Don Diaz Abeysundere Samarakone (Chevalier) - Head Mudaliyar of Portuguese Ceylon also referred to as Samarakone Mudaliyanse Ralahami in Mahawansa or Don Diaz Abeysundere Samarakone Fernández Mudaliyar was a Military Chief and Minister in the Royal Court in the Kingdom of Kotte and later served as the Head Mudaliyar Military Chief of Portuguese Ceylon.
With the growing influence and solidarity of the Portuguese with the then King Weera Parakramabahu VIII and later his heir King Don Juan Dharmapala of Kotte, Samarakone Rala proved his loyalty to the Portuguese which earned him the titles of Diaz and Fernández.
He belonged to a Govigama family named Abeysundere Samarakone Mudaliyanse in Hakmana which is confirmed in Rajavaliya and Mahawansa, despite the attempts of certain clans and castes attempting to distort history by stating he belonged to the Karawa caste due to the honorary titles he was awarded by the Portuguese.
[3] This family is one of the most influential aristocrats in the Kotte Kingdom and later Portuguese Ceylon.
Maha Mudaliyar Don Diaz Fernández Abeysundere Samarakone (Chevalier) – Head Mudaliyar of Portuguese Ceylon (following the death of Don Juan, Don Miguel (brother) married Balaethana and the following were born) (Following the death of the lady from the Kitalagama Rajapaksa Yapa family, Don Aelias married a lady from the Madawala Abeysiriwardene Kulatunga family from Madawala Walawwa, and the following were born) (following the death of Dona Catherine, a lady from the Dissanayaka family of Nakulugamuwa Walawwa was married to Don David and the following were born)