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Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula in 1157. Afonso had already won many victories over the Moors. At the beginning of his reign the religious fervor which had sustained the Almoravid dynasty was rapidly subsiding; in Portugal independent Moorish chiefs ruled over cities and petty taifa states, ignoring the central government; in Africa the Almohades were destroying the remnants of the ...
The Iberian Union (1580–1640), a 60-year dynastic union between Portugal and Spain, interrupted the alliance.The struggle of Elizabeth I of England against Philip II of Spain in the sixteenth century meant that Portugal and England were on opposite sides of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Dutch–Portuguese War.
Portugal's land boundaries have been notably stable for the rest of the country's history. The border with Spain has remained almost unchanged since the 13th century. The Treaty of Windsor (1386) created an alliance between Portugal and England that remains in effect to this day. Since early times, fishing and overseas commerce have been the ...
Mary I, the future queen of England (r. 1553-1558), is born to parents Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. 1521: Lutheran writings begin to circulate in England. 1527 21 May Phillip II, the future king of England (r. 1554-1558), is born to parents Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Isabella of Portugal. 1526
1300. 1 June – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338) Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352) 1301. 5 August – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330) 24 September – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372) William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died ...
King of England: Afonso 1475–1491 Prince of Portugal: Isabella of Aragon 1470–1498: Manuel I 1469–1521 King of Portugal r. 1495–1521: Maria of Aragon 1482–1517: Jaime 1479–1532 4th Duke of Braganza: Ferdinand I 1503–1564 Holy Roman Emperor: Catherine 1507–1578: John III 1502–1557 King of Portugal r. 1521–1557: Charles V(I ...
The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 was signed on 16 June 1373 [2] between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand I and Queen Leonor of Portugal. It established a treaty of "perpetual friendships, unions [and] alliances" between the two seafaring states, and remains the longest-standing treaty still in effect today.
By royal proclamation, James styled himself "King of Great Britain", but no such kingdom was actually created until 1707, when England and Scotland united during the reign of Queen Anne to form the new Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single British parliament sitting at Westminster. This marked the end of the Kingdom of England as a sovereign ...