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Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal

Princess of Asturias

Summary

Princess of Asturias

Field	Value
name	Maria Manuela
consort	yes
title	Princess of Portugal, Princess of Asturias
succession	Duchess consort of Milan
reign	12 November 1543 – 12 July 1545
image	Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal and Asturias - El Prado.jpg
caption	Portrait by Antonis Mor
spouse
issue	Carlos, Prince of Asturias
house	Aviz
father	John III of Portugal
mother	Catherine of Austria
birth_date	15 October 1527
birth_place	Coimbra
death_date
death_place	Valladolid
burial_place	El Escorial

Dona Maria Manuela (15 October 1527 – 12 July 1545) was the eldest daughter and second child of King John III of Portugal and his wife Catherine of Austria. She was Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Milan as the first wife of the future Philip II of Spain, and Princess of Portugal as heir presumptive to the Portuguese throne between 1527 and 1535.

Early life

Maria was born in Coimbra on 15 October 1527 and was one of the two children of John III to survive childhood.

Marriage and later life

She married her double first cousin Philip II of Spain on 12 November 1543 at Salamanca. As she was to be married to the Prince of Asturias, heir apparent to the Spanish crown, and being an Infanta of 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 from Madrid to Badajoz to Salamanca to receive the princess and of the luxuries she was given by the Duke of Medina Sidonia in Badajoz.

She gave birth to their son Carlos on 8 July 1545 in Valladolid, but died four days later due to a haemorrhage. She was initially buried in the Royal Chapel of Granada on 30 March 1549 but was later transferred to Royal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial.

Ancestry

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

Notes

References

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Delbrugge, Laura. (2015). "Self-Fashioning and Assumptions of Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia". Brill.
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