Why did the Iberian Union Fail?
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- there were three Spanish kings in total, not just two. Philipp II, III and IV.
- the reason why Portugal wasnt able to defend its colonies was because Spain forced Portugal to provide boats to the incredible armada, which destroyed almost the entire Portuguese fleet
- Portugal kept its allies, but the allies gave authorization to its pirates to attack Portuguese ships. Meaning, Portugal was still ally with England but the english pirates were attacking Portuguese ships because they operated outside the official jurisdiction.
- the union of the crowns was never a good thing. Some nobles wanted to belong to the big Habsburgs court, but the country itself never wanted the union. The people was oppose to it from the start.\r\n
Date: 2023-12-16
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knowledgia
I don't think the union could have worked at this point - both countries were bitter rivals since XIV century and portugeese and spanish people shared mutual hatered towards eachother based on an early nationlaism (fun fact, Ferdinand Magellan was in fact of portugeese origin, and because of that he had to suffer repeated mutany from his subordinates who were spanish. It's sort of the same situation as in 100 years war - even if Henry V won a total victory and was crowned the king of France, this union simply wouldn't last as both French and Eglish nationalism would generate revolts unitll the union would break. The feudal logic doesn't apply in this scenario.
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I don't think the union could have worked at this point - both countries were bitter rivals since XIV century and portugeese and spanish people shared mutual hatered towards eachother based on an early nationlaism (fun fact, Ferdinand Magellan was in fact of portugeese origin, and because of that he had to suffer repeated mutany from his subordinates who were spanish. It's sort of the same situation as in 100 years war - even if Henry V won a total victory and was crowned the king of France, this union simply wouldn't last as both French and Eglish nationalism would generate revolts unitll the union would break. The feudal logic doesn't apply in this scenario.
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-ilidioalves7
The videos begins poorly by claiming -Kings such as Miguel da Paz. -. Miguel da Paz wasn't a King. He was a prince that was expected to inherit the Crowns of Portugal, Castille and Aragon (being the son of the Portuguese King Manuel I and Isabela, eldest daughter of Isabela I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon, but two things happened: his mother (Princess Isabella) died birthing him (thus, did not succeed her parents crowns) and the little Miguel died in infancy.
He was, however, named as Miguel da Paz, which means, in Portuguese, Michael of the Peace, because he was expected to finally bring peace and Unity in the peninsula.
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The videos begins poorly by claiming -Kings such as Miguel da Paz. -. Miguel da Paz wasn't a King. He was a prince that was expected to inherit the Crowns of Portugal, Castille and Aragon (being the son of the Portuguese King Manuel I and Isabela, eldest daughter of Isabela I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon, but two things happened: his mother (Princess Isabella) died birthing him (thus, did not succeed her parents crowns) and the little Miguel died in infancy.
He was, however, named as Miguel da Paz, which means, in Portuguese, Michael of the Peace, because he was expected to finally bring peace and Unity in the peninsula.
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-leandromiguel4481
John the II of Portugal had one son named Afonso of Portugal who if he had grown would be the king of Portugal, Aragon and Castille, the kings of Castille feared that and they tried everything to stop the marriage but failed, but Afonso died while riding is horse, they are some theories that the kings of Castille had something to do with the accident, therefore John the second named his cousin I think D Manuel to become the next king, if had the Afonso survived, this would be the first time in history that a king of Portugal would be king of Aragon and Castille
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John the II of Portugal had one son named Afonso of Portugal who if he had grown would be the king of Portugal, Aragon and Castille, the kings of Castille feared that and they tried everything to stop the marriage but failed, but Afonso died while riding is horse, they are some theories that the kings of Castille had something to do with the accident, therefore John the second named his cousin I think D Manuel to become the next king, if had the Afonso survived, this would be the first time in history that a king of Portugal would be king of Aragon and Castille
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-fbkintanar
I was disappointed that the impact of the Iberian Union on the transatlantic slave trade wasn't discussed. Portuguese planters, as well as Dutch planters in Northeast Brazil, had built a sugar empire in Brazil by transporting slaves from Africa, while Spain kept out of the slave trade. What happened during the Iberian Union? Did the British, Dutch and French replace the Portuguese slavers? Did the Portuguese continue importing slaves to Brazil clandestinely? And how was slavery changed when the Iberian Union broke up?
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I was disappointed that the impact of the Iberian Union on the transatlantic slave trade wasn't discussed. Portuguese planters, as well as Dutch planters in Northeast Brazil, had built a sugar empire in Brazil by transporting slaves from Africa, while Spain kept out of the slave trade. What happened during the Iberian Union? Did the British, Dutch and French replace the Portuguese slavers? Did the Portuguese continue importing slaves to Brazil clandestinely? And how was slavery changed when the Iberian Union broke up?
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knowledgia
My opinion about this matter is that if the King of the small country (Portugal) would have a would have inherited the crown of the larger country (Spain, the union would have worked the same way it happed when when a Scottish King inherited the English crown. Every time an English king tried to conquer the Scottish crow he failed. The English would never had accepted a French King, but they did accept a King from Hannover the same way as the French accepted a King of Navarre
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My opinion about this matter is that if the King of the small country (Portugal) would have a would have inherited the crown of the larger country (Spain, the union would have worked the same way it happed when when a Scottish King inherited the English crown. Every time an English king tried to conquer the Scottish crow he failed. The English would never had accepted a French King, but they did accept a King from Hannover the same way as the French accepted a King of Navarre
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knowledgia
Filpe 2 never conquer Portugal, this video is WRONG, king Sebastian of Portugal died without an son, and Filpe2 of Spain was of Portuguese decendent, and for that reason and that reason only he was crown king of both Spain and Portugal, he Spain NEVER won a batle against the Portuguese in Iberian territory! Go search King Sebastian History and then you will know!
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Filpe 2 never conquer Portugal, this video is WRONG, king Sebastian of Portugal died without an son, and Filpe2 of Spain was of Portuguese decendent, and for that reason and that reason only he was crown king of both Spain and Portugal, he Spain NEVER won a batle against the Portuguese in Iberian territory! Go search King Sebastian History and then you will know!
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-AsprosOfAzeroth
Filipe: -I'm King now! --
Portugal: -Ok Filipe the First, you are the King. --
Filipe: -What? No it's -The Second-. --
Portugal: -Of where? --
Filipe: -Spain. --
Portugal: -Are you in Spain! --
Filipe: -No. --
Portugal: -Then I guess it's -The First- caralho! -
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Filipe: -I'm King now! --
Portugal: -Ok Filipe the First, you are the King. --
Filipe: -What? No it's -The Second-. --
Portugal: -Of where? --
Filipe: -Spain. --
Portugal: -Are you in Spain! --
Filipe: -No. --
Portugal: -Then I guess it's -The First- caralho! -
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-roberavila912
Who will be the football trainer of the national team? Luis Enrique or Mourinho. Anyway neither of both would choose Cristiano in the new Iberian team, Cristiano is over and I think Cristiano has been much better than Messi. But this new Iberian Football Team would be assome.
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Who will be the football trainer of the national team? Luis Enrique or Mourinho. Anyway neither of both would choose Cristiano in the new Iberian team, Cristiano is over and I think Cristiano has been much better than Messi. But this new Iberian Football Team would be assome.
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knowledgia
My name is Lucas Santiago Lima. I'm from Brazil. My name came from the Iberian Union time. San Tiago (Saint James) is spanish. Lima is portuguese. San Tiago was put together, like Santiago. It's a normal name in Portugal now. So i am part portuguese and spanish.
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My name is Lucas Santiago Lima. I'm from Brazil. My name came from the Iberian Union time. San Tiago (Saint James) is spanish. Lima is portuguese. San Tiago was put together, like Santiago. It's a normal name in Portugal now. So i am part portuguese and spanish.
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-margon1234
The Iberian peninsula was never a union! Spain took over Portugal against their wish due to a lack of heir. It took them 60 years to free themselves of the Spanish regime, but eventually they did. They have since lived in harmony.
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The Iberian peninsula was never a union! Spain took over Portugal against their wish due to a lack of heir. It took them 60 years to free themselves of the Spanish regime, but eventually they did. They have since lived in harmony.
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-jeffreyzervos6938
No it's Spanish fault. Portugal should of been an autonomous kingdom under Spain and given its own governance except in foreign policy and wars. But Spain instantly lied about their promises so Portugal did the right thing.
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No it's Spanish fault. Portugal should of been an autonomous kingdom under Spain and given its own governance except in foreign policy and wars. But Spain instantly lied about their promises so Portugal did the right thing.
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-uekiguy5886
QUESTION: At this point in history, I'm wondering how much closer the Spanish and Portuguese languages were. In the early 1600s, were they more like dialects of the same language? Could they easily communicate? Thank you.
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QUESTION: At this point in history, I'm wondering how much closer the Spanish and Portuguese languages were. In the early 1600s, were they more like dialects of the same language? Could they easily communicate? Thank you.
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-elmaje9119
That map is wrong. Spain did not exist, It was the Crown of Castile and Leon plus Navarre, the Crown of Aragon, the duchy of Milan and Burgundy, Portugal was another Habsburg realm just like Aragon, nothing special
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That map is wrong. Spain did not exist, It was the Crown of Castile and Leon plus Navarre, the Crown of Aragon, the duchy of Milan and Burgundy, Portugal was another Habsburg realm just like Aragon, nothing special
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-TheCrazierz
I wonder if Spanish would have become the official language and overcome Portuguese in the mainland, but the colonies and later the south American countries kept Portuguese, that would have been interesting
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I wonder if Spanish would have become the official language and overcome Portuguese in the mainland, but the colonies and later the south American countries kept Portuguese, that would have been interesting
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knowledgia
It would have been a nightmare for the Portuguese people if the Union didn't fail not only did they lose access to their biggest and longest ally the English but it also had a couple other negative effects
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It would have been a nightmare for the Portuguese people if the Union didn't fail not only did they lose access to their biggest and longest ally the English but it also had a couple other negative effects
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-aldyleeson
Maybe a Brazilian helped the guy who is speaking in the video with the Portuguese names --- because he is pronouncing with a Brazilian accent, even though is still pretty strong the American accent ---
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Maybe a Brazilian helped the guy who is speaking in the video with the Portuguese names --- because he is pronouncing with a Brazilian accent, even though is still pretty strong the American accent ---
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-luizcsn89
Sometimes I wonder: if The spaniards would have discovered gold in Brazil back then (The europeans only had discovered it in The end of the XVII century, would They Let Portugal go so -easily -?
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Sometimes I wonder: if The spaniards would have discovered gold in Brazil back then (The europeans only had discovered it in The end of the XVII century, would They Let Portugal go so -easily -?
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-antonio9766
Lusitania Roman Empire what won Iberia to be divided the Hispanic Roman had 5 Different region of Spain to be recognized with Galicia and Catalonia and Portugal was Lusitanos Roman Empire.
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Lusitania Roman Empire what won Iberia to be divided the Hispanic Roman had 5 Different region of Spain to be recognized with Galicia and Catalonia and Portugal was Lusitanos Roman Empire.
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knowledgia
The war against dutch invasion of northeastern Brazil is seen as the birth of brazilian army because of the lack of spanish help that lead to it been fought just by portuguese and brazilians
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The war against dutch invasion of northeastern Brazil is seen as the birth of brazilian army because of the lack of spanish help that lead to it been fought just by portuguese and brazilians
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-KevinLopez-pu7ll
The second Spain annexed portugal it should-ve instantly sold Netherlands to the French. Let German, French, Dutch and British fight it out while protecting colonies and peninsula.
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The second Spain annexed portugal it should-ve instantly sold Netherlands to the French. Let German, French, Dutch and British fight it out while protecting colonies and peninsula.
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-joaoconchilha2231
History is just history, both live the present Portugal and Spain, I wish that all countries in the world lived like us, if that happens will be peace at last.
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History is just history, both live the present Portugal and Spain, I wish that all countries in the world lived like us, if that happens will be peace at last.
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-jayjayelectro5600
Short answer: the eternal anglo.
When Hispania unites the whole world will rejoice as it will mean the empire will finally begin to be pushed back
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Short answer: the eternal anglo.
When Hispania unites the whole world will rejoice as it will mean the empire will finally begin to be pushed back
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-asinner9096
I have heard that the most advanced and capable ships of the grand armada in 1588 were actually the Portuguese ones also manned by the Portuguese sailors.
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I have heard that the most advanced and capable ships of the grand armada in 1588 were actually the Portuguese ones also manned by the Portuguese sailors.
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-Luftwaffe1985
Hello colleagues, a question in the year 1580-1640, Portugal had already controlled the whole of Brazil or only a part of it during the Iberian Union
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Hello colleagues, a question in the year 1580-1640, Portugal had already controlled the whole of Brazil or only a part of it during the Iberian Union
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-jmdcovas
I'm Portuguese, and I'm proud of our history, but I would love to see an Iberian Federation of independent states become true in my lifetime.
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I'm Portuguese, and I'm proud of our history, but I would love to see an Iberian Federation of independent states become true in my lifetime.
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-doppelwaffen
The union was doomed fo tail. Portugal owned too much of the world to become an overtaxed, impoverished province of the Spanish Empire.
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The union was doomed fo tail. Portugal owned too much of the world to become an overtaxed, impoverished province of the Spanish Empire.
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knowledgia
do you know how this union ended? with the Spanish representative of the spanish crown being thrown out of a window in Lisbon, thats how.
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do you know how this union ended? with the Spanish representative of the spanish crown being thrown out of a window in Lisbon, thats how.
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-asnovasdodia
Just a note (but a very important one): Spain didn't exist as such. It was a nickname for the union that Castile and Aragon had formed.
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Just a note (but a very important one): Spain didn't exist as such. It was a nickname for the union that Castile and Aragon had formed.
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-jacintovski
Montijo is not pronounced in Portuguese as it is in Castilian Spanish. The J is pronounced like a normal J, such as in John.
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Montijo is not pronounced in Portuguese as it is in Castilian Spanish. The J is pronounced like a normal J, such as in John.
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