father reign death_date mother birth_place death_place title image_size birth_date coronation spouse image article_title name type
don of king mayadunne 's army -rrb- jeronimo corea -lrb- mudaliyar vikramasinha -rrb- -lrb- commander-in-chief 1596 1596 anna devi colombo colombo king of kotte and sitawaka 170 1565 in of the kandyan kingdom the court of vimala dharma suriya , king princess , ruler of the principality of the seven korales subadra devi , daughter of king veediya bandara flag_of_ceylon . svg dominicus corea
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dominicus corea

dominicus corea -lrb- sinhalese family name edirille bandara -rrb- also known as domingos corea and edirille rala , was the son of don jeronimo corea and anna corea .
don jeronimo corea was also known as mudaliyar vikramasinha , commander-in-chief of king mayadunne 's army .
jeronimo corea was assassinated by king mayadunne 's son , rajasinghe .
dominicus corea was born in colombo in 1565 .
at that time , the portuguese had colonised ceylon , and his parents converted to catholicism .
following the murder of don jeronimo corea , his two sons , dominicus and simon were sent to colombo for safety -- at the time king dharmapala was reigning in the kingdom of kotte .
dominicus and simon were baptised as catholics and grew up with the young prince konappu bandara -- later on he reigned as king vimala dharma suriya of the kandyan kingdom .
de queyroz , the great portuguese historian writing about dominicus corea noted that `` he was able to read and write like a well bred man . ''
trained from boyhood warlike pursuits , he was skilled in arms , and was dreaded as being one of the most expert swordsmen in his time .
