António Luís de Sousa, 2nd Marquis of Minas

António Luís de Sousa, 4th count of Prado and 2nd marquês das Minas, (april 6 ,1644–December 25, 1721) was a Portuguese general and governor-general of Brazil.

He was the son of Don Francisco, the first marquês das Minas, and his second wife D. Eufrásia Filipa de Lima.

From a very young age on, he was destined for a military career. At the age of 14, he was present with his father at the Battle of the Lines of Elvas. The following years, he fought the Spanish in the northern Minho province, becoming a general in 1665 after the conquest of Guarda.

After the Peace Treaty of Lisbon he became military governor of Minho in the absence of his father, who was send as ambassador to Rome. He assumed the title of marquês das Minas , after the death of his father in 1674.

Between 1684 and 1687 he was governor-general of Brazil. He had to restore the peace after the mismanagment of his predecessors, and was confronted with a serious epidemic in the Bahia province.

In 1687 he returned to Portugal and was appointed counsellor of war.