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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.

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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


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