Marquis of Marialva
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Count
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of Cantanhede (in Portuguese Conde de Cantanhede) was a Portuguese title of nobility created by a royal decree, dated from August 6, 1479, by King Afonso V of Portugal
Afonso V of Portugal
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, and granted to D. Pedro de Menezes, 5th Lord of Cantanhede.
In the 17th century this family received new honours: a royal decree of King Afonso VI of Portugal, issued on June 11, 1661, created the title of Marquis
Marquis
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of Marialva (in Portuguese Marquês de Marialva) and granted it to D. António Luís de Menezes, 3rd Count of Cantanhede.
Once the 6th Marquis of Marialva died without issue, these two titles are today represented by the 7th Duke of Lafões
Duke of Lafões
Duke of Lafões was a Portuguese title of nobility created under the decree of February 17, 1718, of King John V of Portugal and granted to his nephew, Pedro Henrique de Bragança, son of the Infante Miguel de Bragança, an illegitimate son of King Peter II of Portugal and Anne Armande Pastre de...
, Afonso Caetano de Barros e Carvalhosa de Bragança (born 1956), descendent of D. Henriqueta Maria Júlia de Lorena e Menezes, eldest sister to the late 6th Marquis of Marialva. The title is nowadays used by D. Diogo de Bragança, uncle of the 7th Duke of Lafões.
List of the Counts of Cantanhede (1479) and Marquesses of Marialva (1661)
- D. Pedro de Menezes (c.1450-1518), 1st Count of Cantanhede;
- D. Pedro de Menezes (c.1580- ? ), his 4th grandson, 2nd Count of Cantanhede;
- D. António Luis de Menezes (1603–1675), his son, 3rd Count of Cantanhede and 1st Marquis of Marialva;
- D. Pedro António de Menezes (1658–1711), his son, 4th Count of Cantanhede and 2nd Marquis of Marialva;
- D. Joaquina Maria Madalena da Conceição de Menezes (1691–1740), his daughter, 5th Countess of Cantanhede and 3rd Marchioness of Marialva;
- D. Pedro José de Alcântara de Menezes Noronha Coutinho (1713–1799), her son, 6th Count of Cantanhede and 4th Marquis of Marialva;
- D. Diogo José Vito de Menezes Noronha Coutinho (1739–1803), his son, 7th Count of Cantanhede and 5th Marquis of Marialva;
- D. Pedro José Joaquim Vito de Menezes Coutinho (c.1775-1823), his son, 8th Count of Cantanhede and 6th Marquis of Marialva.