Cadaval () is a municipality in the Oeste region and Lisbon District of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,228,[Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza. ''Dom'' Álvaro married ''Dona'' Filipa de Melo, the rich daughter and heir of Rodrigo Afonso de Melo, 1st. Count of Olivença.
The title was created on 26 April 1645 by King ]John IV of Portugal
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to his distant cousin, ''Dom'' Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638–1727), who was already 3rd Marquis of Ferreira
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and 5th Count of Tentúgal.
List of the Dukes of Cadaval
#D. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo (1638–1727)
#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 (1978–)
Other titles
* Count of Tentúgal (in 1504, by King Manuel I of Portugal
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);
*Marquis of Ferreira
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(in 1533, by King John III of Portugal).
Family name
The Dukes family name is ''Álvares Pereira de Melo''.
''Dom'' Nuno Álvares Pereira
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, the remarkable Constable of Portugal {{Short description, Defunct office created by King Ferdinand I of Portugal
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, is among their ancestors.
A new title: Cadaval-Guerrand-Hermès
When Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 10th Duke of Cadaval died in 2001, he left four daughters: two from his first (civil) marriage (with Antoinette Louise Schweisguth, ex-wife of René Durrieu, 4th Baron Durrieu), and two others from his second (religious) marriage (with Claudine Marguerite Marianne Tritz). Leadership of the house and its possessions was disputed by the elder daughters of each marriage:
* 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.
Duarte Pio de Bragança, in the ''de jure'' capacity of Head of the historical Royal House of Portugal, recognized Diana Álvares Pereira de Melo as the 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-Guerrand-Hermès, because she is married to Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, the House of Hermès
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'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-Guerrand-Hermès title, as effectively it constitutes a new creation since the inauguration of the republican regime in Portugal
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. The Republic abolished all titles of Portuguese nobility
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in 1910.
Genealogical summary
See also
* Palace of the Dukes of Cadaval (Évora)
*List of dukedoms in Portugal
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References
External links
Information on the Dukes of Cadaval (in Portuguese)
*
Casa Cadaval , Official Site
Bibliography
*”Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil” – Vol. II, pages 459-463. Published by Zairol Lda., Lisbon 1989.
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Dukedoms of Portugal
1645 establishments in Portugal