Iberian Union

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dynastic union historical political entity personal union

The Iberian Union was the dynastic union of the Spanish and Portuguese crowns under a single monarch from 1580 to 1640, creating a vast transcontinental Catholic empire.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal 0 1
Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Union) 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic union →
historical political entity →
personal union →
capital Lisbon →
Madrid →
cause extinction of the legitimate Portuguese Aviz male line →
characteristic retention of separate Portuguese laws and institutions →
shared monarch but distinct administrations →
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) →
surface form: Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604)

Dutch–Portuguese War →
Eighty Years' War →
continent Africa →
Asia →
Europe →
North America →
Oceania →
South America →
country Portugal →
Spain →
dissolutionEvent Portuguese Restoration War →
surface form: Portuguese Restoration of Independence
dissolutionYear 1640 →
dynasty House of Habsburg →
endTime 1640 →
followed House of Aviz →
Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 →
governmentForm composite monarchy →
hasMonarch Philip III of Portugal →
surface form: Philip I of Portugal

Philip II of Portugal →
Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED →
Philip III of Portugal →
Philip III of Spain NERFINISHED →
Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED →
includesTerritory Portugal →
surface form: Kingdom of Portugal

Kingdom of Spain →
Philippines →
Angola →
surface form: Portuguese Angola

Portuguese America →
surface form: Portuguese Brazil

Portuguese Empire →
Portuguese India →
Spanish America →
Spanish Empire →
language Portuguese →
Spanish →
notableRulerTitle King of Spain and Portugal →
religion Catholicism →
religiousCharacter Catholic empire →
replacedBy House of Braganza →
Portuguese Restoration War →
significantEvent Iberian Union self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal
startTime 1580 →

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kings of Portugal → associatedEvent → Iberian Union →
Philip II of Spain → dynasticUnion → Iberian Union →
Portuguese Empire → event → Iberian Union →
House of Aviz → followedBy → Iberian Union →
Restoration War → hasCause → Iberian Union →
Catholic Monarchy → hasKeyEvent → Iberian Union →
Habsburg Spain → notableEvent → Iberian Union →
this entity surface form: Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Union)
Portuguese royal family → notableEvent → Iberian Union →
Portuguese Restoration War → precededBy → Iberian Union →
Treaty of Zaragoza → precedes → Iberian Union →
Dutch–Portuguese War → relatedTo → Iberian Union →
Iberian Union → significantEvent → Iberian Union self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal
Portuguese Crown → significantEvent → Iberian Union →