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This is a list of Governors (General captains) of the city of Ceuta

Ceuta

Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta along with the other Spanish...

, under Portuguese

Portuguese people

The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

control since its conquest by King John I of Portugal

John I of Portugal

John I KG , called the Good or of Happy Memory, more rarely and outside Portugal the Bastard, was the tenth King of Portugal and the Algarve and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta...

, in 1415, until 1640.

Governor	Period
Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real, 2nd Count of Viana Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real Dom Pedro de Menezes Portocarrero, was a 15th C. Portuguese nobleman and military figure. Pedro de Menezes was the 2nd Count of Viana do Alentejo, 1st. Count of Vila Real and the first Portuguese governor of Ceuta.Pedro de Menezes was the son of the powerful 14th C...	1415 - 1430
Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana Dom Duarte de Menezes, was a 15th C. Portuguese nobleman and military figure. Duarte de Menezes was the 3rd Count of Viana do Alentejo, 2nd Count of Viana , Lord of Caminha and the first Portuguese captain of Alcácer-Ceguer.- Family :Duarte de Menezes was an illegitimate...	1430 - 1434
Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real, 2nd Count of Viana Pedro de Menezes, 1st Count of Vila Real Dom Pedro de Menezes Portocarrero, was a 15th C. Portuguese nobleman and military figure. Pedro de Menezes was the 2nd Count of Viana do Alentejo, 1st. Count of Vila Real and the first Portuguese governor of Ceuta.Pedro de Menezes was the son of the powerful 14th C...	1434 - 1437
Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana Dom Duarte de Menezes, was a 15th C. Portuguese nobleman and military figure. Duarte de Menezes was the 3rd Count of Viana do Alentejo, 2nd Count of Viana , Lord of Caminha and the first Portuguese captain of Alcácer-Ceguer.- Family :Duarte de Menezes was an illegitimate...	1437 - 1438
Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real Fernando de Noronha, 2nd Count of Vila Real Dom Fernando de Noronha was a 15th C. Castilian-Portuguese nobleman. He was the 2nd Count of Vila Real, a title which he acquired and shared by his marriage to Brites de Menezes, 2nd Countess of Vila Real and the third Portuguese governor of Ceuta from 1437.Fernando de Noronha united two...	1438 - 1445
António Pacheco António Pacheco António Manuel Pacheco Domingos , known as Pacheco, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left winger.-External links:**...	1445 - 1447
Fernando Fernando I, Duke of Braganza Ferdinand was the second son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira de Alvim .-Life:... , Count of Arraiolos Count of Arraiolos Count of Arraiolos is a Portuguese title granted, in 1377 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom Álvaro Pires de Castro, a galician noble, brother of Inês de Castro... (later 2nd Duke of Braganza Duke of Braganza The title Duke of Braganza in the House of Braganza is one of the most important titles in the peerage of Portugal. Since the House of Braganza acceded to the throne of Portugal in 1640, the male heir of the Portuguese Crown was known as the Duke of Braganza and Prince of Brazil until 1822, or... )	1447 - 1448
António Pacheco António Pacheco António Manuel Pacheco Domingos , known as Pacheco, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a left winger.-External links:**...	1448
Fernando Fernando I, Duke of Braganza Ferdinand was the second son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira de Alvim .-Life:... , Count of Arraiolos Count of Arraiolos Count of Arraiolos is a Portuguese title granted, in 1377 by King Fernando I of Portugal, to Dom Álvaro Pires de Castro, a galician noble, brother of Inês de Castro... (later 2nd Duke of Braganza Duke of Braganza The title Duke of Braganza in the House of Braganza is one of the most important titles in the peerage of Portugal. Since the House of Braganza acceded to the throne of Portugal in 1640, the male heir of the Portuguese Crown was known as the Duke of Braganza and Prince of Brazil until 1822, or... )	1448 - 1451
Sancho de Noronha, Count of Odemira Count of Odemira Count of Odemira was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on October 9, 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal....	1450 - 1456
Infante Fernando of Portugal, Duke of Viseu Duke of Viseu Duke of Viseu was a Portuguese Royal Dukedom created in 1415 by King John I of Portugal for his third male child, Prince Henry the Navigator, following the conquest of Ceuta....	1456
Sancho de Noronha, Count of Odemira Count of Odemira Count of Odemira was a Portuguese title of nobility granted to D. Sancho de Noronha by royal decree issued on October 9, 1446, by King Afonso V of Portugal....	1456 - 1460
Pedro de Menezes, Marquis of Vila Real Marquis of Vila Real Marquis of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from March 1, 1489, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Pedro de Menezes, also known as Peter II of Menezes, 3rd Count of Vila Real.The House of Vila Real was the most powerful aristocratic House...	1461 - 1462
Pedro de Albuquerque	1462 - 1463
Pedro de Menezes, Marquis of Vila Real Marquis of Vila Real Marquis of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from March 1, 1489, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Pedro de Menezes, also known as Peter II of Menezes, 3rd Count of Vila Real.The House of Vila Real was the most powerful aristocratic House...	1463 - 1464
João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos Ribeiro	1464 - 1479
Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos Ribeiro	1479 - 1481
João de Noronha	1481 - 1487
António de Noronha, Count of Linhares	1487 - 1490
Fernando de Menezes, Marquis of Vila Real Marquis of Vila Real Marquis of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from March 1, 1489, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Pedro de Menezes, also known as Peter II of Menezes, 3rd Count of Vila Real.The House of Vila Real was the most powerful aristocratic House...	1491 - 1509
Pedro Barbo Alardo	1509 - 1512
Pedro de Menezes, Count of Alcoutim Count of Alcoutim Count of Alcoutim was a Portuguese title of nobility, subsidiary to the one of Marquis of Vila Real, created by a royal decree, dated from November 15th, 1496, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Fernando de Menezes, also known as Ferdinand II of Menezes, 2nd Marquis of Vila Real, 4th...	1512 - 1517
João da Silva, Count of Portalegre Count of Portalegre Count of Portalegre was a Portuguese title of nobility created by royal decree dated from February 6, 1498, by King Manuel I of Portugal, and granted to Diogo da Silva....	1518 - 1519
Gomes da Silva de Vasconcelos	1519 - 1521
João de Noronha	1522 - 1524
Pedro de Menezes, Count of Alcoutim Count of Alcoutim Count of Alcoutim was a Portuguese title of nobility, subsidiary to the one of Marquis of Vila Real, created by a royal decree, dated from November 15th, 1496, by King John II of Portugal, and granted to Dom Fernando de Menezes, also known as Ferdinand II of Menezes, 2nd Marquis of Vila Real, 4th...	1524 - 1525
Gomes da Silva de Vasconcelos	1525 - 1529
Nuno Álvares Pereira de Noronha	1529 - 1539
Afonso de Noronha	1540 - 1549
Antão de Noronha	1549
Martim Correia da Silva	1549 - 1550
Pedro de Menezes	1550 - 1553
Pedro da Cunha	1553
João Rodriges Pereira	1553
Martim Correia da Silva	1553 - 1555
Jorge Vieira	1555 - 1557
Fernão de Menezes	1557 - 1562
Miguel de Menezes, Count of Vila Real Count of Vila Real Count of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, in 1424, by King John I of Portugal, and granted to Dom Pedro de Menezes, also known as Peter I of Menezes, 1st Count of Viana .The Menezes, a high nobility family quite close to the first Dynasty Kings in Portugal,...	1562 - 1563
Fernão de Menezes	1563 - 1564
Pedro da Cunha	1564 - 1565
Francisco Pereira	1566 - 1567
Manuel de Menezes Manuel de Menezes, Duke of Vila Real D. Manuel of Menezes was the second son of Pedro de Menezes 5th Marquis of Vila Real and of his wife, Beatrice of Lara .... , Duke of Vila Real Duke of Vila Real Duke of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by royal decree, dated from February 28, 1585, by King Philip I of Portugal , and granted to Dom Manuel de Menezes, 5th Marquis of Vila Real and 7th Count of Vila Real.The title was granted by the King in one life, to the 5th Marquis of...	1567 - 1574
Diogo Lopes da França	1574 - 1577
Manuel de Menezes Manuel de Menezes, Duke of Vila Real D. Manuel of Menezes was the second son of Pedro de Menezes 5th Marquis of Vila Real and of his wife, Beatrice of Lara .... , Duke of Vila Real Duke of Vila Real Duke of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by royal decree, dated from February 28, 1585, by King Philip I of Portugal , and granted to Dom Manuel de Menezes, 5th Marquis of Vila Real and 7th Count of Vila Real.The title was granted by the King in one life, to the 5th Marquis of...	1577 - 1578
Dionísio Pereira	1578 - 1580
Jorge Pessanha	1580 - 1586
Gil Anes da Costa	1586 - 1591
Francisco de Andrade Francisco de Andrade Francisco de Andrade is a Portuguese competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Joaquim Fiúza.-References:...	1591 - 1592
Miguel de Menezes, Duke of Caminha Duke of Caminha The title duke of Caminha was created by royal decree, dated from 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal , to Dom Miguel Luís de Menezes, 6th Marquis of Vila Real and 8th Count of Vila Real.The title was later passed on to his nephew Miguel Luís II, 2nd Duke of Caminha, who was executed...	1592 - 1594
Mendo de Ledesma	1594 - 1597
Miguel de Menezes, Duke of Caminha Duke of Caminha The title duke of Caminha was created by royal decree, dated from 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal , to Dom Miguel Luís de Menezes, 6th Marquis of Vila Real and 8th Count of Vila Real.The title was later passed on to his nephew Miguel Luís II, 2nd Duke of Caminha, who was executed...	1597 - 1601
Afonso de Noronha	1602 - 1605
Miguel de Menezes, Duke of Caminha Duke of Caminha The title duke of Caminha was created by royal decree, dated from 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal , to Dom Miguel Luís de Menezes, 6th Marquis of Vila Real and 8th Count of Vila Real.The title was later passed on to his nephew Miguel Luís II, 2nd Duke of Caminha, who was executed...	1605 - 1616
Luís de Noronha e Menezes, Duke of Vila Real Duke of Vila Real Duke of Vila Real was a Portuguese title of nobility created by royal decree, dated from February 28, 1585, by King Philip I of Portugal , and granted to Dom Manuel de Menezes, 5th Marquis of Vila Real and 7th Count of Vila Real.The title was granted by the King in one life, to the 5th Marquis of...	1616 - 1622
Miguel de Menezes, Duke of Caminha Duke of Caminha The title duke of Caminha was created by royal decree, dated from 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal , to Dom Miguel Luís de Menezes, 6th Marquis of Vila Real and 8th Count of Vila Real.The title was later passed on to his nephew Miguel Luís II, 2nd Duke of Caminha, who was executed...	1623
António da Costa Albuquerque	1623 - 1624
Fernão de Mascarenhas, Count of Torre	1624 - 1625
Gonçalo Correia Alcoforado	1625
Miguel de Menezes, Duke of Caminha Duke of Caminha The title duke of Caminha was created by royal decree, dated from 14 December 1620, by King Philip III of Portugal , to Dom Miguel Luís de Menezes, 6th Marquis of Vila Real and 8th Count of Vila Real.The title was later passed on to his nephew Miguel Luís II, 2nd Duke of Caminha, who was executed...	1625 - 1626
Dinis de Mascarenhas de Lencastre	1627
Jorge de Mendonça Pessanha	1627 - 1634
Brás Teles de Meneses	1634 - 1636
Fernão Teles de Meneses	1637
Francisco de Almeida	1637 - 1640

Since 1640, Ceuta

Ceuta

didn't recognize the Portuguese

Portuguese people

sovereignty, becoming controlled by Spain

Spain

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List of Portuguese Governors of Ceuta

Governor	Period
Francisco de Almeida (interim)	1640 - 1641

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