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Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos was a Portuguese nobleman who served as colonial Governor of Angola between 1617 and 1621, and the 55th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John between 1622 and 1623. He was also a writer.

He was born in vora, Portugal in around 1542 . He was the son of Francisco Mendes de Vasconcelos and Isabel Pais de Oliveira paternal grandson of Cristvo Nunes da Costa and Catarina Mendes de Vasconcelos and maternal grandson of Paio Rodrigues de Vilalobos and Isabel de Oliveira.

Source: Wikipedia