas
(b. 1835 - d. 1901)
18 Jul 1881 - 25 Feb 1886 António Patricio
da Terra Pinheiro (b. 1837 - d. 1912)
25 Feb 1886 - 1890 Manuel
Francisco de Medeiros (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1890 - 20 Feb 1893
Manuel de Arriaga Nunes
(b. 1840 - d. 1917)
14 Sep 1893 - 4 Jan 1894 Guilherme Read Cabral
(b. 1821 - d. 1897)
4 Jan 1894 - 13 Jul 1895 José de Almeida
de Ávila
(b. 1844 - d. 1902)
13 Jul 1895 - 30 Jan 1896 Amâncio Rodolfo
Pinheiro da Costa (b. 1840 -
d. 1907)
Riberio
30 Jan 1896 - 4 Feb 1897 António Emílio
Severino de Avelar (b. 1843 - d. 1915)
(1st time)
11 Feb 1897 - 20 Jul 1899 Miguel António
da Silveira
(b. 1852 - d. 1906)
20 Jul 1899 - 29 Jun 1900 Diogo de Barcelos Machado
Bettencourt (b. 1847 - d. 1922)
4 Jul 1900 - 18 Oct 1904 José Bressane
Leite Perry, visconde
de Leite Perry (1st time)
(b. 1862 - d. 1930)
24 Nov 1904 - 4 Jul 1905 António Joaquim
Durães (b.
1857 - d. 19..)
4 Jul 1905 - 22 Mar 1906 Francisco de Andrade
Albuquerque (b. 1856 - d. 1933)
24 Mar 1906 - 17 May 1906 José Bressane
Leite Perry, visconde (s.a.)
de Leite Perry (2nd time)
6 Jun 1906 - 13 Sep 1906 Manuel António
Lino (b.
1865 - d. 1927)
13 Sep 1906 - 15 Feb 1908 Augusto da Silva Carvalho
Osório (b. 1878 - d. 1940)
14 Mar 1908 - 14 Jan 1909 João Joaquim André
de Freitas (b. 1860 - d. 1929)
14 Jan 1909 - 11 Jan 1910 José Bressane
Leite Perry, visconde (s.a.)
de Leite Perry (3rd time)
11 Jan 1910 - 25 Jun 1910 João António
Cochado e Martins (b. 1862 - d. 1936)
26 Jun 1910 - 5 Oct 1910 António Emílio
Severino de Avelar (s.a.)
(2nd time)
5 Oct 1910 - 1 Apr 1911 José
Machado de Serpa
(b. 1864 - d. 1945)
29 Apr 1911 - 18 Jan 1913 Augusto Goulart de Medeiros
(b. 1878 - d. 1953)
18 Jan 1913 - 4 Apr 1914 Edwiges Goulart Prieto
(b. 1870 - d. 1916)
4 Apr 1914 - 6 Jan 1915 José
Charters d'Azevedo Lopes Vieira (b. 1880 - d. 1943)
6 Jan 1915 - 30 Jan 1915 António Emílio
Severino de Avelar (s.a.)
(3rd time)
8 Feb 1915 - 1 Mar 1915 Caetano Moniz
de Vasconcelos
1 Mar 1915 - 2 May 1915 António
Birne Pereira (b.
1872 - d. 19..)
24 May 1915 - 4 Mar 1916 António Luís
Serrão de Carvalho (b. 1864 - d. 1946)
4 Mar 1916 - 12 Jul 1917 Fernando Joaquim Armas
(b. 1865 - d. 1931)
12 Dec 1917 - 27 May 1918 Manuel Francisco Neves Júnior
(b. 1870 - d. 1952)
(1st time)
27 May 1918 - 18 Feb 1919 Manuel Câmara Velho
Melo Cabral (b. 1869 - d. 1939)
18 Feb 1919 - 7 Jun 1919 Manuel Francisco
Neves Júnior (s.a.)
(2nd time)
7 Jun 1919 - 27 Mar 1920 António Xavier de Mesquita
27 Mar 1920 - 16 Oct 1920 Luís Caldeira Mendes
de Saraiva (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
16 Oct 1920 - 2 Feb 1921 Manuel Francisco Neves
Júnior (s.a.)
(3rd time)
2 Feb 1921 - 30 May 1921 Gabriel Baptista de Simas
(1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1966)
30 May 1921 - 25 Oct 1921 Manuel Francisco
Neves Júnior (s.a.)
(4th time)
25 Oct 1921 - 3 Mar 1922 Gabriel Baptista
de Simas (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Mar 1922 - 16 Nov 1923 Carlos Alberto da Silva
Pinheiro
20 Nov 1923 - 17 Dec 1923 Manuel Francisco
Neves Júnior (s.a.)
(5th time)
5 Jan 1924 - 22 Aug 1924 Álvaro Soares
de Melo (b. 1879
- d. 1933)
22 Aug 1924 - 11 Jun 1926 Joaquim Gualberto da Cunha
Melo
1 Jul 1926 - 22 Jul 1926 António de Mendonça
Monteiro
22 Jul 1926 - 13 Nov 1926 Alberto Goulart de Medeiros
(b. 1863 - d. 1945)
22 Sep 1926 - 7 Jan 1927 Fernando Mouzinho de
Albuquerque (b. 1874 - d. 1942)
(high commissioner)
17 Jan 1927 - 15 Aug 1927 José Gomes Soares de
Mesquita (b. 1888 - d. 1960)
(also high commissioner)
15 Aug 1927 - 8 Jul 1931 Fernando da Costa
8 Jul 1931 - Jan 1933 Augusto Pais
da Graça de Almeida (b. 1902 - d. ....)
e Silva
Jan 1933 - 2 Feb 1933
Alfredo Sampaio (interim)
6 Feb 1933 - 15 Mar 1935 José Malheiro
Cardoso da Silva
22 May 1935 - 1 Jul 1936 Luciano Machado
Soares (b. 1902
- d. 1977)
25 Aug 1936 - 3 Mar 1937 José Rodrigues
de Matos
3 Mar 1937 - 17 Mar 1939 José Rodrigues
da Silva Mendes (b. 1893 - d.
1988)
17 Mar 1939 - 12 Sep 1944 António Inocêncio
Moreira de Carvalho (b. 1894 - d. 1944)
24 Nov 1944 - 16 May 1946 Pedro Gonçalves
Guimarães
18 Sep 1946 - 18 May 1953 Manuel de Gusmão de Mascarenhas
(b. 1901 - d. 1971)
Gaivão
12 Jun 1953 - 21 May 1973 António de Freitas Pimentel
(b. 1901 - d. 1981)
12 Jun 1973 - 25 Apr 1974 António Sanches Branco
(b. 1918 - d. 2006)
16 Aug 1974 - 14 Jan 1976 Rui Vasco de Vasconcelos
e Sá Vaz
Sub-Prefect of Ponta Delgada
1832 - 1833
Luís Ribeiro de Sousa Saraiva
1833
António José de Ávila
(b. 1807 - d. 1881)
(prevented from landing in Ponta Delgada)
1833
José Caetano Dias do Canto e Medeiros (b. 1786 - d.
1858)
(declined office)
1833
Felix Pereira de Magalhães
(declined office)
Civil governors of Ponta Delgada
1 Dec 1835 - 8 Jun 1836 José
António Ferreira de Moura
(interim)
8 Jun 1836 - 13 Sep 1836 José
Joaquim Lopes de Lima (b. 1797
- d. 1852)
13 Sep 1836 - 15 Jul 1837 Jacinto Inácio Rodrigues da
Silveira, (b. 1785 - d. 1869)
barão da Fonte Bela (interim)
15 Jul 1837 - 27 Aug 1838 João
Roiz de Pavia
27 Aug 1838 - 24 Dec 1839 Manuel de Medeiros da
Costa Canto e (b. 1816 - d. 1887)
Albuquerque, barão das Laranjeiras
30 Jun 1840 - 9 Sep 1841 Joaquim José
de Azevedo
22 Oct 1841 - 26 Oct 1842 António Augusto
de Melo e Castro
26 Oct 1842 - 17 Apr 1844 Francisco Afonso da Costa
Chaves e (b. 1797 - d. 1863)
Melo
17 Apr 1844 - 30 May 1846 António
Vicente Peixoto (b. 1808
- d. 1866)
16 Jun 1846 - 10 Oct 1846 André
Dias do Canto e Medeiros (b. 1814 - d. 1848)
10 Oct 1846 - 27 Jul 1847 Duarte Borges da Câmara e Medeiros,
(b. 1799 - d. 1872)
visconde da Praia
8 Sep 1847 - 25 Jan 1849 António
Borges da Câmara Medeiros (b. 1812 - d. 1879)
25 Jan 1849 - 4 Jul 1849 Pedro da Costa de
Sousa de Macedo
4 Jul 1849 - 3 May 1851 Eusébio
Dias Poças Falcão (1st time) (b. 1814 - d. 1870)
(acting)
3 May 1851 - 11 Jan 1868 Félix Borges
de Medeiros (b. 1819 -
d. 1872)
11 Jan 1868 - 13 Sep 1869 Eusébio Dias Poças
Falcão (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Sep 1869 - 11 Oct 1877 Jácome de Ornelas
Bruges de Ávila
Paim da Câmara, (from 1870) conde (b. 1833
- d. 1889)
da Vila da Praia da Vitória
11 Oct 1877 - 31 Jan 1878 António da Fonseca
Carvão Paim da (b. 1836 - d. 1907)
Câmara, barão do Ramalho
7 Feb 1878 - 30 Sep 1878 Júlio de
Castilho, visconde de
(b. 1840 - d. 1897)
Castilho
30 Sep 1878 - 19 Jun 1879 Gualdino Alfredo Lobo
de Gouveia
Valadares (1st time)
19 Jun 1879 - 30 Mar 1881 Veríssimo de Aguiar
Cabral
(b. 1825 - d. 1891)
30 Mar 1881 - 1 Jul 1886 Gualdino Alfredo
Lobo de Gouveia
Valadares (2nd time)
1 Jul 1886 - 13 Jan 1890 Narciso Maximiliano
Álvares de (b. 1846 - d. ....)
Carvalho
16 Jan 1890 - 2 Jun 1892 Carlos Maria Gomes
Machado
(b. 1828 - d. 1901)
2 Jun 1892 - 16 Mar 1893 Bento José
Pinto da Mota
30 Nov 1893 - 15 Oct 1896 António Moreira
da Câmara Coutinho (b. 1849 - d. ....)
Gusmão
24 Dec 1896 - 4 Feb 1897 Alfredo Vieira Coelho
Peixoto Pinto de
Vilas Boas, conde de Paço Vieira
(b. 1860 - d. 1926)
31 May 1897 - 23 Jun 1900 Francisco de Andrade
Albuquerque de (b. 1856 - d. 1933)
Bettencourt
4 Jul 1900 - 31 Jan 1901 José Coelho
da Mota Prego (1st time) (b. 1857 - d. 1943)
31 Jan 1901 - 1903
Amadeu Augusto Pinto da Silva (d. 1903)
2 May 1904 - 24 Apr 1905 José Coelho
da Mota Prego (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1905 - 23 Mar 1906 Luís de Bettencourt
de Medeiros e (b. 1873 - d. 1939)
Câmara (1st time)
23 Mar 1906 - 17 May 1906 Francisco de Melo Manuel
Leite de (b. 1868 - d. 1924)
Arruda (1st time)
5 Jun 1906 - 29 Jun 1910 Luís de Bettencourt
de Medeiros e (s.a.)
Câmara (2nd time)
29 Jun 1910 - 5 Oct 1910 Francisco de Melo
Manuel Leite de (s.a.)
Arruda (2nd time)
5 Oct 1910 - 29 Apr 1911 Francisco Luís
Tavares (1st time) (b. 1886 - d. 1968)
4 May 1911 - 18 Jan 1913 Caetano Moniz de Vasconcelos
23 Jan 1913 - 8 Mar 1913 Francisco de Melo Manuel
Leite de (s.a.)
Arruda (3rd time)
8 Mar 1913 - 4 Apr 1914 João
Francisco de Sousa
4 Apr 1914 - 9 Jan 1915 Jacinto Gago
Machado de Faria e Maia (b. 1874 - d. 1925)
9 Jan 1915 - 5 Feb 1915 Adelino de
Oliveira Pinto Furtado
9 Feb 1915 - 24 May 1915 Virgílio
Soares de Albergaria
(b. 1858 - d. 1927)
(1st time)
24 May 1915 - 24 Jul 1915 António Martins
Ferreira Júnior
24 Jul 1915 - 14 Oct 1915 António Cabral
de Melo
14 Oct 1915 - 18 Dec 1915 Francisco Manuel de Medeiros
Correia
18 Dec 1915 - 21 Sep 1917 António Rodrigues
Salgado
(b. 1883 - d. 1933)
21 Sep 1917 - 13 Dec 1917 António de Medeiros
Franco
13 Dec 1917 - 2 Feb 1918 Virgílio
Soares de Albergaria (s.a.)
(2nd time)
2 Feb 1918 - 26 Nov 1918 Mário Augusto
Teixeira
26 Nov 1918 - 18 Feb 1919 João Correia da
Silva Júnior
Apr 1918 - Mar 1919 José
Augusto de Simas Machado
(b. 1859 – d. 1927)
(High Commissioner
of the Republic for Azores and Madeira)
18 Feb 1919 - 11 Jul 1919 Francisco Luís
Tavares (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Jul 1919 - 11 Sep 1920 Virgílio Saque
(b. 1884 - d. 19..)
11 Sep 1920 - 16 Oct 1920 José Borges Medeiros
da Horta
16 Oct 1920 - 2 Feb 1921 Francisco Luís
Tavares (3rd time) (s.a.)
2 Feb 1921 - 30 May 1921 Duarte Amigo de
Azevedo Feio (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
30 May 1921 - 14 Nov 1921 Francisco
Luís Tavares (4th time) (s.a.)
14 Nov 1921 - 16 Nov 1923 Horácio de Medeiros
Franco (b. 1888 - d. 1952)
20 Nov 1923 - 5 Jan 1924 Francisco Luis Tavares
(5th time) (s.a.)
5 Jan 1924 - 1 Nov 1924 Alfredo Adelino
de Sá
1 Nov 1924 - 28 Sep 1925 Jeremias da Costa
(b.
1880 - d. 1970)
28 Sep 1925 - 28 Dec 1925 Álvaro Pais de
Ataíde
28 Dec 1925 - 11 Jun 1926 Jaime Hintze
(b. 1879 - d. 1945)
1 Jul 1926 - 2 Jun 1928 Abel de Abreu
Souto Maior
2 Jul 1928 - 17 Jun 1931 Gonçalo Lobo
Pereira Caldas de Barros (b. 1887 - d. 1968)
17 Jun 1931 - 15 Jul 1932 António Júlio
Belo de Almeida (b. 1870 - d. 1940)
15 Jul 1932 - 30 Oct 1933 Jaime Resende do Couto
30 Oct 1933 - 21 Dec 1934 António Augusto
de Sousa
2 Feb 1935 - 7 Aug 1935 Agosthino de
Mesquita
8 Jul 1936 - 22 Nov 1937 Augusto Leite Mendes
Moreira (b. 1902 - d. 1982)
(1st time)
22 Nov 1937 - 11 Jun 1940 Alberto de Campos Vieira
Neves
11 Jun 1940 - 9 Oct 1944 Rafael Sérgio
Vieira (b.
1895 - d. 1946)
9 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1946 Augusto Leite
Mendes Moreira (s.a.)
(2nd time)
2 Oct 1946 - 6 Nov 1954 Aniceto António
dos Santos (b. 1895 - d. 1965)
6 Nov 1954 - 26 Jan 1959 Carlos José
Botelho de Paiva
21 May 1959 - 5 Apr 1968 José Jacinto
Vasconcelos Raposo
20 May 1968 - 21 Jul 1970 Luciano Machado
Soares (b. 1902
- d. 1977)
21 Jul 1970 - 18 Feb 1974 Basílio Pina de Oliveira
Seguro (b. 19.. - d. 2008)
1 Mar 1974 - 25 Apr 1975 António
Joaquim da Fonseca
16 Aug 1974 - 3 Dec 1976 António Borges Coutinho
(b. 1923 - d. 2011)
President of the Governing Junta
27 Aug 1975 - 27 Aug 1976 Altino Amadeu Pinto de
Magalhães (b. 1922)
Ministers of the Republic
27 Aug 1976 - 11 Sep 1978 Octavio de Carvalho Galvão
de
Figueiredo
11 Sep 1978 - 28 Apr 1981 Henrique Afonso da Silva
Horta (b. 1920 - d. 2012)
28 Apr 1981 - 12 Jul 1986 Tomas George Conceição
e Silva (b. 1933)
12 Jul 1986 - 20 Apr 1991 Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira
(b. 1939)
20 Apr 1991 - 7 Oct 1997 Mário Fernando
de Campos Pinto (b. 1931)
7 Oct 1997 - 27 Mar 2003 Alberto Manuel de
Sequeira Leal (b. 1927)
Sampaio da Nóvoa
27 Mar 2003 - 30 Mar 2006 Álvaro José
Brilhante Laborinho (b. 1941)
Lúcio
Representatives of the Republic
30 Mar 2006 - 11 Apr 2011 José António
Mesquita
(b. 1936)
11 Apr 2011 - Pedro
Manuel dos Reis Alves Catarino (b. 1941)
President of the Regional Governing Junta
27 Aug 1975 - 8 Sep 1976 Altino Amadeu Pinto
de Magalhães (s.a.)
Mil
Presidents of the Regional Government
8 Sep 1976 - 20 Oct 1995 João Bosco
Soares Mota Amaral (b.
1943) PSD
20 Oct 1995 - 9 Nov 1996 Alberto Romão
Madruga da Costa (b. 1940)
PSD
9 Nov 1996 - 6 Nov 2012 Carlos Manuel
Martins do Vale César (b. 1956)
PS
6 Nov 2012 - Vasco
Ilídio Alves Cordeiro (b. 1973)
PS
Commander of the U.S. Naval Base Ponta Delgada
18 Jan 1918 - 1 Sep 1919 Herbert Owar Dunn
(b. 1857 - d. 1939)
British Air Officer commanding in the Azores
1943 - 1945
Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet
(b. 1891 - d. 1983)
Commanders of the U.S. Azores Reconnaissance Party at
Lajes
(subordinated to the British Commander)
11 Dec 1943 - 28 Dec 1943 Arthur F. Callahan
(acting)
28 Dec 1943 - 24 Jan 1944 David A. Morris (acting)
24 Jan 1944 - 13 Oct 1944 Albert D. Smith
13 Oct 1944 - 17 Dec 1944 Harry L. Putnam (acting)
17 Dec 1944 - 19 Jun 1945 Sigmund F. Landers
19 Jun 1945 - 16 Dec 1945 George O. Bond
Party Abbreviations: PS = Partido Socialista (Socialist
Party, social-democratic, est.1973); PSD = Partido Social Democrata
(Social Democrat Party, center-right, est.1974); Mil = Military
Island Donatarias
Santa Maria
1461
Santa Maria e São Miguel a donataria.
10 Mar 1474
Santa Maria a donataria.
2 Aug 1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
4 Jun 1832 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
Captains-donatary
c.1433 - 1460?
Gonçalo Velho Cabral -Commander
1460? - 1499
João Soares de Albergaria
(b. c.1415 - d. 1499)
1499 - 2 Jan 1571
João Soares de Sousa
(b. c.1493 - d. 1571)
1500? - 1522
João de Marvão -Regent
1571 - 1580
Pedro Soares de Sousa
1580 - 1626
Brás Soares de Sousa
(b. c.1570 - d. 1634)
26 Jun 1626 - 1634
Pedro Soares de Sousa
1634 - 1665
Brás Soares de Sousa II
1665 - 1667
Joana de Meneses (f)
23 May 1667 - 1720
Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa,
(b. 1636 - d. 1720)
conde de Castelho Melhor
1720 - 1734
Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa Cunha (b. 1664 - d. 1734)
Câmara Faro e Veiga, conde de
Calheta
1734 - 1801
José de Vasconcelos e Sousa Caminha
da Câmara Faro e Veiga, marquês de
Castelho Melhor
1801 - 1806
António José de Vasconcelos e Sousa
da Câmara Caminha Faro e Veiga,
conde de Calheta e marquês
de
Castelho Melhor
1806 - 27 Aug 1827
Afonso de Vasconcelos e Sousa da (b.
1783 - d. 1827)
Câmara
Caminha Faro e Veiga,
conde de Calheta
e marquês de
Castelho Melhor
1827 - 1832
António de Vasconcelos e Sousa da (b.
1816 - d. 1858)
Câmara
Caminha Faro e Veiga,
conde de Calheta e marquês
de
Castelho Melhor
São Miguel
10 Mar 1474
São Miguel a donataria.
2 Aug 1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
1820 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
Captains-donatary
10 Mar 1474 - 27 Nov 1497 Rui Gonçalves
da Câmara I
(b. c. 1430 - d. 1497)
1497 - 1502
João Rodrigues da Câmara
(b. c. 1460 - d. 1502)
1502 - 1504
Pedro Rodrigues da Câmara -Regent
1504 - 20 Oct 1535
Rui Gonçalves da Câmara II
(b. c. 1490 - d. 1535)
1535 - 13 Mar 1578
Manuel da Câmara
(d. 1578)
1578 - 1601
Rui Gonçalves da Câmara III,
(b. c.1550 - d. c.1601)
conde da Vila Franca
25 Oct 1601 - 1619
Manuel Luís Baltazar da Câmara,
(b. c.1570 - d. 1619)
conde da Vila Franca
1619 - 30 Apr 1662
Rodrigo da Câmara,
(b. 1594 - d. 1662)
conde de Vila Franca
15 Sep 1662 - 29 Dec 1673 Manuel Baltazar Luís
da Câmara, (b. 1630 - d. 1673)
conde de Vila Franca e
conde da Ribeira Grande
1673 - 1722
José Rodrigo da Câmara,
(b. 1665 - d. 1724)
conde de Ribeira Grande
1722 - 3 Oct 1723
Luís Manuel da Câmara,
(b. 1685 - d. 1723)
conde de Ribeira Grande
1724 - 1757
José da Câmara Teles,
(b. 1712 - d. 1757)
conde de Ribeira Grande
1757 - 1766
Joana Tomásia da Câmara (f)
(b. 1730 - d. 1782)
1766 - 1770
Guido Augusto da Câmara e Ataíde, (b. 1718
- d. 1770)
conde da Ribeira Grande
1770 - 26 Mar 1802
Luís António José Maria da Câmara, (b.
1754 - d. 1802)
conde da Ribeira Grande
1802 - 1820
José Maria Gonçalves Zarco da Câmara, (b. 1784 - d.
1820)
conde da Ribeira Grande
Praia (Terceira) and Angra
1450
Terceira donataria.
17 Feb 1474
Divided into Praia and Angra (São Jorge) donatarias.
1641 - 1642
Confiscated by the crown.
1655 - 1663
Confiscated by the crown.
1712 - 1715 Confiscated
by the crown.
1749 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
2 Aug 1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
Captains-donatary of Terceira
1450 - 1466
Jácomo de Bruges
1466 - 1474
Álvaro Martins Homem I
(d. c.1483)
Captains-donatary of Praia
1474 - 1483
Álvaro Martins Homem I
(s.a.)
1483 - 1520
Antão Martins Homem
(d. 1531)
1520 - 1540
Álvaro Martins Homem II
1540 - 9 Jun 1577
Antão Martins da Câmara
1577 - 1655
the Captains-donatary of Angra
Captains-donatary of Angra (São Jorge)
1474 - 2 Jul 1496
João Vaz Corte Real
(b. c.1420 - d. 1496)
1496 - 1538
Vasco Annes Corte Real I
1538 - 21 Mar 1577
Manuel Corte Real
1577 - Nov 1581
Vasco Annes Corte Real II (b.
1530 - d. ....)
1581 - 26 Jun 1610
Margarida Corte Real (f)
(b. 1570 - d. 16..)
- jointly with -
1581 - 26 Dec 1613
Cristóvão de Moura y Tavara
(b. 1538 - d. 1613)
conde de Castelho Rodrigo
1613 - 1641
Manuel de Moura Corte Real, (b. 1590
- d. 1651)
conde de Lumiares
1641 - 1642
Vacant
1642 - 1649
Afonso de Portugal, conde de (b. 1591
- d. 1649)
Vimioso e marquês de Aguiar
1649 - 1655
Luís de Portugal, conde de Vimioso (b. 1602 - d. 1655)
1655 - 1663
Vacant
16 Jul 1663 - 28 Apr 1664 Francisco de Ornelas da Câmara
(b. 1606 - d. 1664)
1665 - 1712
Brás de Ornelas
1712 - 1715
Vacant
1715 - 1749
Luís António de Basto Baharem
Graciosa
1470
Graciosa a donataria.
1737 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
2 Aug 1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
Captains-donatary
1485 - 1497
Pedro Correia da Cunha
(b. 1440 - d. 1497)
1499 - 1507 Duarte
Correia da Cunha (d.
1507)
1507 - 1510
Fernão Coutinho I
(d. 1510)
1510 - 1524
Álvaro Coutinho I
1524 - 1552
Álvaro Coutinho II
1552 - 1573
Fernando Coutinho II
1573 - 1593
Fernando Coutinho III
1593 - 1626 Fernando
Coutinho IV
1626 - 1666
Fernando Coutinho V
1666 - 1674
Luís Mendes de Elvas
1674 - 1703 Pedro
Sanches de Farinha (b. 16..
- d. 1703)
1705 - 1707
Manuel José Sanches Baena Farinha
1707 - 1733
Rodrigo Sanches Farinha e Baena (b. 1653
- d. 1730)
1733 - 1737
Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena (b.
1712 - d. 1737)
Faial e Pico
21 Feb 1468
Faial a donataria.
29 Dec 1482
Island of Pico becomes part of the donataria (Faial e Pico).
1642 - 1680
Confiscated by the crown.
1737 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
2 Aug 1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
Captains-donatary
21 Feb 1468 - 1495
Jobst van Hürter (Joss de Utra) (b. 1430? -
d. 1500?)
1460 - 29 Dec 1482
Álvaro de Ornelas (in Pico)
1495 - 1549
João Dutra
1549 - 1553
Manuel de Utra Corte Real
1553 - 1573
Álvaro de Castro
1573 - 1582
Francisco de Mascarenhas
1582 - 1614
Jerónimo de Utra Corte Real
1614 - 1642
Manuel de Moura Corte Real, (b. 1590
- d. 1651)
marquês de Lumiares e marquês
de Castelo Rodrigo
1642 - 1680
Vacant
1680 - 1730
Rodrigo Sanches Farinha de Baena (b. 1653 - d. 1730)
1730 - 1737
Pedro Sanches Farinha de Baena (b. 1712 - d.
1727)
Flores e Corvo
28 Feb 1475
Flores e Corvo donataria is established, but the
islands remain settled.
1 Mar 1504
Flores e Corvo donataria re-established.
1570 - 1593
Administered by the Ordem de Cristo (Order of Christ).
1759 - 1814
Confiscated by the crown.
2 Aug 1766
Part of the Captaincy-general of the Azores.
1832 Incorporated
into the Crown possessions.
Captains
1459? - 1472?
Diogo de Teive
1472? - 1475
João de Teive
Captains-donatary
28 Jan 1475 - 1477
Fernão Teles
1477 - 1504
Maria de Vilhena (f)
+ Rui Teles
1504 - 1526
João da Fonseca
1526 - 1548
Pêro da Fonseca
1548 - 1593
Gonçalo de Sousa da Fonseca
17 Sep 1593 - 1607
Francisco de Mascarenhas,
conde de Vila da Horta e
conde de Santa Cruz
1607 - 1650
Martinho de Mascarenhas,
conde de Santa Cruz
1650 - 1668
Brites de Mascarenhas
+ João de Mascarenhas,
conde de Santa Cruz
1668 - 1676
Martinho de Mascarenhas
1676 - 1691
João de Mascarenhas,
conde de Santa Cruz e
marquês de Gouveia
1692 - 1714
Martinho de Mascarenhas,
conde de Santa Cruz e
marquês de Gouveia
20 Jan 1714 - 1723
João de Mascarenhas,
conde de Santa Cruz
1723 - 13 Jan 1759
José de Mascarenhas da Silva e
(b. 1708 - d. 1759)
Lencastre, marquês de Gouveia,
conde de Santa Cruz e duque
de Aveiro
1759 - 1815
Vacant
1815 - 1832
Pedro José Caupers
(b. 1761 - d. 1834)
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