Filipe (25 March 1533 – 29 April 1539), was the
Hereditary Prince of Portugal from 1537 to his death in 1539. He was the sixth child and third son of king
John III of Portugal
John III ( pt, João III ; 7 June 1502 – 11 June 1557), nicknamed The Pious (Portuguese: ''o Piedoso''), was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the thi ...
and
Catherine of Austria.
In 1537, he succeeded his brother
Prince Manuel
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...
as Prince of Portugal, after his premature death.
After Philip's own premature death, two years later, after reaching six years old, his younger brother
Infante João Manuel became the next Prince of Portugal.
Ancestry
References
House of Aviz
1533 births
1539 deaths
Princes of Portugal
Portuguese infantes
16th-century Portuguese people
People from Évora
Heirs apparent who never acceded
Children of John III of Portugal
Royalty who died as children
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