[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]
[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]
[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]
[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]
[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz] [MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]
[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]
FILIPE II DE ESPANHA

[MANUSCRIT] [Lettre de nomination officielle du gouverneur d'Ormuz]

Lisbon
1582
Condition : Très bon
Reference : 46
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Autograph manuscript Portuguese official letter on vellum signed "El Rey" in the manner and custom of Portuguese Kings (the monarch signs as Portuguese King: Filipe I of Portugal), dated Lisbon, May 18, 1582. The letter is a royal warrant recognizing the claims that Dona Isabel de Castro had presented to the governors of the Kingdom of Portugal regarding the rights of her deceased son Dom Fernando de Castello Branco, including the official appointment as governor of Hormuz.

The King decided to settle these claims by granting the same honor to the other son of Dona Isabel, Dom Martinho de Castello Branco.

Dom Martinho de Castello Branco was thus entrusted with the government of Hormuz for a period of three years, receiving a salary of 600,000 reis per year, the King counting on him to defend and guard the place but also to manage it as a commercial bastion of the Portuguese Empire.

Dona Isabel de Castro was also the mother of another descendant of the Castello Branco family, who was the main supporter of Philip II's claims to the Portuguese throne, and who was known in history as the Conde do Sabugal; this may explain why the Spanish monarch was so keen to bestow such an honor and profitable office on a member of this family. An official Portuguese document, mentioning the importance that Hormuz kept almost 80 years after its conquest by the Portuguese.

FILIPE II DE ESPANHA