Portrait of Lopo Soares de Albergaria in Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu, c. 1560
Captain-major of Portuguese Gold Coast
In office 1495–1499
Monarchs
John II of Portugal Manuel I of Portugal
Preceded by
João Fogaça
Succeeded by
Nuno Vaz de Castelo Branco
Governor of Portuguese India
In office 1515–1518
Monarch
Manuel I of Portugal
Preceded by
Afonso de Albuquerque
Succeeded by
Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
Personal details
Born
c. 1460 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died
1520 (aged 59–60) Torres Vedras, Kingdom of Portugal
Spouse
Ana de Albuquerque
Children
Guiomar de Albuquerque Catarina de Albuquerque
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Portuguese Empire
Commands
6th Portuguese India Armada
Battles/wars
Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts
Lopo Soares de Albergaria (c. 1460 – c. 1520) was the fifth captain-major of the Portuguese Gold Coast and third governor of Portuguese India, having reached India in 1515 to succeed Afonso de Albuquerque as governor.
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Kollam. The sixth Portuguese expedition to India was commanded by LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria, who bombarded Calicut, relieved Duarte Pacheco Pereira and the...
harbor of Jeddah between a Portuguese expeditionary force under LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria and Ottoman elements under Selman Reis. The Portuguese fleet arrived...
dispatches announcing that he was to be replaced by his personal foe, LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria. Realizing the plot that his enemies had moved against him, profoundly...
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LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria. After a brief fight, the Portuguese failed to capture the city. In 1517, the Portuguese governor of India LopoSoaresde Albergaria...
(Havilah) had been sacked by the Portuguese governor of Old Goa, LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria, while its Harla chief Mahfuz invaded Abyssinia in 1517. Havilah...
sister, Teresa da Gama, who married Lopo Mendes de Vasconcelos. Little is known of da Gama's early life. Teixeira de Aragão suggests that he studied at...
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a naval engagement between the Portuguese forces commanded by LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria, a famous Portuguese commander, and a large fleet of then Mamluk...
fleet commanded by LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria. In April 1506, a fleet of ten ships under Tristão da Cunha and four ships under Afonso de Albuquerque departed...
settlements on the Gold Coast included the following: Fort Santo António de Axim, modern Axim: established 1515 Fort São Francisco Xavier, modern Osu...
500 soldiers. The flagship was the carrack São Rafael captained by Fernão Soares. The mission's primary aims were to bring the spice trade under Portuguese...
that same year, and another attempt by Albuquerque's successor LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria in 1516. Bahrain was captured in 1521, when a force led by António...
fourteen. To get thirteen again, they assume Albergaria doesn't have his own ship, but is aboard Pêro de Mendonça's ship on outbound journey. Other 1504...
Portuguese fleet under LopoSoaresdeAlbergaria in September, 1504 (and a year later, the armada led by Francisco de Almeida and Afonso de Albuquerque), alarmed...
from April 1529 to 1538. He was named to end the government of governor Lopo Vaz de Sampaio (1526–1529) and brought orders, by King John III of Portugal...