Diego, Prince of Asturias
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Diego, Prince of Asturias and Portugal (Diego Felix; 15 August 1575 – 21 November 1582) was the fourth son of
Early life
At the time of his birth, Diego's elder brother,
He was formally invested as Prince of Asturias on 1 March 1580 by the Courts in Madrid.[1] The poet Cristóbal de Virués dedicated a sonnet to the new Prince, where he proposed that Diego follow the steps of his father.[2]
In 1580, his father became
Death
Diego never became king. In late 1582 he contracted smallpox and died at the age of 7. At his death, Philip II was inconsolable, for the only heir-apparent to the throne remaining was the small and sickly Infante Philip, assuming the position of Prince of Asturias. The king gave orders that continuous prayers be said at the Church of Our Blessed Lady in Zaragoza for the health of the royal children remaining.
Diego's younger brother became King Philip III upon their father's death in 1598.
Ancestry
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- ^ Friedrich Christoph Schlosser, Georg Ludwig Kriegk: World History for the German people, Vol. 13, Varrentrapp, 1852, p. 202.
- ^ Freiherr von Münch: Book for Latin and English literature, Ferd. Dümmler, 1860, p.159.