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Estêvão da Gama (c. 1505 — 1576), foi um militar e administrador colonial português, tendo exercido o cargo de governador da Índia Portuguesa. [1] Biografia. Filho de D. Vasco da Gama e de sua mulher Catarina de Ataíde, D. Estêvão da Gama nasceu em data incerta, presumivelmente em 1505.
Estêvão da Gama ( 1430 - 1497) foi um navegador português do século XV, pai dos exploradores Paulo e Vasco da Gama. Ocupou várias posições dentro do Reino de Portugal e serviu aos reis de seu tempo.
- Family and Early Life
- Order of Santiago
- Marriage and Family
- Service to John II
- Death, Planned Indian Voyage
- Namesakes
Estêvão da Gama was the eldest son (out of four) of a certain Vasco da Gama of Olivença and Dona Teresa da Silva. In the 1460s, Estêvão was a knight in the household of the royal prince Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, and, at some point, entered the military Order of Santiago. He was subsequently rewarded for his services with the position of Alc...
Around 1472, the mastership of the Order of Santiago fell into the hands of Infante D. João, the royal prince and heir. Upon ascending to the throne as King John II of Portugal in 1481, the Order's fortunes - and Estêvão da Gama's - rose with him. Through the 1480s, Estêvão da Gama climbed through the ranks of the Order of Santiago, holding a varie...
Estêvão da Gama married Isabel Sodré, a daughter of João Sodré (also known as João de Resende), scion of a well-connected family of English origin. She was the sister of Vicente Sodré and Brás Sodré. Estêvão da Gama and Isabel Sodré had five sons, in probable order of age, Paulo da Gama, João Sodré (who took his mother's surname), Vasco da Gama, Pe...
After Bartolomeu Dias doubled the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, Estêvão da Gama was appointed by John II to lead the first sea expedition from Portugal to India (at least according to chroniclers Barros and Castanheda). This expedition, however, did not materialize in the lifetime of either men. In 1491, John II attentions became embroiled in a domest...
At the death of John II in 1495, Estêvão da Gama and his sons remained part of the opposition party gathered around D. Jorge in Palmela, against King Manuel I. The new king resurrected John II's plans for the India expedition, and the appointment was, once again, to go to Estêvão da Gama, as had been earlier promised. But by the time the expedition...
One of Vasco da Gama's sons, Estêvão da Gama, who would become Portuguese governor of India(1540–1542), was named for him. [There is a third Estêvão da Gama in the lists of this time - the one who led a squadrons of the 4th Armada(1502). He was a first cousin of Vasco da Gama - that is the son of Aires da Gama, a younger brother of the elder Estêvã...
Estêvão da Gama (c. 1470) foi um navegador e explorador Português, denominador da ilha da ilha da Trindade [1] no arquipélago de Trindade e Martim Vaz, hoje pertencente ao Brasil. [2] Estêvão da Gama era primo em segundo grau de Vasco da Gama, filho do seu primo Aires da Gama, como refere Manuel de Faria e Sousa na sua obra ...
Estêvão da Gama (c. 1505–1576) was the Portuguese governor of Portuguese Gold Coast (1529–1535) and Portuguese India (1540–1542). Named after his paternal grandfather Estêvão da Gama, Estêvão was the second son of Vasco da Gama, and the brother of Cristóvão da Gama.
Estêvão da Gama, foi um militar e administrador colonial português, tendo exercido o cargo de governador da Índia Portuguesa.
Cavaleiro-fidalgo da Casa d'el Rei. Escrivão das Casas da Índia e Mina. Teve pelo menos um filho, a saber, Fernão Gomes da Gama, que sucedeu.
