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Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579) was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 until 1553. He was a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim.
Tomé de Sousa (born c. 1515—died 1573) was a Portuguese nobleman and soldier who became the first governor-general (1549–53) of the Portuguese colony of Brazil. After military service in Africa and India, Sousa led a 1,000-man expedition to Brazil, where he built the fortified capital of Salvador .
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Tomé de Sousa (b. c. 1502; d. 1579) first governor-general of Brazil. Of noble birth, Sousa was the illegitimate son of a prior. A descendant of King Afonso III, he spent his youth at the royal court under the patronage of his cousin, the count of Castenheira, Antônio de Ataíde.
Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579) was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 until 1553. He was a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim.
Tomé de Sousa´s responsibilities as governor general ended on 13 July, 1553, about one and a half years after the expiration of his initial term, when his successor, Dom Duarte da Costa, took office.
Em Rates, Tomé de Sousa foi o primeiro titular da comenda da Ordem de Cristo em 1517, após a desorganização do mosteiro de Rates. Foi comendador de Rates e de Arruda.
Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579) was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 until 1553. He was a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim.
