caption monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place allegiance nationality office battles birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
the by estácio de sá founding of the city of rio de janeiro sebastian i of portugal office created mem de sá 20 february 1567 santarém , kingdom of portugal rio de janeiro , colony of brazil portuguese empire portuguese governor of rio de janeiro battle of rio de janeiro 1520 1565 fundação do rio de janeiro.jpg estácio de sá
 1567 estácio de sá
estácio de sá

estácio de sá -lrb- 1520 -- 1567 -rrb- was a portuguese soldier and officer .
sá travelled to the colony of brazil on the orders of the portuguese crown to wage war on the french colonists commanded by nicolas durand de villegaignon .
these french colonists had established themselves in 1555 at guanabara bay in rio de janeiro , in a settlement known as `` france antarctique '' .
he was the founder of rio de janeiro , now the second largest city in brazil .
