iberian union

The Iberian Union was a dynastic personal union between Spain and Portugal. It started because King Sebastian I died in a war with Morocco without producing an heir. Then his uncle, Henry, became king but was old and a cardinal, which meant he couldn't get married. So, once he died, this led to...

Hapsburg Charles V ruled the Americas through Spain and the Holy Roman Empire through Austria but gave up Austria to his brother Ferdinand II because he became very ill at a young age and feared he wouldn't survive to his heir's adulthood. His son Phillip II succeeded him in Spain and married...

In June 1622, as Portugal was in the Iberian Union, the Dutch attacked and tried to conquer Macau. But with a completely unexpected result the Portuguese managed to win and Macau remained in its hands. But what if the Dutch succeeded? What would be the immediate consequences in the region? Would...

I think if the Portuguese colonized the Philippines, the colonization will be much slower and the Portuguese would have rights to Luzon and Sulu due to discovery and alliance, the last Majapahit ruler was allied with Manuel I and Joao III. I think the Igorots might have allied with the...

In this TL the Iberian Union survives for a lot longer, a few centuries at least. My question is what happens to some Portuguese colonies, specially Brazil. Without the competition between Spain and Portugal, would Brazil still expand westwards? Or does the crown make them respect the Line of...

Juan, Prince of Asturias dies in the January of 1491 of an illness not recognized. That would leave his elder sister Isabel of Aragon as heir-presumptive to the thrones Castile and Aragon with Juana as second in line. In this universe, Isabel and Ferdinand decided to stop waiting and arrange...

OTL, the treaty of Tordesillas, and all that was to prevent war between those two kingdoms. But in the event that a Portuguese Castilian union forms while leaving Aragon out via a marriage of Isabella and John II of Portugal (hell maybe Afonso V's first son named john lives) then, well... war is...

I'm talking about this guy, who was the son of king João III and died at the age of 16 from either tuberculosis or diabetes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Manuel,_Prince_of_Portugal Let's say he's a bit healthier and succeeds his father whem he passes away in 1557. I assume his reign...

What if, between 1581 - 1582, during the midst of the War of Portuguese Succession, one day, a ship arrives in the port of Lisbon, and steps off it, is the thought-dead Sebastian of Portugal. Having been captured by the Moroccans, and kept prisoner in secret for years, until he paid a ransom. He...

What if Mary Tudor lived longer than OTL, causing the match between her stepson don Carlos and Elisabeth of France going ahead as originally planned? If Henry II still died in the tournament for Elisabeth‘s wedding and Francis II of France also died after a short reign, Marie Stuart would be...

What if Miguel of Portugal survived to his OTL death, and became adult inheriting Castile from his grandmother, Aragon from his grandfather and Portugal from his father? And if he married a surviving Madeleine of Navarre, who would eventually become heiress of her mother’s kingdom as Ferdinand...

What will happen if Edward, Prince of Wales died in 1540, followed shortly after by his devastated father? With Henry VIII dead in 1541, Catherine Howard would be the Dowager Queen, a young and rich widow free to remarry, while Mary Tudor will follow his father as Queen. In OTL Mary, after...

Portugal had one of the most accomplished histories in the age of exploration, being the first into India and China, as well as the first large-scale colonies in Africa. This is to say nothing of how they started the expeditions in the first place or Brazil. Which also exists. But I want to know...

So the title states clearly the challenge, but it is lets say a multitiered challenge, it can be made under any kind of circumstances and events possible, it could be an imperial capital city of a united iberian nation, a city state, having OTL borders, some spanish autonomy becoming independent...

This hasn't been brought up for a while, so I figured I would throw out the question, what potentially could have occurred if the Portuguese won the Battle of Alcácer Quibir. The Battle was fought between Portugal and Morocco, which led to a devastating Moroccan victory including the death of...

The Iberian Union was the union of Spain and Portugal as the name implies. What would the consequences of a unified Iberian peninsula be? I know one would be that the Netherlands would be able to keep their colony in Brazil. How would it remain unified? I think that it could remain unified if...

Found this massive Spanish Empire- though apparently didn't hold quite all this at once or even under the kingdom of Spain- the Pink was claimed through some dynastic shenanigans and they inherited Portugal somehow as well, but I have no clue about that other stuff all over the place

There was an attempt in 1498 to unite all Iberia under one personal union into a super Spain, under Miguel Da Paz, heir to Portugal, Castile and Leon, which he would get from Grandpa and Grandma Ferdinand and Isabella. Unfortunately, he died at age two, and the idea of all hispania being united...

Silent night, the stars are bright All is calm, in Thy sight Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Babe so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night All is calm with no fight Light shall beam from Thy face Brining peace to all with grace...

Hello everyone, I have been building an alternate story a few months ago in which Brazil became a great power comparable to the power of France during the 19th and 20th century. In this world Brazil industrialized very early being one of the first places to industrialize, after its independence...