List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon
The following is a list of Portuguese captain-general of Portuguese Ceylon. The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous captain-generals until 1658. The post of captain-general was preceded by that of the Captain-major in 1551 and before that by Captain in 1518.
