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.
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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, an administrative organ of the Portuguese Empire.
In 1707, the Duke was made chief of the Portuguese army.
Personal life
He first married in 1660 Maria de Faro (1635-1661), daughter of Francisco de Faro, 7th Count of Odemira.
They had 3 children who all died young.
His second wife was Princess Marie Angélique of Lorraine-Harcourt (1646-1674), daughter of François Louis, Count of Harcourt. They had 2 children :
Isabel Henriqueta de Lorena (1672-1699). She married in 1690 Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes
Francisco (1674-1674)
His third marriage was to Princess Marguerite of Lorraine-Armagnac (17 November 1662 – 16 December 1730), daughter of Louis, Count of Armagnac. They had 10 children :
Francisco (1677–1678);
Catarina (born and died in 1678);
Luís Ambrósio de Melo (1679–1700), 2nd Duke of Cadaval. Died during his father's lifetime, without issue
Ana de Lorena (1681–1721), married in 1695 to Luís Bernardo de Távora, 5th Count of São João da Pesqueira. They were the parents of Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquise of Távora.
Eugênia Rosa de Lorena (1683–1724); married in 1698 to Manuel Teles da Silva (1682–1736), 4th Count of Vilar Maior.
Jaime de Melo (1684–1749), 3rd Duke of Cadaval, 5th Marquess of Ferreira, 6th Count of Tentúgal.
Álvaro (1685–1701)
Joana de Lorena (1687–1740), married in 1699 to Bernardo António Filipe Neri de Távora, 2nd Count of Alvor.
Rodrigo de Melo (1688–1713), Marquess of Cadaval. He married Ana Maria de Lorena, 1st Duchess of Abrantes.
Filipa Angelina de Lorena (1694–1713), married in 1711 Joaquim Francisco de Sá Almeida e Menezes, 2nd Marquis of Abrantes.