Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos

Luís Mendes de Vasconcellos
Governor of Portuguese Angola
In office 1617–1621
Monarch	Philip II of Portugal
Preceded by	Manuel Cerveira Pereira
Succeeded by	João Correia de Sousa
Grand Master of the Order of Malta
In office 1617–1621
Preceded by	Alof de Wignacourt
Succeeded by	Antoine de Paule
Personal details
Born	c. 1542 Évora, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	7 March 1623 Malta
Nationality	Portuguese
Military service
Allegiance	Portuguese Empire Order of Malta

Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos (c. 1542 – March 7, 1623) was colonial Governor of Angola, between 1617 and 1621 and the 55th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, between 1622 and 1623.

He was born in Évora, Portugal, c. 1542 and died on March 7, 1623 in Malta. He was the son of Francisco Mendes de Vasconcelos (brother of Luís da Costa, a servant of Henrique of Portugal) and wife Isabel Pais de Oliveira, paternal grandson of Cristóvão Nunes da Costa (natural son of Luís Nunes da Costa by Isabel Botelho and brother of Brás Nunes da Costa who had natural issue by Catarina Anes) and wife Catarina Mendes de Vasconcelos and maternal grandson of Paio Rodrigues de Vilalobos and wife Isabel de Oliveira.

External links

• Portrait of Grandmaster Fra Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos

Preceded by Alof de Wignacourt

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1622–1623

Succeeded by Antoine de Paule