Polity · 1582 CE – 1639 CE
Iberian Union
- Peak recorded area
- 815,550 km²
- 1588 CE
- Rulers on record
- 9
- from 1580 CE
Overview
The Iberian Union or the Hispanic Monarchy, describes the period from 1580 to 1640 in which the Monarchy of Spain under the Habsburg dynasty, then the personal union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, brought in personal union also the Kingdom of Portugal. It incorporated the entire Iberian Peninsula except Andorra, as well as Portuguese and Spanish overseas possessions, under the Spanish Habsburg monarchs Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV.
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Territory
13 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
9 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Albaviceroy of Portugal1580 CE – 1582 CE
- Philip II of SpainHead of State1580 CE – 1598 CE
- Albert VII, Archduke of Austriaviceroy of Portugal1583 CE – 1593 CE
- Philip III of SpainHead of State1598 CE – 1621 CE
- Cristóvão de Mouraviceroy of Portugal1600 CE – 1603 CE
- Miguel de Castroviceroy of Portugal1615 CE – 1617 CE
- Philip IV of SpainHead of State1621 CE – 1640 CE
- Diogo de Castroviceroy of Portugal1633 CE – 1634 CE
- Margaret of Savoyviceroy of Portugal1634 CE – 1640 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Iberian Union is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.