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[REF] .
He married Maria da Luz Lagos do Amaral Cabral at Estoril on 5 November 1983.