sentences:  The family lives at Palace Vila-Flor in Lisbon, next to the Castle of São Jorge.The Duke of Terceira, XII Count of Vila Flor, IV Count of Alpedrinha, VI Count and Viscount of Azarujinha, etc., D. Lourenço Manoel de Vilhena, D. Iuris in Law, was a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, lawyer, advisor and acting chef de cabinet to several governmental members.Former member of the Council of Nobility and founding member of the Instituto da Nobreza de Portugal, the regulatory body of nobiliarchic matters, authorized by the Duke of Braganza and recognized by the Republic, he was also the representative of the Brazilian Nobility Association to European countries.