Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Spain and Portugal

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Portuguese royalty
House of Aviz

John I Children    Infante Duarte (future Edward I)    Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra    Henry the Navigator (Infante Henrique, Duke of Viseu)    Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy    Infante João    Infante Fernando, the Saint Prince    Afonso, Duke of Braganza (illegitimate)    Beatriz, Countess of Arundel (illegitimate) Grandchildren include    Infanta Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal Edward Children    Infante Afonso (future Afonso V)    Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu    Infanta Leonor, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Catarina    Infanta Joana, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Infante Manuel, Duke of Beja (future Manuel I)    Infanta Leonor of Viseu, Queen of Portugal Afonso V Children include    Blessed Joana, Crown Princess of Portugal    Infante João (future John II) John II    Afonso, Crown Prince of Portugal    Jorge, Duke of Coimbra (illegitimate) Manuel I Children include    Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Spain and Portugal    Infante João (future John III)    Infanta Isabel, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Beatriz, Duchess of Savoy    Infante Luís, Duke of Beja    Infante Fernando, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso    Infante Cardinal Afonso    Infante Cardinal Henrique (future Henry I)    Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães    Infanta Maria Grandchildren include    Philip II of Spain (future Philip I of Portugal)    António, Prior of Crato (future Anthony I) (illegitimate)    Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza    Infanta Catarina of Guimarães, Duchess of Braganza Great-Grandchildren include    Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza    Rannuccio Farnense of Parma Great-Great-Grandchildren include    John II, Duke of Braganza (future John IV of Portugal) John III Children include    Infanta Maria Manuela, Princess of Asturias    João, Crown Prince of Portugal Grandchildren include    Infante Sebastião (future Sebastian I)    Carlos, Prince of Asturias Sebastian Henry Anthony (disputed king)

Infante Miguel da Paz de Trastámara e Avis (1498–1500, pron. IPA: [mi'gɛɫ dɐ paʃ]; English (lit.): Michael of the Peace) was a Portuguese prince, son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his first wife Isabella of Asturias (1470-98). He was recognised as heir to both his father's kingdom of Portugal, and to his grandmother's kingdom of Castile and León. As such, he was styled Prince of Asturias.

He was born in Zaragoza, Spain on August 24, 1498 and his mother died during the childbirth. For the next two years he was the heir to the throne of both Portugal and Spain.

One of Miguel's maternal aunts, Maria of Aragon, then married his father and gave birth to eight children.

He died young in Granada on July 19, 1500 and is buried in the Convent of Saint Isabella, the Royal, in Toledo.

Hopes to unite all Iberian kingdoms vanished at Miguel's death. After his demise, Joan the Mad (Miguel's maternal aunt) became the heiress of Spain, eventually bringing those kingdoms to the Habsburgs. However, the Iberian Union took place about a hundred years later, in 1580, when the Habsburg king, Philip II of Spain, Miguel's half-nephew, and grandson of both Joan the Mad and Manuel of Portugal, acquired Portugal and its dominions (see Philippine Dynasty).

House of Trastámara Born: 1498; Died: 1500
Preceded by Princess Isabella, queen consort of Portugal who was deposed	Prince of Asturias 1498-1500	Vacant Title next held by Princess Juana consort of the ruler of Burgundian lands