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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Iberian Union canonical	24
Iberian Union under Philip II of Spain	1
Iberian Union under the Philippine Dynasty	1
Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal	1
Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Union)	1
beginning of the Iberian Union	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 ⓘ Philip III of Portugal ⓘ Philip III of Spain ⓘ Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
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 (29)

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

Catholic Monarchy → hasKeyEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

Philip II of Spain → dynasticUnion → Iberian Union ⓘ

Portuguese Empire → event → Iberian Union ⓘ

Dutch–Portuguese War → relatedTo → Iberian Union ⓘ

Treaty of Zaragoza → precedes → 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 ⓘ

Portuguese Restoration War → precededBy → Iberian Union ⓘ

Habsburg Spain → notableEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Union)

Restoration War → hasCause → Iberian Union ⓘ

Sebastian of Portugal → historicalConsequence → Iberian Union ⓘ

Portuguese royal family → notableEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

House of Aviz → followedBy → Iberian Union ⓘ

Kings of Portugal → associatedEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

Antonio, Prior of Crato → notableEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

Luso-Dutch War in Brazil → relatedTo → Iberian Union ⓘ

Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 → result → Iberian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: beginning of the Iberian Union

Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 → partOf → Iberian Union ⓘ

Philip II of Portugal → notableEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

Sebastian I of Portugal → succeededBy → Iberian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iberian Union under the Philippine Dynasty

Battle of Alcântara (1580) → hasTopic → Iberian Union ⓘ

Treaty of Lisbon (1668) → follows → Iberian Union ⓘ

Portuguese real → usedInPeriod → Iberian Union ⓘ

Aviz dynasty → successor → Iberian Union ⓘ

Sebastianism → influencedByEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

Battle of Alcácer Quibir → result → Iberian Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iberian Union under Philip II of Spain

Portuguese Renaissance → relatedTo → Iberian Union ⓘ

Henry of Portugal → notableEvent → Iberian Union ⓘ

Joanine dynasty → replacedBy → Iberian Union ⓘ