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The Portuguese Pedro Lopez welcomes the Empress of Ceylon, Dona Catharina

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The Portuguese Pedro Lopez welcomes the Empress of Ceylon, Dona Catharina

Waasbergen, Johannes Janssonius / Anoniem / Anonymous

The Portuguese Pedro Lopez welcomes the Empress of Ceylon, Dona Catharina. The Ceylonese monarch Rajasingha, who ruled from 1582 to 1593 (see the remarks alongside: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, inv. nr. 189 A 6 part II, p. 4) had dethroned Dona Catharina's father. After Rajasingha's death the king of Candy, Vimala Dharma Suriya, attempted to fill the power vacuum. But the Portuguese defeated him and installed Dona Catharina as empress.

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Sources and literature

Baldaeus, Philippus, Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel: Derzelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige Eyland Ceylon (1672)

Silva, R.K. de en W.G.M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602 - 1796 (1988)