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A bout the ones that you mention:
Habsburg - Hungarian: did you mean the last Emperor Karl who also tried to return to the Hungarian throne (but was stopped)?
No, the Hungarian line descended from Archduke Joseph (1776-1847) son of Emperor Leopold 11. Arckduke Joseph Franz died in Portugal in 1957, and his son & daughter-in-law Joseph Arpád & Maria zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg retained a Portuguuse home. Their weddings of their 2 younger daughters' took place in Portugal.
Whoever inherited the fortune of King Carol it wasn't King Michael & his descendants, who depended on the kindness of many until King Michael received his official Romanian pension & certain restitutions.
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Yes, Sintra is about 18kms north of Cascais.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sintra+cascais+distance&oq=sintra-cascais+dista&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMggIAhAAGBYYHjIKCAMQABgKGBYYHjIKCAQQABiABBiiBDIKCAUQABiABBiiBNIBCjEyMTA1ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBVUCJj41NTj6&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Few exiled royals lived in Sintra.
The Counts of Paris had a manor house in the outskirts of Sintra, in Ranholas.
Most exiled royals choosed to live in Cascais and Estoril:
King Umberto II of Italy (Cascais) and his sister Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria (Estoril).
King Carol II of Roumania also lived in Estoril with his second wife Magda Lupescu.
In the 70s, the Counts of Barcelona had a villa in Estoril.
The Hungarian branch of the Habsburgs lived in Carcavelos, near Oeiras, half-distance Lisbon-Cascais.
Cascais was once a small fishermen's village that became fashionnable when King D.Luis I and his son King D.Carlos choosed it for their summer residence in the late 19th century.
The Portuguese aristocracy and haute bourgeoisie followed the RF and built their summer residences along the coast.
Many still exist and remain in the families, f.i. the Duchess of Cadaval's house in Estoril.
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