Miguel Amaral

Miguel Maria de Sá Pais do Amaral, 4th Count of Alferrarede, KHDSMOM, commonly known as Miguel Amaral (born 31 July 1954) is a Portuguese aristocrat, businessman and amateur racing driver.

Family

Miguel Amaral, born in Lisbon, Portugal, is the only child of Manuel José Maria de Sá Pais do Amaral, 7th Count of Anadia and Dona Maria Mafalda de Figueiredo Cabral da Câmara, of the Counts of Belmonte

The head of the Amaral family has the hereditary title of Count of Anadia, and owns the Palácio Anadia in Mangualde, one of the most important baroque residences in the country, as well as the Palácio Anadia in Amoreiras, Lisbon. Miguel Amaral is heir to the title as well the family Properties. He is also a Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He was granted the hereditary title of Count of Alferrarede by Charter of the Portuguese Council of Nobility, still in his father's lifetime, a title that was originally created by King Carlos I of Portugal in 1903 to his great-granduncle Carlos de Sá Pais do Amaral Pereira de Menezes, 1st Count of Alferrarede, formerly 1st Viscount of Alferrarede.