Career
He was a military official, diplomat, and colonial governor, serving the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of Afonso VI of Portugal, Pedro II of Portugal, and João V of Portugal. Maria Inácia de Távora (1678)
Bernardo António Filipe Neri de Távora, second count of Alvor (1681)
António Luis de Távora (1689). Governor of Portuguese Angola (1669–1676)
Governor of Portuguese India (56th) (1681–1686)
Vice-Roy of India (33rd) (1681–1686)
Another Francisco de Távora commanded the Great King during the naval battle of Diu (1509).