Duke of Cadaval
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The Dukes of Cadaval
Cadaval
Cadaval is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 174.9 km² and a total population of 14,385 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 10 parishes, and is located in Lisbon District....
have their origins in 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:...
, Lord 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....
, Póvoa, Buarcos
Buarcos
Buarcos is a freguesia in the municipality of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. It is a traditional fishing town that has grown also as a noted beach resort due to the calm waters of its sea, which is protected by the Boa Viagem small mountain range . Many of its inhabitants still work in the fishing...
and Cadaval
Cadaval
Cadaval is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 174.9 km² and a total population of 14,385 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 10 parishes, and is located in Lisbon District....
, 4th male son of Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza
Fernando I, Duke of Braganza
Ferdinand was the second son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira de Alvim .-Life:...
. Dom
Don (honorific)
Don, from Latin dominus, is an honorific in Spanish , Portuguese , and Italian . The female equivalent is Doña , Dona , and Donna , abbreviated "Dª" or simply "D."-Usage:...
Álvaro married Dona Phillipa of Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo of Melo, 1st. Count of Olivenza.
The title was created on April 26, 1645, by King John IV of Portugal
John IV of Portugal
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to his distant cousin, Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638–1727), who was already 3rd Marquis of Ferreira and 5th Count of Tentúgal
Count of Tentúgal
Count of Tentúgal was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from January 1, 1504, by King Manuel I of Portugal, and granted to Dom Rodrigo de Melo, son of Álvaro of Braganza and Philippa of Melo .Twenty nine years later, in 1533, King John III of Portugal granted him...
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List of the Dukes of Cadaval
- D. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Mello (1638-1727)
- D. Luís Ambrósio de Mello (1679-1700)
- D. Jaime de Mello (1684-1749)
- D. Nuno Caetano de Álvares Pereira de Mello (1741-1771
- D. Miguel Caetano Álvares Pereira de Mello (1765-1808)
- D. Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Mello (1799-1837)
- D. Maria da Piedade (1827- 1859)
- D. Jaime Segismundo Pereira de Mello (1844-1913)
- D. Nuno Maria José Caetano (1888-1935)
- D. Jaime Álvares Pereira de Mello (1913-2001)
- D. Diana Álvares Pereira de Mello (1978- )
Other Titles
- Count of TentúgalCount of TentúgalCount of Tentúgal was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from January 1, 1504, by King Manuel I of Portugal, and granted to Dom Rodrigo de Melo, son of Álvaro of Braganza and Philippa of Melo .Twenty nine years later, in 1533, King John III of Portugal granted him...
(in 1504, by King Manuel I of PortugalManuel I of PortugalManuel 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...
); - Marquis of Ferreira (in 1533, by King John III of PortugalJohn III of PortugalJohn 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...
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Family Name
The Dukes family name was Álvares Pereira de Melo.Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira
Nuno Álvares Pereira
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, O. Carm. , also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile...
, the remarkable Constable of Portugal
Constable of Portugal
Constable of Portugal or Constable of the Kingdom was a title created by the King of Portugal Ferdinand I in 1382, to substitute the title Alferes Mór do Reino. The constable was the second most powerful person in the kingdom, after the King of Portugal...
, is among their ancestors.
A new title: Cadaval-Hermès
When Jaime III Álvares Pereira de Melo, 10th Duke of Cadaval died in 2001, he left four daughters: two from his first (civil) marriage, and two other from his second (religious) marriage. The title and the Cadaval House was disputed by the eldest daughters of each marriage:- Rosalinda Álvares Pereira de Melo (born 1936), eldest daughter of the Duke's first (civil) marriage;
- Diana Álvares Pereira de MeloDiana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of CadavalPrincess Diana of Orléans, Duchess of Anjou, Duchess of Cadaval, née Diana Mariana Vitória Álvares Pereira de Melo is a Portuguese noblewoman...
(born 1978), eldest daughter of the Duke's second (religious) marriage.
Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
Dom Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza , is the 24th Duke of Braganza and a pretender to the throne of Portugal.-Birth and education:...
, in his quality of Head of the Royal House of Portugal, recognized Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo as 11th Duchess of Cadaval.
However, he also granted to her eldest half-sister, Rosalinda Álvares Pereira de Melo, the new title of Duchess of Cadaval-Hermès (she is married to the House Hermès
Hermès
Hermès International S.A., or simply Hermès is a French high fashion house established in 1837, today specializing in leather, lifestyle accessories, perfumery, luxury goods, and ready-to-wear...
heir). Dona Rosalinda also obtained both titles of Marquess of Ferreira and Countess of Tentúgal, normally allocated to the Duke of Cadaval heir. Therefore, Rosalinda (or her heirs) will succeed her younger half sister as Duchess of Cadaval.
This is a controversial issue once the title was granted during the Republican regimen (in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, the Republic abolished all nobility
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
titles in 1910).
Genealogical Summary
Fernando IFernando I, Duke of Braganza
Ferdinand was the second son of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Beatriz Pereira de Alvim .-Life:...
Rodrigo of Melo
(1403–1478) (1430–1487)
2nd.Duke of Braganza 1st.Count of Olivença
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Fernando II
Fernando II, Duke of Braganza
Ferdinand II was the older son of Fernando I, 2nd Duke of Braganza and of his wife, Doña Joana de Castro....
Afonso ÁLVARO
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:...
<-------------->Philippa of Melo
(1430–1506) (1435- ? ) (1440- ? ) | (1460–1516)
3rd.Duke of Braganza 1st.Count of Faro Lord of Tentúgal |
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House of Braganza Counts of Faro Francisco I de Melo
Counts of Odemira (1520–1588)
Counts of Vimieiro 2nd.Count of Tentúgal
2nd.Marquis of Ferreira
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Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo
(1555–1597)
3rd.Count of Tentúgal
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Francisco II de Melo
(1588–1645)
4th.Count of Tentúgal
3rd.Marquis of Ferreira
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Nuno I Álvares Pereira de Melo
(1638–1727)
5th.Count of Tentúgal
4th.Marquis of Ferreira
1st.Duke of Cadaval
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House of Cadaval