Francisco Barreto de Meneses

Francisco Barreto de Meneses


Governor of São Tomé and Príncipe
In office 1632–1632
Monarch	Philip III of Portugal
Preceded by	Lourenço Pires de Távora
Succeeded by	Lourenço Pires de Távora
Governor of Pernambuco
In office 28 January 1654 – 26 May 1657
Monarch	John IV of Portugal
Preceded by	Dutch occupation
Succeeded by	André Vidal de Negreiros
Governor-General of Brazil
In office 18 June 1657 – 21 July 1663
Monarch	Afonso VI of Portugal
Preceded by	Jerónimo de Ataíde
Succeeded by	Vasco de Mascarenhas

Personal details
Born	1616 Viceroyalty of Peru
Died	21 January 1688(1688-01-21) (aged 71–72) Portuguese colony of Brazil
Military service
Allegiance	Portuguese Empire
Branch/service	Army
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Dutch-Portuguese War First Battle of Guararapes Second Battle of Guararapes

Francisco Barreto de Meneses (1616 – 21 January 1688) was a Portuguese military officer and a colonial administrator in the colonies of São Tomé and Príncipe and Brazil.

He was born during the Iberian Union and his Portuguese father was a military officer at Peru. A brave soldier, he was chosen to command the colonial troops in the uprising that took place in Pernambuco which drove out the Dutch from the Northeast of Brazil, finishing the 24-year-long Dutch occupation of Brazil.

He arrived in the colony of Brazil in 1647, was arrested but managed to escape. With the rank of "Master-of-Field-General" (in Portuguese Mestre-de-Campo-General) he commanded the "Patriot Army" of 25,000 men, composed of four Terços, led by Fernandes Vieira, André Vidal de Negreiros, Henrique Dias and Filipe Camarão, beating the Dutch in the First and Second Battle of Guararapes in 1648 and 1649.^[1] For such achievement he was awarded with the title of "Restorer of Pernambuco".

He was Governor of Pernambuco and later, from 18 June 1657 to 1663, General-Governor of Brazil,^[2] succeeding Dom Jerónimo de Ataíde, 6th Count of Atouguia.

Notes

^ "Batalha dos Guararapes" (in Portuguese). História Brasileira. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
^ "Francisco Barreto de Meneses" (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP.

Governors-general and Viceroys of Portuguese America

State of Brazil
(1549-1815)

Tomé de Sousa • Duarte da Costa • Mem de Sá • Luís de Brito e Almeida • Lourenço da Veiga • Manuel Teles Barreto • Francisco de Sousa • Diogo Botelho • Diogo de Meneses e Sequeira • Gaspar de Sousa • Luís de Sousa • Diogo de Mendonça Furtado • Matias de Albuquerque • Francisco de Moura Rolim • Diogo Luís de Oliveira • Pedro da Silva • Fernando de Mascarenhas • António Teles da Silva • António Teles de Meneses • João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa • Jerónimo de Ataíde • Francisco Barreto de Meneses • Vasco de Mascarenhas • Alexandre de Sousa Freire • Afonso Furtado de Castro de Mendonça • Roque da Costa Barreto • António Luís de Sousa Telo de Meneses • Matias da Cunha •António Luís Coutinho da Câmara • João de Lencastre • Rodrigo da Costa • Luís César de Meneses • Lourenço de Almada • Pedro de Vasconcelos e Sousa • Pedro António de Noronha • Sancho de Faro e Sousa • Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses • André de Melo e Castro • Luís Pedro Peregrino de Carvalho e Ataíde • António de Almeida Soares Portugal • António Álvares da Cunha • António Rolim de Moura Tavares • Luís de Almeida Silva Mascarenhas • Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa • José Luís de Castro • Fernando José de Portugal e Castro • Marcos de Noronha e Brito

State of Maranhão
(1621-1751)

Domingos da Costa Machado • António Moniz Barreiros Filho • António Coelho de Carvalho • Jácome Raimundo de Noronha • Bento Maciel Parente • Pedro de Albuquerque Melo • Francisco Coelho de Carvalho • Luís de Magalhães • André Vidal de Negreiros • Pedro de Mello • Rui Vaz de Siqueira • António de Albuquerque Velho • Pedro César de Meneses • Inácio Coelho da Silva • Francisco de Sá de Meneses • Gomes Freire de Andrade • Artur de Sá de Meneses • António de Albuquerque Coelho de Carvalho • Manuel Rolim de Moura Tavares • João Velasco de Molina • Cristóvão da Costa Freire • Bernardo Pereira de Berredo • Alexandre de Sousa Freire • José da Serra • João de Abreu Castelo Branco • José da Serra • Francisco Pedro de Mendonça Gorjão •

State of Grão-Pará and
Maranhão (1751-1772)

Luís de Vasconcelos Lobo • Severino de Faria • Gonçalo Lobato e Sousa • Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas • Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas • António de Sales e Noronha • José Teles da Silva • Fernando Pereira Leite de Foios • Fernando António Soares de Noronha • Diogo de Sousa • António de Saldanha da Gama • Francisco de Mello Câmara • José Tomás de Meneses • Paulo José da Silva Gama •

State of Maranhão
and Piauí (1772-1775)

Joaquim de Mello e Póvoas

State of Grão-Pará
and Rio Negro
(1772-1775)

João Pereira Caldas