Philip, Prince of Portugal
Prince of Portugal
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| Intro | Prince of Portugal | ||||||
| Places | Portugal | ||||||
| was | Prince | ||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||
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| Birth | 25 March 1533, Évora, Évora Municipality, Évora District, Alentejo | ||||||
| Death | 29 April 1539Évora, Évora Municipality, Évora District, Alentejo (aged 6 years) | ||||||
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Filipe, Prince of Portugal (25 March 1533 – 29 April 1539), was the Prince of Portugal from 1537 to his death in 1539. He was the sixth child son of king John III of Portugal and Catherine of Austria.
In 1537, he succeeded his brother Prince Manuel as Prince of Portugal, after his premature death. However, after his own premature death, two years later, after reaching six years old, his younger brother Infante João Manuel became the next Prince of Portugal.