Fra' Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos (c. 1542 – March 7, 1623) was the 55th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, between 1622 and 1623.

He was born in Évora

Évora

Évora is a municipality in Portugal. It has total area of with a population of 55,619 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Évora District and capital of the Alentejo region. The municipality is composed of 19 civil parishes, and is located in Évora District....

, Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

, c. 1542 and died on March 7, 1623 in Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

. He was the son of Francisco Mendes de Vasconcelos (brother of Luís da Costa, a servant of Henrique of Portugal) and wife Isabel Pais de Oliveira, paternal grandson of Cristóvão Nunes da Costa (natural son of Luís Nunes da Costa by Isabel Botelho and brother of Brás Nunes da Costa who had natural issue by Catarina Anes) and wife Catarina Mendes de Vasconcelos and maternal grandson of Paio Rodrigues de Vilalobos and wife Isabel de Oliveira.

External links

• Portrait of Grandmaster Fra Luis Mendes de Vasconcellos