Vasco da Gama, Viceroy of India

1460 - 1524  (~ 64 years)

• Name	Vasco da Gama  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Viceroy of India
  Birth	Abt. 1460	Sines, Setubal, Alentejo, Portugal   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	explorer  [1]
  Occupation	1497–1499  [3]
  	navigator
  Occupation	1502–1503  [3]
  	navigator
  Occupation	1524  [3]
  	navigator
  Title	1st Count of Vidigueira  [1, 3]
  Title	Knight of the Order of Christ  [3]
  Title	Bet. 5 Sep–24 Dec 1524  [1]
  	Viceroy of India
  Death	24 Dec 1524	Cochin, Kerala, India   [1, 3]
  Burial	Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal   [1]
  Person ID	I1	Da Gama Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Estêvão da Gama,   b. Abt. 1430, Portugal d. Jul 1497, Portugal (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Isabel Sodre
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catarina de Ataíde
  Children	+ 1. Francisco da Gama, 2nd Count of Vidigueira,   b. Abt. 1500, Sines, Setubal, Alentejo, Portugal   2. Estêvão da Gama,   b. Abt. 1505, Sines, Setubal, Alentejo, Portugal d. 1576, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal (Age ~ 71 years)   3. Paulo da Gama,   b. Sines, Setubal, Alentejo, Portugal   4. Cristóvão da Gama,   b. Abt. 1516, Sines, Setubal, Alentejo, Portugal d. 29 Aug 1542 (Age ~ 26 years)   5. Pedro da Silva da Gama   6. Álvaro de Ataíde da Gama   7. Isabel de Ataíde da Gama
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2024

  
  

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  Vasco da Gama

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] "Vasco da Gama," Wikipedia, last modified 22 Dec 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama. [S2] "Estêvão da Gama," Wikipedia, last modified 24 Nov 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estêvão_da_Gama_(15th_century). [S4] Vasco da Gama: Portuguese Navigator," Encyclopedia Britannica, last modified 2 Dec 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama.