John, Prince of Portugal ( pt, João; 29 January – February 1451) was a
Portuguese
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infante
''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Iberian kingdoms of Spain (including the predecessor kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and León) and Portugal to th ...
, son of
Afonso V
Afonso V () (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (), was King of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. His sobriquet refers to his military conquests in Northern Africa ...
and
Isabella of Coimbra
Infanta Isabel of Coimbra (Isabella of Portugal) (1 March 1432 – 2 December 1455) was a Portuguese infanta and Queen of Portugal as the first spouse of King Afonso V of Portugal.
Life
Isabella was a daughter of the Infante Peter, Duke of Co ...
. He was born heir to the throne in 1451, but he died young during the same year. The title of
Prince of Portugal
Hereditary Prince of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Príncipe Herdeiro de Portugal''), unofficially Prince of Portugal (''Príncipe Herdeiro de Portugal''), or Princess of Portugal, was the title held by the heirs apparent and heirs presumptive to the ...
then passed again to
Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu
Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu and Beja (or ''Fernando,'' , 17 November 1433 – 18 September 1470) was the third son of Edward, King of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Eleanor of Aragon.
Biography
Ferdinand w ...
, his uncle.
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1451 births
1450s deaths
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