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Youngest son of José Henrique de Morais Cardoso de Menezes, 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, great-grandson of the first Viscount who refused to be the first Count of Morais (brother of the first Baron of Gouvinhas), and descendant of a bastard son of Louis XV, King of France, and second civil wife Maria Eugénia Maya de Lucena.

Has two older siblings, Lourenço José de Lucena Cardoso de Menezes (b. 7 June 1970) and Sofia Eugénia de Lucena Cardoso de Menezes (b. 22 March 1972), and three half-brothers from his father's first marriage with Teresa Maria Plantier Rasteiro (b. Lapa, Lisbon, 4 July 1938), of French descent, Francisco de Borja Rasteiro Cardoso de Menezes (b. Lisbon, 9 August 1961), João Filipe Rasteiro Cardoso de Menezes (b. 30 September 1962) and Henrique Manuel Rasteiro Cardoso de Menezes (b. 10 October 1964).

Father, with Andreia Sampaio, of a son named Afonso Sampaio Cardoso de Menezes (b. Lisbon, 11 October 2009).

Born in the Parish of Alvalade.

Died in the Parish of Oeiras e São Julião da Barra.

Second cousin of actress Rita Salema and actress Madalena Brandão.