Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal

Miguel da Paz
Prince of Portugal, Prince of Asturias and Prince of Girona
Born	23 August 1498 Zaragoza
Died	19 July 1500 (aged 1 year, 329 days) Granada
Burial	Capilla Real, Granada
House	House of Aviz
Father	Manuel I of Portugal
Mother	Isabella of Aragon
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Iberian kingdoms during Miguel da Paz's lifetime. Had he survived, he'd have united the three kingdoms (Castile and León, Aragon, and Portugal) and brought about an Iberian Union.

Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias (Portuguese: Miguel da Paz de Trastâmara e Avis, Portuguese pronunciation: [mi ɡɛɫ dɐ ˈpaʃ]; Spanish: Miguel de la Paz de Avís y Trastámara, "Michael of Peace") (23 August 1498 – 19 July 1500) was a Portuguese royal infante (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] After he died, another of Miguel's maternal aunts, Joanna became the heiress of Castile, León, and Aragon, eventually bringing those kingdoms to the Habsburgs, under Joanna's son, Charles V. However, the Iberian Union, although short-lived, took place eighty years later, from 1580 to 1640, under the Habsburg King Philip II of Spain, Miguel's half-great-nephew and the grandson of Joanna of Castile, Manuel of Portugal, and Maria of Aragon, acquired Portugal and its dominions (see the Philippine Dynasty).

References

1. 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal

16. John I of Portugal (= 20)               8. Edward of Portugal                       17. Philippa of Lancaster (= 21)               4. Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu                             18. Ferdinand I of Aragon (= 24)               9. Eleanor of Aragon                       19. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 25)               2. Manuel I of Portugal                                   20. John I of Portugal (= 16)               10. John, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz (= 30)                       21. Philippa of Lancaster (= 17)               5. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal                             22. Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza               11. Isabella of Barcelos (= 31)                       23. Beatriz Pereira de Alvim               1. Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal                                         24. Ferdinand I of Aragon (= 18)               12. John II of Aragon                       25. Eleanor of Alburquerque (= 19)               6. Ferdinand II of Aragon                             26. Frederick Henriques, Conde de Melgar               13. Juana Enríquez                       27. Mariana 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, Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz (= 10)               15. Isabella of Portugal                       31. Isabella of Barcelos (= 11)