Pedro Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Sandomil
Portuguese nobleman
About Pedro Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Sandomil
Pedro Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Sandomil was a Portuguese.
D. Pedro Mascarenhas, 1st Count of Sandomil (9 November 1670 – 3 August 1745), was a Portuguese nobleman and colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India from 1732 to 1741.
Early life He was born on 9 November 1670 to D. Fernão Mascarenhas and D. Antónia de Bourbon. He was a commander of the Order of Christ and of the Order of Santiago.
His government was effectively disastrous, because in 1739 he lost the ProvÃncia do Norte (Northern Province), and in 1740 a Portuguese squadron was destroyed and captured by Maratha pirates led by the Angria.
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