Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval

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Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo
Duke of Cadaval, Marquis of Ferreira
File:Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo.jpg
Born 4 November 1638
Died 29 January 1725
Spouse Maria de Faro
Maria Angélica Henriqueta of Lorraine
Marguerite of Lorraine
Father Francisco de Melo, 3.º marquês de Ferreira
Mother Joana Pimentel
Religion Roman Catholicism

Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, 4th Marquis of Ferreira, 5th Count of Tentúgal (4 November 1638 - 29 January 1725), was a Portuguese nobleman and statesman.

Life

Nuno was a general in the Portuguese Restoration War, which earned him prestige and achieved himself the title of Duke of Cadaval. Following the end of the war, he was made Constable of Portugal in the Portuguese Cortes of 1668.

In June 1670, Nuno became a member of the Ultramarine Council, an administrative organ of the Portuguese Empire.

In 1707, the Duke was made chief of the Portuguese army.

He married firsty Marie Angélique, daughter of François Louis, Count of Harcourt, but she died in childbirth. He married secondly Marguerite of Lorraine (17 November 1662 – 16 December 1730), daughter of Louis, Count of Armagnac. He was grandfather to Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquise of Távora.

Ancestry

Family of Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Rodrigo de Melo, 1st Marquis of Ferreira and 1st Count of Tentúgal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Francisco de Melo, 2nd Marquis of Ferreira and 2nd Count of Tentúgal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Leonor de Almeida
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Count of Tentúgal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Jaime I of Braganza, 4th Duke of Braganza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Eugénia de Bragança
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Joana de Mendoça
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Francisco de Melo, 3rd Marquis of Ferreira and 4th Count of Tentúgal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Álvaro Lope de Moscoso Osorio y Andrade, 4th Count of Altamira
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Rodrigo de Moscoso Osorio y Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Count of Altamira
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Ana Álvarez de Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Mariana de Moscoso
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Fernando Ruiz de Castro Osorio y Portugal, 4th Count of Lemos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Isabel de Castro Osorio y Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Teresa de Andrade, 4th Countess of Villalba
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Pedro de Pimentel y Osorio, 2nd Marquis of Távara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Enríque Bernardino de Pimentel y Enríquez, 3rd Marquis of Távara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Leonor Enríquez
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Antonio de Pimentel y Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Távara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Juana Álvarez de Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Donna Vittoria Colonna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Juana de Pimentel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Rodrigo de Moscoso Osorio y Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Count of Altamira (=10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Lope de Moscoso Osorio, 6th Count of Altamira
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Isabel de Castro Osorio y Portugal (=11)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Isabel de Moscoso
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Zúñiga, 4th Marquis of Denia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Leonor de Sandoval y Rojas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Isabel de Borja y Castro (daughter of Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía)