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Martim Afonso de Castro

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Monarch
  
Sebastian of Portugal

Succeeded by
  
Aleixo de Menezes

Name
  
Martim de


Nationality
  
Portuguese

Preceded by
  
Aires de Saldanha

Allegiance
  
Portuguese Empire

Martim Afonso de Castro

Born
  
1560 Kingdom of Portugal (
1560
)

Battles/wars
  
Dutch-Portuguese War Siege of Malacca Battle of Cape Rachado

Died
  
June 3, 1607, Portuguese Malacca

Battles and wars
  
Siege of Malacca, Battle of Cape Rachado, Dutch–Portuguese War

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Martim Afonso de Castro (died June 3, 1607 in Malacca) was a Portuguese Viceroy of India. He commanded the Portuguese Navy in the Battle of Cape Rachado, fought over the present day Malaccan exclave of Tanjung Tuan in 1606.

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Martim Afonso de Castro Wikipedia