Dutch–Portuguese War
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The Dutch–Portuguese War was a global armed conflict involving Dutch forces, in the form of the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch West India Company, and their allies, against the Iberian Union, and
Battle of Guararapes
Portuguese Goa in the late 16th century.
English and Dutch seizure of a Portuguese carrack St. Thomé traveling from St. Thomé (India) to Malacca (Malaysia) in October 1602.
Battle for Malacca between the VOC fleet and the Portuguese, 1606.
Portuguese Restoration War
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The Restoration War between Portugal and Spain began in 1641 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union. The period from 1640 to 1668 was marked by periodi
Dutch–Portuguese War
…neglected the defense of the Portuguese, the weaker member of the union, was a major contributing factor to Portugal shaking off Spanish rule in the Portuguese Restoration War. Moreover, the Portuguese claimed that the Iberian Union was a reason for the attacks on their colonies by the Dutch. The war lasted from 1598 to 1663…
Philip II & III of Portugal and Spain.
Wyvern, symbol of Portugal, keeping watch, pretending to sleep, while preparing its attack, Lusitania liberata ab injusto Castellanorum dominio, 1645.
Catherine of Braganza before becoming Queen Consort of England, Scotland and Ireland, c. 1660–1661.
Luisa de Guzmán, Queen Consort of Portugal, previously Duchess of Braganza.