Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal

Hereditary Prince of Portugal, Prince of Asturias and Prince of Girona
Miguel da Paz
Hereditary Prince of Portugal, Prince of Asturias and Prince of Girona
Born23 August 1498
Zaragoza
Died(1500-07-19)19 July 1500
(aged 1)
Granada
Burial
Capilla Real, Granada
HouseAviz
FatherManuel I of Portugal
MotherIsabella, Princess of Asturias
Iberian kingdoms during Miguel da Paz's lifetime. Had he survived, he would have united the three kingdoms (Castile and León, Aragon, and Portugal) and brought about an Iberian Union.

Miguel da Paz, Hereditary Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias (Portuguese: Miguel da Paz de Trastâmara e Avis, Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɣɛl ˈpaʃ]; Spanish: Miguel de la Paz de Avís y Trastámara, "Michael of Peace") (23 August 1498 – 19 July 1500) was a Portuguese royal prince, son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his first wife, Isabella of Aragon, Princess of Asturias (1470–1498).[1]

Life and death

Miguel da Paz was born in Zaragoza, Spain on 23 August 1498.[1] His mother, Isabella of Aragon, died within an hour of his birth. He was shortly sworn heir to the various Iberian crowns by the courts of Portugal, Castile and Aragon.[1] For the next two years, he was the recognized heir of his father's kingdom of Portugal and of the kingdoms of Castile, León and Aragon, which he would inherit from his grandparents, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.[2] As such, he was styled Prince of Portugal, Prince of Asturias and Prince of Girona.

Miguel died in Granada on 19 July 1500, in his grandmother's arms.[3] He was buried in the Capilla Real, in Granada.

In October 1500, Miguel's father married Maria of Aragon, who was also the younger sister of Miguel's mother. Maria gave birth to Manuel's eventual successor, John III and to several other children.[4]

The hopes of Isabella I and Ferdinand II to unite all of the Iberian kingdoms vanished with Miguel's death.[1] His aunt Joanna inherited Castile, León and Aragon, and it was her grandson Philip II who established a short-lived Iberian Union.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal
16. John I of Portugal
8. Edward I of Portugal
17. Philippa of Lancaster
4. Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu
18. Ferdinand I of Aragon
9. Eleanor of Aragon
19. Eleanor of Alburquerque
2. Manuel I of Portugal
20. John I of Portugal (= 16)
10. John, Constable of Portugal
21. Philippa of Lancaster (= 17)
5. Beatrice of Portugal
22. Afonso I, Duke of Braganza
11. Isabel of Barcelos
23. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim
1. Miguel de la Paz
24. Ferdinand I of Aragon (= 18)
12. John II of Aragon
25. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 19)
6. Ferdinand II of Aragon
26. Fadrique Enríquez
13. Juana Enríquez
27. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba
3. Isabella, Princess of Asturias
28. Henry III of Castile
14. John II of Castile
29. Catherine of Lancaster
7. Isabella I of Castile
30. John, Constable of Portugal (= 10)
15. Isabella of Portugal
31. Isabel of Barcelos (= 11)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fernández Álvarez 2003, p. 387.
  2. ^ Downey 2014, p. 331.
  3. ^ Downey 2014, p. 332.
  4. ^ Downey 2014, p. 376.

Bibliography

  • Downey, Kirsten (2014). Isabella: the Warrior Queen. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. ISBN 9780385534116.
  • Fernández Álvarez, Manuel (2003). Isabel la Católica (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S.A. ISBN 84-670-1260-9.
Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal
Cadet branch of the House of Burgundy
Born: 23 August 1498 Died: 19 July 1500
Preceded by Hereditary Prince of Portugal
1498–1500
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Prince of Asturias
1498–1500
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* also an infante of Castile and León, Aragon, Sicily and Naples,  § also an infante of Spain and an archduke of Austria,  # also an infante of Spain,  also an imperial prince of Brazil,  also a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony,  also a prince of Braganza,  ¤ title removed in 1920 as their parents' marriage was deemed undynastic,  ƒ claimant infante


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