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Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal

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Maria Manuela
Princess of Portugal,Princess of Asturias
Portrait byAntonis Mor
Duchess consort of Milan
Tenure12 November 1543 – 12 July 1545
Born15 October 1527
Coimbra
Died12 July 1545(1545-07-12)(aged 17)
Valladolid
Burial
El Escorial
Spouse
Philip, Prince of Asturias
(later Philip II of Spain)
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(m.1543)​
IssueCarlos, Prince of Asturias
HouseAviz
FatherJohn III of Portugal
MotherCatherine of Austria

DonaMaria Manuela(15 October 1527 – 12 July 1545[1]) was the eldest daughter and second child of KingJohn III of Portugaland his wifeCatherine of Austria.[2]She wasPrincess of AsturiasandDuchess of Milanas the first wife of the futurePhilip II of Spain,andPrincess of Portugalas heir presumptive to the Portuguese throne between 1527 and 1535.

Early life

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Maria was born inCoimbraon 15 October 1527 and was one of the two children of John III to survive childhood.[2]In her youth, Maria received a humanistic education that was considered typical for a princess of her time.[3]

Marriage and later life

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She married her double first cousinPhilip II of Spainon 12 November 1543 atSalamanca.[4]As she was to be married to the Prince of Asturias,heir apparentto the Spanish crown, and being anInfantaof Portugal, their wedding became one of the most remarkable in the history of Spain due to its opulence. Contemporary writers have left detailed descriptions of the journey fromMadridtoBadajozto Salamanca to receive the princess and of the luxuries she was given by theDuke of Medina Sidoniain Badajoz.

She gave birth to their sonCarloson 8 July 1545 inValladolid,but died four days later due to ahaemorrhage.[1]She was initially buried in theRoyal Chapel of Granadaon 30 March 1549 but was later transferred toRoyal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial.

Ancestry

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Coat of arms of Maria Manuela of Portugal as Princess of Asturias

Notes

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  1. ^abKamen 1998,p. 20.
  2. ^abMcMurdo, Edward (1889).The history of Portugal, from the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign of Alfonso III.London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. pp. 152–153.Retrieved5 December2023.
  3. ^Delbrugge, Laura (2015).Self-Fashioning and Assumptions of Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia.Netherlands: Brill. p. 230.ISBN9789004250482.
  4. ^Kamen 1998,p. 12.
  5. ^abcdStephens, Henry Morse (1903).The Story of Portugal.G.P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 139, 279.ISBN9780722224731.Retrieved17 September2018.
  6. ^abJordan, Annemarie (1994).The Development of Catherine of Austria's Collection in the Queen's Household: Its Character and Cost.Providence, R. I.: Brown University. p. 700.
  7. ^abLiss, Peggy K. (10 November 2015).Isabel the Queen: Life and Times.University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 11.ISBN9780812293203.
  8. ^abWurzbach, Constantin von,ed. (1861)."Habsburg, Philipp I. der Schöne von Oesterreich".Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich[Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 112 – viaWikisource.
  9. ^abChisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)."Joanna".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

References

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Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal
Cadet branch of theHouse of Burgundy
Born:15 October 1527Died:12 August 1545
Portuguese royalty
Preceded by Princess of Portugal
1527–1535 		Succeeded by
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