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The Muge Estate Palace has a centuries-old history, dating back several years before it belonged to the Cadaval family. It was once inhabited by Queen Leonor of Austria (third wife of King Manuel I, sister of Emperor Charles V and mother of Infanta Maria), who lived here until 1530, when she married King Francis I of France. Only later, at the beginning of the 17th century, did the property, then belonging to the Counts of Odemira, come under the dominion of the House of Cadaval, when their daughter, Dona Maria de Faro, Countess of Odemira, married D. Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 5th Count of Tentúgal, 4th Marquis of Ferreira and 1st Duke of Cadaval. The Cadaval family currently owns an estate totaling approximately 5,400 hectares and has been managed by women for five consecutive generations. Today, Teresa Schönborn, Countess of Schönborn and Wiesentheid, is the chair of the board of directors of this estate.
