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Spouse Luísa of BraganzaHenriqueta Júlia de Lorena Issue Nuno, Duke of CadavalJoanaMargarida, Marquise of MarialvaLuísa, Countess of São Vicente Died 29 May 1749, Lisbon, Portugal Parents Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval Grandparent Francisco de Melo, 3° marqués de Ferreira y 4° conde de Tentúgal Great-grandparent Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo |
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.
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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:
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Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA