Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval

Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, 4th Marquis of Ferreira, 5th Count of Tentúgal (4 November 1638 - 29 January 1725), was a Portuguese nobleman and statesman.

Life
Nuno was a general in the Portuguese Restoration War, which earned him prestige and achieved himself the title of Duke of Cadaval. Following the end f the war, he was made Constable of Portugal in the Portuguese Cortes of 1668.

In June 1670, Nuno became a membe of the Ultramarine Council, an administrative organ of the Portuguese Empire.

In 1707, the Duke was made chief of the Portuguese army.

He was grandfather to Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquise of Távora.