Biografie

16. November 1966 · Lissabon, Portugal

Rita Bento de Almeida de Menezes Salema

Daughter of José António Cardoso de Menezes Salema José António Cardoso de Meneses Salema, great-grandson of the first Viscount and first Count of Margaride Nobleman of Coat of Arms of Cardoso (timber) and de Macedo with crowns of Viscount and of Count and descendant of a bastard son of Louis XV, King of France, and former first wife Maria Helena Póvoas Bento de Almeida. Second cousin of Rodrigo Menezes, actor, and Madalena Brandão, actress.

Has two younger brothers named João Bento de Almeida de Menezes Salema (b. Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Oeiras, 19 February 1970) and Pedro Bento de Almeida de Menezes Salema (b. Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Oeiras, 15 March 1972) and a half-brother from her father second civil marriage named Manuel Cabrita Salema (b. São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, 11 October 1982, d. 2005).

Has an only child and daughter, Francisca de Almeida de Menezes Salema Gonçalves (b. São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon, 19 November 1992).

Is a patrilineal descendant of a first cousin of Vasco da Gama.

Second cousin of actor Rodrigo Menezes and actress Madalena Brandão.