Diogo Lopes de Sequeira

D. Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465–1530) was a Portuguese fidalgo, sent to analyze the trade potential in Madagascar and Malacca. He arrived at Malacca on 11 September 1509 and left the next year when he discovered that Sultan Mahmud Shah was planning his assassination. This gave Afonso de Albuquerque the opportunity to embark upon his expedition of conquests.

Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
Portrait in Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu, c. 1560
Captain-major of Gold Coast
In office 1503?–1506?
Monarch	Manuel I
Preceded by	Fernão Lopes Correia
Succeeded by	António de Bobadilha
Governor of India
In office 1518–1522
Monarchs	Manuel I John III
Preceded by	Lopo Soares de Albergaria
Succeeded by	Duarte de Meneses
Personal details
Born	1465 Alandroal, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	1530 (aged 65) Alandroal, Kingdom of Portugal

Sequeira was subsequently made governor of Portuguese India (1518–1522), and in 1520 led a military campaign into the Red Sea which hastened the first legitimate Portuguese embassy to Ethiopia.

See also

• Portuguese Malacca
• Portuguese India

Further reading

• Ronald Bishop Smith, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, "Diogo Lopes de Sequeira: Elements on His Office of Almotacé Mor", Silvas, 1975 (Inclui o texto de cinco cartas (Fev.1524-Dez.1524) trocadas entre o rei, D.João III e Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, regulador real de pesos, medidas e preços).
• David B. Quinn, Cecil H. Clough, Paul Edward Hedley Hair, "The European outthrust and encounter", p. 97, Liverpool University Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-85323-229-2
• Henry Morse Stephens, "Albuquerque", p. 97 – the conquest of Malacca
• James Maxwell Anderson, "The history of Portugal", p. 72, conquest of the city of Malacca, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 978-0-313-31106-2
• Sanjay Subrahmanyam, "The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama", p. 300, Cambridge University Press, 1997