It hadn’t been long that your noble aunt, Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal, passed away after one last fatal childbirth, that your brother had you marry her widower, Manuel I of Portugal. His marriage with his late queen had produced ten children, of whom eight still lived and possessed good health; six were sons, and the eldest was not much younger that you were, but still, you were wed to the weary king. A punishment your brother enforced on you for your defiance…