Duke of Cadaval
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Ducal House of Cadaval | |
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Parent house | Braganza |
Country | Portugal |
Founded | 1648 |
Founder | Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 4th Marquis of Ferreira |
Current head | Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo, 11th Duchess of Cadaval |
Titles |
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Estate(s) | Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval |
Duke of Cadaval is a title of
The Dukes of Cadaval trace their origins to Dom
List of Dukes of Cadaval
- D. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638–1725)
- D. Luís Ambrósio Álvares Pereira de Melo (1679–1700)
- D. Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo (1684–1749)
- D. Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1741–1771)
- D. Miguel Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1765–1808)
- D. Nuno Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1799–1837)
- D. Maria da Piedade Álvares Pereira de Melo (1827–1859)
- D. Jaime Segismundo Álvares Pereira de Melo (1844–1913)
- D. Nuno Maria José Caetano Álvares Pereira de Melo (1888–1935)
- D. Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo (1913–2001)
- D. Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo (b. 1978)
Other titles
- Count of Tentúgal (in 1504, by King Manuel I of Portugal)
- Marquis of Ferreira (in 1533, by King John III of Portugal)
Family name
The ducal family's name is Álvares Pereira de Melo.
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, the remarkable Constable of Portugal, is among their ancestors.
Duchess of Cadaval-Hermès
When
- Rosalinda Álvares Pereira de Melo(born 1936), elder daughter of the Duke's first (civil) marriage;
- Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo (born 1978), elder daughter of the Duke's second (religious) marriage.
However, he also granted to her eldest half-sister, Rosalinda Álvares Pereira de Melo, the new title of Duchess of Cadaval-Hermès, because she is married to Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, the House of Hermès's heir. Dona Rosalinda also obtained both titles of Marquise of Ferreira and Countess of Tentúgal, historically allocated to the heir of the Duke of Cadaval. But Rosalinda (or her heirs) isn't the designated heir to the Duchy and the person to succeed her younger half sister as Duchess of Cadaval will be chosen by the Duke of Braganza at the time of the death of the current Duchess.
There is some controversy about the Cadaval-Hermès title, as effectively it constitutes a new creation since the inauguration of the republican regime in Portugal. The Republic abolished all titles of Portuguese nobility in 1910.
Genealogical summary
Fernando I (1403–1478) 2nd.Duke of Braganza | Rodrigo de Melo (1430–1487) 1st.Count of Olivença | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Álvaro (1440- ? ) Lord of Tentúgal and Cadaval | Philippa de Melo (1460–1516) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rodrigo de Melo (1468–1545) 1st.Count of Tentúgal 1st.Marquis of Ferreira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Braganza | Counts of Faro Counts of Odemira Counts of Vimieiro | Francisco I de Melo (1520–1588) 2nd.Count of Tentúgal 2nd.Marquis of Ferreira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (1555–1597) 3rd.Count of Tentúgal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Francisco II de Melo (1588–1645) 4th.Count of Tentúgal 3rd.Marquis of Ferreira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nuno I Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638–1727) 5th.Count of Tentúgal 4th.Marquis of Ferreira 1st.Duke of Cadaval | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
House of Cadaval | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
Bibliography
- ”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. II, pages 459-463. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
External links
- Information on the Dukes of Cadaval (in Portuguese)
- Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the Dukes of Cadaval". Genealogy.EU.
- Casa Cadaval | Official Site