Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval

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.

Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo
Duke of Cadaval Marquis of Ferreira Count of Tentúgal
Born	4 November 1638
Died	29 January 1725(1725-01-29) (aged 86)
Spouse	Maria de Faro Maria Angélica Henriqueta of Lorraine Marguerite of Lorraine
Father	Francisco de Melo, 3.º marquês de Ferreira [pt]
Mother	Joana Pimentel

This article is about the 17th-century Portuguese nobleman. For other uses, see Nuno Pereira.

Biography

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 [pt], an administrative organ of the Portuguese Empire.

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

Personal life

He first married Maria de Faro, daughter of Francisco de Faro, 7th Count of Odemira.^[1] His second wife was Princess Marie Angélique of Lorraine-Harcourt, daughter of François Louis, Count of Harcourt. His third marriage was to Princess Marguerite of Lorraine-Armagnac (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

Ancestors 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)