Vasco Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Óbidos

His Lordship The Count of Óbidos OC
Portrait at the Gallery of Viceroys and Governors of India, Goa
27th Viceroy of Portuguese India
In office 1663–1667
Monarch	Peter II
Preceded by	Francisco Barreto de Meneses
Succeeded by	Alexandre de Sousa Freire
17th Viceroy of Brazil
In office May 1640 – 1640
Monarch	John IV
Preceded by	Fernando de Mascarenhas
Succeeded by	Jorge de Mascarenhas
Personal details
Born	Vasco Mascarenhas ca. 1605
Died	4 July 1678
Nationality	Portuguese

General Vasco Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Óbidos, OC (c. 1605–4 July 1678), was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial governor, who was Governor General of Brazil, Viceroy of Brazil and Viceroy of India.^[1]

He was the son of Fernão Martins Mascarenhas, Lord of Lavre, and his wife, Maria of Lancaster, great-grandchild of Dinis of Braganza, Count of Lemos and a dynast of the House of Lancaster and of the House of Braganza.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Portuguese Royal Family
• Portuguese Empire

References

1. "Biography of Vasco Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Óbedos" (PDF).

Preceded by 2nd Interim Council of Government of Portuguese India

Viceroy of Portuguese India 1652–1653

Succeeded by Brás de Castro