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Portuguese royalty
House of Aviz-Beja

Manuel I Children include    Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and of Asturias    John III    Isabella, Holy Roman Empress    Beatrice, Duchess of Savoy    Louis, Duke of Beja    Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso    Cardinal-Infante Afonso    Henry    Edward, Duke of Guimarães    Maria, Lady of Viseu Grandchildren include    Anthony (illegitimate)    Maria, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza    Catherine, Duchess of Braganza Great-Great-Grandchildren include    John IV John III Children include    Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal and of Asturias    John Manuel, Prince of Portugal Grandchildren include    Sebastian Sebastian Henry Anthony

The Infante Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias (Portuguese: Miguel da Paz de Trastâmara e Avis, Portuguese pronunciation: [miˈɡɛɫ dɐ ˈpaʃ]; Spanish: Miguel de la Paz de Avís y Trastámara, "Michael of Peace") (1498–1500) was a Portuguese royal infante (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 grandparents' kingdoms of Castile and León. As such, he was styled both Prince of Portugal and Prince of Asturias.

He was born in Zaragoza, Spain on August 24, 1498 and his mother died during 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 Capilla Real, in Granada.

Hopes to unite all Iberian kingdoms vanished at Miguel's death. After his demise, Juana la loca (Joan the Mad, Miguel's maternal aunt) became the heiress of Spain, eventually bringing those kingdoms to the Habsburgs. However, the Iberian Union, although short-lived took place about a eighty years later, in 1580 until 1640, when the Habsburg king, Philip II of Spain, Miguel's half-nephew, and grandson of both Juana and Manuel of Portugal, acquired Portugal and its dominions (see Philippine Dynasty).

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