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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.
In Portugal, he is known as Infante Dom Pedro das Sete Partidas [do Mundo], "of the Seven Parts [of the World]" because of his travels. Possibly the best-travelled prince of his time, he was regent between 1439 and 1448. He was also 1st Lord of Montemor-o-Velho, Aveiro, Tentúgal, Cernache, Pereira, Condeixa and Lousã.
Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal was the first son of king John III of Portugal and his queen, Catherine of Austria. [1] He was the Prince of Portugal but died in the same year he was born, in 1526.
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.
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.
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.