Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal

Miguel da Paz, Hereditary 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 prince, son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his first wife, Isabella of Aragon, Princess of Asturias (1470-1498).[1]

Miguel da Paz
Hereditary 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	Aviz
Father	Manuel I of Portugal
Mother	Isabella, Princess of Asturias
Religion	Roman Catholicism

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.

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. 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Fernández Álvarez, Manuel (2003). Isabel la Católica (in Spanish). Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, S.A. ISBN 84-670-1260-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)