Dynastic Union - Union of Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal

Union of Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal

Dynastic union between Spain (the union between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon) and Portugal (1580–1640), generally called the Iberian Union by modern historians, under the Philippine Dynasty.

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