State of Brazil


The State of Brazil was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil.

History

In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão. The state was created in June 13, 1621 by Philip II of Portugal.
This action divided Portuguese America into two administrative units, with the capital of the State of Brazil located in São Salvador and the capital of the State of Maranhão located in São Luís.
The State of Brazil became a Viceroyalty in January 1763, when the capital of the State of Brazil was transferred from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.

Composition

The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies, all except Ceará and Maranhão, two parts, which included the subcaptaincy of Para west of the Tordesillas Line at that time :
1 Jan 1617 - 12 Oct 1621 Luís de Sousa, conde do Prado
11 Oct 1621 - 10 May 1624 Diogo de Mendonça Furtado

10 May 1624 – 15 May 1624 Antão de Mesquita e Oliveira

15 May 1624 – 16 Jul 1624 Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça

16 Jul 1624 – 24 Sep 1624 Matias de Albuquerque Coelho,
conde de Alegrete
24 Sep 1624 – 3 Dec 1624 Francisco Nunes Marinho de Sá
3 Dec 1624 - 28 Dec 1626 Francisco de Moura Rolim
28 Dec 1626 – 11 Dec 1635 Diogo Luís de Oliveira, conde
de Miranda
11 Dec 1635 - 20 Jan 1639 Pedro da Silva, conde de São
Lourenço
20 Jan 1639 - 21 Oct 1639 Fernando Jose de Mascarenhas,
conde de Torre
21 Oct 1639 - 26 May 1640 Vasco de Mascarenhas, conde
de Óbidos
26 May 1640 - 16 Apr 1641 Jorge de Mascarenhas, marquês
de Montalvão -Viceroy
16 Apr 1641 - 26 Aug 1642 Provisional Government Junta
- Pedro da Silva e Sampaio
- Luís Barbalho Bezerra
- Lourenço de Brito Correia
26 Aug 1642 - 22 Dec 1647 António Teles da Silva
22 Dec 1647 - 10 Mar 1650 António Teles de Menezes, conde
de Vila Pouca de Aguiar
10 Mar 1650 - 6 Jan 1654 João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e
Sousa, conde de Castelo Melhor
6 Jan 1654 - 20 Jun 1657 Jerónimo de Ataíde, conde de
Atouguia
20 Jun 1657 - 24 Jun 1663 Francisco Barreto de Meneses
24 Jun 1663 - 13 Jun 1667 Vasco de Mascarenhas, conde
de Óbidos -Viceroy
13 Jun 1667 - 8 May 1671 Alexandre de Sousa Freire
8 May 1671 - 26 Nov 1675 Afonso Furtado de Castro do Rio
de Mendonça, visconde de Barbacena
26 Nov 1675 - 15 Mar 1678 Provisional Government Junta
- Agostinho de Azevedo Monteiro

- Álvaro de Azevedo Cordeiro
- António Guedes de Brito
- Cristóvão de Burgos e Contreiras

15 Mar 1678 - 3 May 1682 Roque da Costa Barreto
3 May 1682 - 4 Jun 1684 António de Sousa de Meneses
4 Jun 1684 - 4 Jun 1687 António Luís de Sousa Tello de
Meneses, marquês das Minas
4 Jun 1687 - 24 Oct 1688 Matias da Cunha
24 Oct 1688 - 11 Oct 1690 Manuel da Ressurreição

11 Oct 1690 - 22 May 1694 António Luís Gonçalves da Câmara
Coutinho
22 May 1694 - 3 Jul 1702 João de Lencastre, duque de Aveiro
3 Jul 1702 - 8 Sep 1708 Rodrigo da Costa
8 Sep 1708 - 3 May 1710 Luís César de Meneses
3 May 1710 - 14 Oct 1711 Lourenço de Almada
14 Oct 1711 - 13 Jul 1714 Pedro de Vasconcellos e Sousa,
conde de Castelo Melhor
Viceroys
13 Jul 1714 - 21 Aug 1718 Pedro Antonio de Noronha
Albuquerque e Sousa, conde de
Villa Verde, marquês de Angeja
21 Aug 1718 - 13 Oct 1719 Sancho de Faro e Sousa, conde
de Vimieiro -Governor-general
14 Oct 1719 - 23 Nov 1720 Provisional Government Junta
- Sebastião Monteiro da Vide
- Caetano de Brito e Figueiredo
- João de Araújo e Azevedo
23 Nov 1720 - 11 May 1735 Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses,
conde de Sabugosa
11 May 1735 - 17 Dec 1749 André de Melo e Castro, conde
das Galveias
17 Dec 1749 - 17 Aug 1754 Luís Pedro Peregrino de Carvalho
de Meneses e Ataíde, conde de
Atouguia
17 Aug 1754 - 23 Dec 1755 Provisional Government Junta
- José Botelho de Matos
- Manuel António da Cunha Souto
Maior
- Lourenço Monteiro

23 Dec 1755 - 9 Jan 1760 Marcos José de Noronha e Brito,
conde dos Arcos
9 Jan 1760 - 8 Jul 1760 António de Almeida Soares e
Portugal de Alarcão Eça e Melo,
marquês de Lavradio
8 Jul 1760 – 21 Jun 1761 Tomás Rubi de Barros Barreto do
Rego
21 Jun 1761 - 27 Jun 1763 Provisional Government Junta
- Manoel de Santa Ignez
- José Carvalho de Andrada
- Gonçalo Xavier de Barros e Alvim
27 Jun 1763 - 31 Aug 1767 António Álvares da Cunha, conde
da Cunha
17 Nov 1767 - 4 Nov 1769 António Rolim de Moura Tavares,
conde de Azambuja
4 Nov 1769 - 30 Apr 1778 Luís de Almeida Portugal Soares,
conde e marquês de Lavradio
30 Apr 1778 - 9 May 1790 Luís de Vasconcellos e Sousa,
conde de Figueiró
9 May 1790 - 14 Oct 1801 José Luís de Castro, conde de
Resende
14 Oct 1801 - 21 Aug 1806 José Fernandes de Portugal e
Castro, conde e marquês de Aguiar
14 Oct 1806 - 22 Jan 1808 Marcos de Noronha e Brito, conde