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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 Kingdom of Portugal, from 1433 to 1645. [citation needed]
Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation:; 18 May 1475 – 13 July 1491) [1] was the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal. He was born in Lisbon , Portugal , and died in a horse-riding accident on the banks of the river Tagus .
John, Prince of Portugal (Portuguese: João; 29 January [1] – February 1451) was a Portuguese infante, son of Afonso V and Isabella of Coimbra. [2] He was born heir to the throne in 1451, but he died young during the same year. The title of Prince of Portugal then passed again to Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu, his uncle.
Portrait of Prince João Manuel; Hieronymus Cock, c. 1550–1554. João Manuel was born on 3 June 1537 in the Royal Palace of Évora and became the heir to the throne of Portugal in 1539. He survived his four older brothers who died in childhood but was a sickly teenager.
In Portugal, D. Pedro I of Brazil became King as D. Pedro IV (1826), but no one wanted to re-establish the union of Portugal and Brazil. Pedro abdicated the Portuguese throne in favor of his daughter Princess Maria da Glória , then seven years old. D. Pedro's brother D. Miguel was to act as Regent, and to marry Maria when she came of age. [ 32 ]
He was created titular Prince of Antioch, and was possibly poisoned by his mother-in-law. Infanta Isabella (1432–1455), Queen of Portugal by marriage to Afonso V of Portugal. Mother of John II of Portugal. Infante James (1433–1459), Cardinal and Archbishop of Lisbon, lived in Italy; his tomb is in the convent church of San Miniato al Monte ...
Manuel (11 November 1531 – 14 April 1537), was the Hereditary Prince of Portugal from 1535 to his death in 1537. He was the fifth child and second son of king John III of Portugal and Catherine of Austria. In 1535, his father officially designated him as Prince of Portugal, taking the place of his eldest sister Infanta Maria Manuela.
The title Duke of Braganza (Portuguese: Duque de Bragança) in the House of Braganza is one of the most important titles in the peerage of Portugal.Starting in 1640, when the House of Braganza acceded to the throne of Portugal, the male heir of the Portuguese Crown were known as Duke of Braganza, along with their style Prince of Beira or (from 1645 to 1816) Prince of Brazil.