Miguel da Paz, Hereditary Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias ( pt, Miguel da Paz de Trastâmara e Avis, ; es, 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
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Manuel I of Portugal
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and his first wife,
Isabella of Aragon, Princess of Asturias (1470-1498).
Life and Death
Miguel da Paz was born in
Zaragoza
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,
Spain
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on 23 August 1498. 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. For the next two years, he was the recognized heir of his father's kingdom of
Portugal
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and of the kingdoms of
Castile,
León and
Aragon
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, which he would inherit from his grandparents,
Ferdinand II of Aragon
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and
Isabella I of Castile
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. As such, he was styled
Prince of Portugal
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,
Prince of Asturias
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and
Prince of Girona
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.
Miguel died in
Granada
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on 19 July 1500, in his grandmother's arms. 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.
The hopes of Isabella I and Ferdinand II to unite all of the
Iberian kingdoms vanished with Miguel's death. His aunt
Joanna
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inherited Castile, León and Aragon, and it was her grandson
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who established a short-lived
Iberian Union
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