Miguel de la Paz was sworn in as Heir by the Cortes of Castille, Aragon and Portugal. He was born in Zaragoza and he was brought up by the Catholic monarchs.
He rests at the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of Granada, together with his maternal grandparents (and his uncle and aunt Felipe and Juana).
I know that he replaced his mother as heir presumptive to the Spanish crowns, after her death in childbirth. The question is: WOULD it have been possible for inherit them, along with the Portugese crown? I thought that Portugal did not allow their sovereigns to rule other countries. Was that not why the Brazilian emperors and their descendants later on were excluded from the succession? Ditto for the descendants of Queen Maria II through her daughters ...
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