Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval

Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo
Duke of Cadaval
File:D. Jaime Alvares Pereira de Mello, Duque de Cadaval.png Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Cadaval; Pierre-Antoine Quillard, c. 1728-1730.
Born	1 September 1684
Died	29 May 1749
Spouse	Luísa of Braganza Henriqueta Júlia de Lorena
Issue	Nuno, Duke of Cadaval Joana Margarida, Marquise of Marialva Luísa, Countess of São Vicente
Religion	Roman Catholicism

D. Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo (1 September 1684 — 29 May 1749), 3rd Duke of Cadaval, 5th Marquis of Ferreira, and 6th Count of Tentúgal, was a Portuguese nobleman and statesman.

Career

The Duke was High-Equerry of the Royal Household of Pedro II of Portugal and subsequently that of João V of Portugal. In 1713, he became a Counselor of the State and War.

Family

Jaime married twice, first to his dead brother's widow, Luísa of Braganza, natural daughter of King Peter II of Portugal, with whom he had no children, and then to Henriqueta Júlia Gabriela de Lorena, daughter of the Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc, with whome he has four children, three surviving to adulthood:

• Nuno Caetano (1741-1771), 4th Duke of Cadaval, 6th Marquis of Ferreira, 7th Count of Tentúgal.
• Joana, died in infancy.
• Margarida, married Diogo José Vito de Meneses Noronha Coutinho, 5th Marquis of Marialva, 7th Count of Cantanhede.
• Luísa, married Manuel Carlos da Cunha e Távora, 6th Count of São Vicente.

Ancestry

Family of Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval

16. Francisco de Melo, 2nd Marquis of Ferreira and 2nd Count of Tentúgal               8. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Count of Tentúgal                       17. Eugenia de Bragança (daughter of Jaime I of Braganza, 4th Duke of Braganza)               4. Francisco de Melo, 3rd Marquis of Ferreira and 4th Count of Tentúgal                             18. Rodrigo de Moscoso Osorio y Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Count of Altamira               9. Mariana de Moscoso Osorio                       19. Isabel de Castro               2. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval                                   20. Enríque de Pimentel y Enríquez, 3rd Marquis of Távara               10. Antonio de Pimentel y Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Távara                       21. Juana Álvarez de Toledo               5. Juana de Pimentel                             22. Lope de Moscoso Osorio, 6th Count of Altamira (son of 18 and 19)               11. Isabel de Moscoso                       23. Leonor de Sandoval y Rojas               1. Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval                                         24. Charles I de Lorraine-Guise, Duke d'Elbeuf               12. Henri de Lorraine, Count d'Harcourt                       25. Marguerite de Chabot               6. Louis de Lorraine, Count d'Armagnac                             26. Charles du Cambout, Marquis de Coislin               13. Marguerite Philippe du Cambout                       27. Philippe de Beurges               3. Marguerite of Lorraine                                   28. Charles de Neufville, Marquis de Villeroy               14. Nicolas de Neufville, Duke of Villeroy                       29. Jacqueline de Harlay de Sancy               7. Catherine de Neufville                             30. Charles de Blanchefort de Créquy, Duke de Créquy, Prince de Poix               15. Marie de Créquy, Dame de Mions                       31. Madeleine de Bonne de Lesdiguières