João Manuel, Prince of Portugal

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João Manuel
Prince of Portugal
Joao manuel principe portugal.jpg
João, Prince of Portugal; Antonis Mor, 1552
Born (1537-06-03)3 June 1537
Royal Palace of Évora, Évora
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon
Burial Jerónimos Monastery
Spouse Joanna of Austria
Issue Sebastian I of Portugal
House House of Aviz
Father John III of Portugal
Mother Catherine of Austria
Religion Roman Catholicism

João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃ mɐnuˈɛɫ]) (3 June 1537 – 2 January 1554) was a Portuguese infante (prince), the eighth son of King John III of Portugal by his wife Catherine of Austria, daughter of Philip I of Castile and Joanna of Castile. As the heir to the throne he was styled Prince of Portugal.

Early life

File:Joao Manuel, Prince of Portugal by Hieronymus Cock.jpg
Portrait of Prince João Manuel; Hieronymus Cock, c. 1550-1554.

João Manuel was born in 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. The successive inter-marriages between the houses of Spain and Portugal are believed to have some responsibility for his ill health. In 1552 he married Princess Joanna of Spain, his first cousin, through both paternal and maternal line, daughter of his paternal aunt Isabella of Portugal and of his maternal uncle, Emperor Charles V.

Death

João Manuel died of what the sources refer to as consumption, which may refer to tuberculosis, on 2 January 1554, but some historians believe his death occurred as a result of diabetes, a disease he may have inherited from his maternal grandfather Philip I. Eighteen days later, a posthumous son was born from his marriage: the future King Sebastian I of Portugal.

Ancestry

Family of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Edward of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Eleanor of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Manuel I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Infante João, Lord of Reguengos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Isabella of Barcelos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. John III of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. John II of Aragon (=28)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Ferdinand II of Aragon (=14)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Juana Enríquez (=29)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Maria of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. John II of Castile (=30)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Isabella I of Castile (=15)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Isabella of Portugal (=31)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Eleanor of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Philip I of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Charles the Bold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Mary of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Isabella of Bourbon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Catherine of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. John II of Aragon (=20)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Ferdinand II of Aragon (=10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Juana Enríquez (=21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Joanna of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. John II of Castile (=22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Isabella I of Castile (=11)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Isabella of Portugal (=23)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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João Manuel, Prince of Portugal
Cadet branch of the House of Burgundy
Born: 3 June 1537 Died: 2 January 1554
Portuguese nobility
Preceded by Prince of Portugal
1539–1554
Succeeded by
Sebastian