Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval

Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo
Duke of Cadaval
Spouse Luísa of Braganza
Henriqueta Júlia de Lorena
Issue Nuno, Duke of Cadaval
Joana
Margarida, Marquise of Marialva
Luísa, Countess of São Vicente
Born 1 September 1684
Died 29 May 1749
Religion Roman Catholicism

Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, 5th Marquis of Ferreira, 6th Count of Tentúgal (1 September 1684 — 29 May 1749) 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:

Ancestry