Significant1580 – 1640 · 60 years

Spanish-Portuguese Union Wars

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Portugal · Iberia

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

Philip II of Spain conquered Portugal, uniting the Iberian peninsula for 60 years. Portuguese independence was restored after a rebellion in 1640.

Belligerents2

Spain
Portugal

ON THE MAPSpanish Empire (Americas)Kingdom of Portugal

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 3

Battle of Alcantara1580
Battle of Terceira1582
Battle of Sao Miguel1583

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Spanish-Portuguese Union Wars (1580 – 1640). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/spanish-invasion-portugal · Sources & methodology