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Count
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of Tentúgal
Tentúgal
Tentúgal is a parish of Montemor-o-Velho Municipality, Coimbra District, Portugal. The village is well known in Portugal for its old and unique conventual cakes. Sisnando Davides, Count of Coimbra, was born in Tentúgal in the 11th century....

(in Portuguese Conde de Tentúgal) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from January 1, 1504, by King Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I , the Fortunate , 14th king of Portugal and the Algarves was the son of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, , by his wife, Infanta Beatrice of Portugal...

, and granted to Dom
Don (honorific)
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Rodrigo de Melo, son of Álvaro of Braganza

Álvaro of Braganza

Álvaro of Braganza was the 4th son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza and his wife, Dona Joana de Castro.-Biography:...

and Philippa of Melo (daughter and heir of the Count of Olivença

Count of Olivença

Count of Olivença, also spelled Count of Olivenza, was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, on July 21, 1424, by King Afonso V of Portugal, and granted to Dom Rodrigo Afonso of Melo....

).

Twenty nine years later, in 1533, King John III of Portugal

John III of Portugal

John III , nicknamed o Piedoso , was the fifteenth King of Portugal and the Algarves. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile...

granted him the new title of Marquis of Ferreira (in Portuguese Marquês de Ferreira). Count of Tentúgal became the title used by the Marquis’s heir.

Finally, and following the expel of the Spanish Habsburgs from the throne of Portugal

Portugal

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(1640), the new King John IV of Portugal

John IV of Portugal

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granted to 5th Count of Tentúgal and 4th Marquis of Ferreira, Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, the new title of Duke of Cadaval

Duke of Cadaval

The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. Dom Álvaro married Dona Phillipa of Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo of Melo, 1st...

(in Portuguese Duque de Cadaval) by a royal decree dated from April 26th, 1648.

Marquis of Ferreira and Count of Tentúgal became subsidiary titles from the Duke of Cadaval, used by the Duke’s heir, during his father’s life.

List of the Counts of Tentúgal (1504) and Marquesses of Ferreira (1533)

Rodrigo de Melo (1468-1545), 1st Count of Tentúgal and 1st Marquis of Ferreira;
Francisco de Melo (c.1520-1588), 2nd Count of Tentúgal and 2nd Marqui of Ferreira;
Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (c.1555-1597), 3rd Count of Tentúgal;
Francisco de Melo (1588-1645), 4th Count of Tentúgal and 3rd Marquis of Ferreira;
Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638-1727), 5th Count of Tentúgal, 4th Marquis of Ferreira and 1st Duke of Cadaval
Duke of Cadaval
The Dukes of Cadaval have their origins in Álvaro of Braganza, Lord of Tentúgal, Póvoa, Buarcos and Cadaval, 4th male son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. Dom Álvaro married Dona Phillipa of Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo of Melo, 1st...

;
Luis Ambrósio de Melo (1679-1700), 2nd Duke of Cadaval;
Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo (1684-1749), 6th Count of Tentúgal, 5th Marquis of Ferreira and 3rd Duke of Cadaval;
Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1741-1771), 7th Count of Tentúgal, 6th Marquis of Ferreira and 4th Duke of Cadaval;
Miguel Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1765-1808), 8th Count of Tentúgal, 7th Marquis of Ferreira and 5th Duke of Cadaval;
Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1799-1837), 9th Count of Tentúgal, 8th Marquis of Ferreira and 6th Duke of Cadaval;
Maria da Piedade Caetano Álvares Pereira Melo (1827- ? ), 10th Countess of Tentúgal, 9th Marchioness of Ferreira and 7th Duchess of Cadaval;
Jaime Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1844-1913), 11th Count of Tentúgal, 10th Marquis of Ferreira and 8th Duke of Cadaval;
Nuno Maria José Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1888-1935), 12th Count of Tentúgal, 11th Marquis of Ferreira and 9th Duke of Cadaval;
Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo (1913-2001), 13th Count of Tentúgal, 12th Marquis of Ferreira and 10th Duke of Cadaval;
Rosalinda Aurora Felicidade Álvares Pereira de Melo (born 1936), 14th Countess of Tentúgal, 13th Marchioness of Ferreira and 1st Duchess of Cadaval-Hermès.
Romulo Marquis de Ferreira (born in 1942),15th.Marquis de Ferreira y Cadaval.

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List of the Counts of Tentúgal (1504) and Marquesses of Ferreira (1533)

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