João de Melo

{{short description|Portuguese nobleman}}

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| birth_date = 1405

| birth_place = Beja, Portugal

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| death_date = 1486

| death_place = Serpa, Portugal

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João de Melo (1405-1486) was a Portuguese nobleman, alcaide-mor of Serpa,{{cite book|title=Historia geral de Portugal, e suas conquistas,: offerecida á rainha nossa |url=https://archive.org/details/historiageralde04castgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/historiageralde04castgoog/page/n217 212] |quote=João de Melo alcaide-mór de Serpa. |year=1787|publisher=Damiaõ Antonio de Lemos Faria e Castro }} and copeiro-mor (Master of the Ceremonies) of Afonso V of Portugal.{{cite book|title=A Batalha de Alfarrobeira. Antecedentes e Significado|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTIjwTM5atcC&q=Jo%C3%A3o+de+Melo%2C+alcaide-m%C3%B3r+de+Serpa&pg=PA853 |publisher=Moreno, Humberto Baquero}}