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Martim Afonso de Castro
Martim Afonso de Castro
	Martim Afonso de Castro in Ásia Portuguesa of Manuel de Faria e Sousa, 1675.
Viceroy of Portuguese India
	In office; 1605–1607
Monarch	Sebastian of Portugal
Preceded by	Aires de Saldanha
Succeeded by	Aleixo de Meneses
Personal details
Born	1560; Kingdom of Portugal
Died	3 June 1607 (aged 46–47); Portuguese Malacca
Military service
Allegiance	Portuguese Empire
Battles/wars	Aceh expedition (1606); Dutch-Portuguese War Siege of Malacca; Battle of Cape Rachado;

Martim Afonso de Castro (died 3 June 1607 in Malacca) was a Portuguese Viceroy of India. He commanded the Portuguese Navy in the Battle of Cape Rachado and fought over the present day Malaccan exclave of Tanjung Tuan in 1606.^[1]^[2]

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^ History of the rise of the Mahomedan power in India, till the year ..., Volume 3 By Muḥammad Q¿asim Hind¿u-Š¿ah Astar¿ab¿ad¿i Firišta, John Briggs
^ The Portuguese missions in Malacca and Singapore (1511-1958)

Borschberg, Peter (2016). Admiral Matelieff's Singapore and Johor, 1606-1616. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 9789814722186.
Borschberg, Peter (2015). Journal, Memorials and Letters of Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge. Singapore: NUS Press. ISBN 9789971697983.

Martim Afonso de Castro
Martim Afonso de Castro in Ásia Portuguesa of Manuel de Faria e Sousa, 1675.

Viceroy of Portuguese India
In office 1605–1607
Monarch	Sebastian of Portugal
Preceded by	Aires de Saldanha
Succeeded by	Aleixo de Meneses

Personal details
Born	1560 (1560) Kingdom of Portugal
Died	3 June 1607(1607-06-03) (aged 46–47) Portuguese Malacca
Military service
Allegiance	Portuguese Empire
Battles/wars	Aceh expedition (1606) Dutch-Portuguese War Siege of Malacca Battle of Cape Rachado