John III of Portugal
A personal friend of King John III of Portugal, ever since his childhood because he was raised in the King´s household, Martim Afonso de Sousa claimed the concession of an earl title, after his government of India. He failed in this but he became a close advisor of Catherine of Austria, widow of John III of Portugal, when she ruled the Realm between 1557 and 1562. He died in Lisbon in 1564.