Pedro de Ataíde Inferno | |
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![]() Coat of arms of the Ataíde family | |
8th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon | |
In office 1564–1565 | |
Monarch | Sebastian of Portugal |
Preceded by | Baltasar Guedes de Sousa |
Succeeded by | Diogo de Melo |
Personal details | |
Born | Pedro de Ataíde |
Pedro de Ataíde "Inferno" was the 8th Captain-major of Portuguese Ceylon. Ataíde Inferno was appointed in 1564 under Sebastian of Portugal, he was Captain-major until 1565.
He was succeeded by Diogo de Melo.[1]
In a study on Portuguese India published in 1857 by the Portuguese author Francisco Maria Bordalo, he stated that “Pedro de Athaide Inferno” was one of the “Portuguese heroes who died there at the hands of the Moors... or victims of the sea and trials of all kinds”.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Cahoon, Ben. "Captains-major". Sri Lanka. Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Bordalo, Francisco Maria (December 19, 1857). "Catalogo das Pessoas que teem governado o Estado da India" [Catalogue of the People who have Ruled the State of India] (PDF). O Panorama (in Portuguese) (51): 403–405.