Why wasn't Portugal Conquered by Spain?

Why wasn't Portugal Conquered by Spain?

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[Govvy]

You missed one important thing, when the Templars where kicked out of France in the early 14th century they went in a few different directions, one of them was to Portugal where they had support, Templars were also bankers and they took a huge amount of wealth into the region and paid a massive sum for additional land and protection. This wealth into Portugal allowed for expansion and its ability to build a navel fleet.

[jboss]

6:44 - "Although outnumbered..."
That basically summarizes the entire Portuguese history.

[smqlwgq]

13:22 - the argument that Spain might have been successful in conquering Portugal in the late 15th century if it wasn’t for the lure of American conquests glosses over their spectacular defeat at the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, when 6, 000 Portuguese defeated 31, 000 Castilians

[Eddie]

referring to the hundred years war as 'strained relations' is epic understatement.

[goncaloaguiar]

Spain didn't conquer Portugal because every time they tried, they failed. We threw the Spanish Invaders out the window, literally, on the 1st of December 1640. They tried with the French too during the Napoleonic wars, and also ultimately failed because the English helped us.

[iamekid]

A better question would be "Why wasn't Spain conquered by Portugal?"

[untro]

Much love for portugal from USA. I visited your lovely country past year and the people, food and scenery is beautiful

[lazywallstreetnews]

I’ve traveled a lot in my life and I’ve never found a place I liked more than Portugal. Gorgeous scenery, great beautiful people and amazing food everywhere. I’m learning Portuguese so I can move there someday or if not, Brazil will have to do

[IniciativaCondor]

Great vídeo, but you forgot the major episode : the Battle of Aljubarrota

[VincitOmniaVeritas]

3:44 the north part of the Iberian Peninsula, from Asturias to Navarra was never truly occupied by the moors.

[HusseinDoha]

Not just Mexico. Everything west of the Mississippi plus Florida and the gulf coast were under Spanish rule.

[RAPTIL-lztq]

The fact they divided the world in half ahaha. Incredible
Portugal history is amazing. All the innovation and resilience ⛵🫡

[GazilionPT]

The beginning of Portugal as an independent country was *not 1143, * but ratther *1139.* 1143 was only the year the king of León accepted the fact that Portugal was independent.
It's a *question of consistency and coherence:* if we consider 1640 the year Portugal regained its independence from the Hapsburg dynasty (and not 1668, the year the Hapsburg accepted that fact by the Treaty of Lisbon) — and we consider 1776 as the year of US independence (and not 1803, the year the UK accepted that fact by the Treaty of Paris) —, then, by the same reasoning, we must consider 1139 as the year Portugal became independent (and not 1143, the year León accepted that fact, by the Treaty of Zamora).

[lost_porkchop]

Too many childish comments in here. Today, we're neighbours, friends, and allies. Be happy.

[jeffslade]

England aided Portugal in the Reconquista, in the taking Lisbon in 1147, culminating in the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance of 1373 and the Treaty of Winsor a few years later. The oldest alliance in the world now. England was a powerful ally that would make even Spain think twice.

[ThorNado]

In addition, Portuguese known colonies in Asia with huge impact are Macao, Timor and Malacca

[fbo]

Portugal has the oldest recognized navy, though Spain had more capability to build a larger navy; Portugal had better technology and warfare tactics. Spain and many European countries often used Portuguese ships when they started overseas exploration.

[dandyguandy]

We are brothers from the same mother (Iberia)

[sanchoodell]

Portugal was the "front seat" of Europe and as such was one of the earliest European countries to explore the world and founded the earliest European colonies

[TheTomexification]

Basically we've been fighting our cousins and relatives since the beginning. Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, was son of the daughter of the King (Emperor) of Aragon Castile, he declared independence and fought his mom and grandfather, after that we were fighting our cousins, the successors of the throne of Castile. And we were backed by England, even before the treaty, they helped with the taking of Lisbon (at least that is what some historians say but not all agree).