Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal

Maria Manuela
Princess of Portugal, Princess of Asturias
Portrait by Antonis 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
Spouse
Philip, Prince of Asturias
(later Philip II of Spain)
(m. 1543)
IssueCarlos, Prince of Asturias
HouseAviz
FatherJohn III of Portugal
MotherCatherine of Austria

Dona Maria Manuela (15 October 1527 – 12 July 1545[1]) was the eldest daughter and second child of King John III of Portugal and his wife Catherine of Austria.[2] 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.

  1. ^ Kamen 1998, p. 20.
  2. ^ McMurdo, 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. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

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