Why that question? Would you like to be invaded by a foreign country? Portugal didn't want to be assimilated like Castile tried with Aragon Crown and got it. Watching this video, some terms are confusing. You're confusing a dinastic union with an invasion. In 1600, Spain wasn't a State or nation. It was a geographical term like Britain, Italy or Germany. So Castile was a foreign country for the different kingdoms of the peninsula (Spain). Portugal was as Spanish as any other person of the rest of kingdoms. The Portugal conflicts with Castile turned up because Castile was trying to control all kingdoms in Spain. Catalonia tried the same as Portugal in 1640 indeed. They were getting rid of the Habsburgs, not getting independence due to they were already indeed. When we talk about Spanish Crown, we're not talking about one state. It's about a Habsburg Branch possession of several separated states. Spain didn't start with the Union of the Crown's of Castile and Aragon in 1475 nor 1516. One of the many evidences is there was no flag of any state or nation called Spain till 1785. Aragon Kingdom remained independent till 1716 after the Nueva Planta decree signature. Spain was established during the XVIII century as result of the nationalisms period. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor Charles V[b] (24 February 1500 - 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519, King of Spain (Castile and Aragon) from 1516, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Union The Habsburg king was the only element that connected the multiple kingdoms and territories, ruling by six separate government councils of Castile, Aragon, Portugal, Italy, Flanders, and the Indies. The governments, institutions, and legal traditions of each kingdom remained independent of each other.[3] Alien laws (Leyes de extranjeria) determined that a national of one kingdom was a foreigner in all the other kingdoms.[4][5] en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Monarchs_of_Spain Spain was formed as a dynastic union of two crowns rather than a unitary state, as Castile and Aragon remained separate kingdoms until the Nueva Planta decrees of 1707-1716.

You are an idiot, trying for millennia to conquer a country, the restoration war was 28 years... but yeah we are of little value and not interesting, sod off with that yandere shit "oh it's not like I like you baka!" proceeds to beat the living shit out of us for 28 years... seriously how much of an can you be?

@@billycorgan3934 I think you are wrong, the word Spain already exists before 1300, not as something official, but as something of prestige within some kingdoms of the peninsula, this is in the historical documents of the time. Before the invasion by the Moors, in the Bisigothic kingdoms, there was already a mentality to unify the peninsula, so this idea was already there for a long time. In this last decade, there is an obsession with naming Catalonia constantly, it is not more important than the rest, sometimes they were in favor, sometimes against, like practically everyone and with their different dramatic or victorious episodes, like everyone, so It is not essential or more important than the rest, for example, Valencia was a kingdom, and it is not given more importance than what it has, which is not more than the rest of the kingdoms of Spain at the time, and what we are today . On the other hand, the area of ​​Portugal was always a little at its own pace, in fact, in the reconquest, they did not participate significantly in the most important battles against the Moors once Portugal was almost completely reconquered, so the rest of the reconquered, it was the other kingdoms that fought, no matter how far they were from the border with the Moors, it was a job among all, except Portugal, whose contribution was very little or practically none. There is also something I have always wondered, if before Portugal, there was Galicia, does that mean that Portugal and the Portuguese descended from Galicia? It seems logical, Galicia was before Portugal and the language is almost the same, with different variations, but almost the same, this is a great question.

@@redon-2833 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania In the James Ist Chronicle Llibre dels fets, written between 1208 and 1276, there are many instances of this.[a] Since the borders of modern Spain do not coincide with those of the Roman province of Hispania or of the Visigothic Kingdom, it is important to understand the context of medieval Spain versus modern Spain. The Latin term Hispania, often used during Antiquity and the Low Middle Ages as a geographical name Footnotes Chronicles Llibre dels fets When it talks about the different Kings, "los V regnes de Espanya" ("The 5 Kingdoms of Spain"); when it talks about a military fort built by the Christians saying that it is "de los meylors de Espanya" ("from the best of Spain"); when it declared that Catalonia, one of the integral parts of the Crown of Aragon, is "lo meylor Regne Despanya, el pus honrat, el pus noble" ("the best kingdom of Spain, the most honest, the most noble"); when it talks about the conflict that has existed for long "entre los sarrains e los chrestians, en Espanya" ("between Saracens and Christians, in Spain").[11] In that time it's obvious Spain was a geographical term, not any state or nation. Its obvious the current Spaniards has no national link with the Romans, Visigothics, Muslims... So it's important to get clear the Modern and medieval context. The King of Portugal would protest energetically when during a public act King Fernando talked about the "Crown of Spain".[12] This sentiment was also shared by the Portuguese people, as shown by who is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet, Luís de Camões, when in 1572 he defined the Portuguese people as "Uma gente fortíssima de Espanha" ("A very strong people of Spain").[13] It was after the independence of Portugal in 1640 when the concept of Spain started to shift and be applied to all the Peninsula except Portugal. Even so, Portugal would still complain when the terms "Crown of Spain" or "Monarchy of Spain" were still used in the 18th century with the Treaty of Utrecht.[12] I never said Catalonia was more important than any other kingdom.

@@billycorgan3934 I do not know how your comment rectifies what I have commented on mine. The Portuguese people will be as strong as they want to say, but the rest of the peninsula and under the name of Spain, they have not only said it, but they have also demonstrated it. As for Catalonia, if you have talked about it previously in your comment, that's why I talk about it in mine. You see, for all the towns and provinces there are legends and poetry, sometimes true, sometimes a lie, I can find countless quotes or poems that talk about Madrid, Burgos, Valencia, Galicia, Andalusia and all the rest. Sorry friend, I still don't understand what you want to tell me. es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espa%C3%B1a

LOL

Now we cough🙄😂 Saludos desde Españita

@@joaquincimas500 lol, it will pass, stay safe, all the best.

@themailman43 not only the Portuguese but all living things "blessed" with ears...

@themailman43 it's cod fish, better in that sentence.

Andorra is waiting for WW3.

😅

Andorra doesn't like loud speakers as spanniards and fierce fighters for freedom as portuguese.

Andorra will beat them all! Run for your life! LOL

António Moreira yes 😂 and 1/3 of the people of Andorra are portuguese so will invaded in Portugal with our own people 😂

if thats the case then why did the crown of aragon get absorbed to castile?

En América significa ambos

Obrigado José, yo pienso la misma cosa de España, somos primos hermanos y nada mas !

We feel the same ..we love ❤ Spain

@@pauloferreira4321 y nada mas.... mas confia en nuestros hermanos?

Nada mas tio!!!

we rape you in battle of aljubarrota you little castillian moors😹😹😹

he died...

... in a foggy morning, will return the Veiled King!

He died fighting for the glory of Portugal, in a last attempt cavalary charge over the enemies. He is represented in our bloody red flag.

In a morning full of mist... and probably starve to death because of taxes XD

Just like my dad

250 000 Spanish soldiers looool,pure bullshit

@@mrloxicoz9353 Over time, not at once, ok?

hhhhh, you should throw your references.... this is so badly wrong ( Portugal existed only 77 years before Colombus ....) is so wrong.. Anyway you are not the only uneducated here who is lying.. I found so many lies and mistakes that I am just zapping the entire video. This is definitely not a place for me keep going in your stupidity and self blinding..... Moroccans are only waiting for the time

@@alexander_adnan I was not going to point out your evident lack of proficiency in English, but I do feel it is relevant. You may want to re-read what I wrote since I never said: "Portugal only existed 77 years before Columbus". When you have difficulties even copying what I worte I do feel you do not deserve neither my time nor effort in answering the rest of your attacks. On a last note, I understand if there is some touchiness over us conquering Ceuta 600 years ago but if you cannot even unlawfully hold to Western Sahara it is weird you would expose yourself like this on the internet.

Also... -Why the focus on American Colonies? In my opinion Spain thrive more in Central and South America but not a single mention on Portuguese trade/income from Africa and (the reason why Discovery Ages started) Indian colonies. Tordesilhas treaty made Spain lose interest in fighting for the control of monopoly since the world was already divided in two. Money above war. -Both countries are extreme Catholic followers, and since both are sent gifts to the Vatican and converting pagans around world during the Discovery Ages, i doubt that conquest a "follower of God" are not so simple without the Pope support. -The long alliance with the english made a huge difference in defending Portugal from bigger armys of Spain, together with some great defensive strategic plans from english and portuguese commanders (never mentioned). Good points but also some bad explained stuff in this video (i might be biased thou).

And your Long Bow archers surely gave us a precious help in the Battle of Aljubarrota. There were no archers like the Englishman and their Long Bow. And by the way, the most praised yew wood for these bows came from Portugal and Italy.

@@duartesimoes508 kingdom of Aragón>>> all kingdoms

@@duartesimoes508the British and Portuguese have always had a mutual admiration for eachother as allies for hundreds of years. I’m glad this still stands to this day, love from a Canadian Brit 💜

The Brythonic people who left Britain in 5th/6th centuries also landed in northern Portugal aswell as northern france So for many many years we have been bound to each other Plus the Portuguese gave us Tea

@@Neil-yh8uu Gave u the tea tradition and fish and chips :P, much love from Portugal , forever fighting the spanish together lmao

Verdade, somos povos que se complementam com as nossas diferenças, partilhamos um mesmo espaço sem fronteiras.

In reality Portugal always behave in a betrayal bad willing way among Spain, this is more visible during the Great Spanish empire time. By becoming allies of the British against Spain. I see a lot of hate from the Portuguese but I guess actual Spaniards lost their pride long ago.

@@user-oo5kz8zd9k there's no hate from the Portuguese at the moment, grab a camera and a mic, go up to people and ask them what they think about Spain, it's a nice place with good people

​@@user-oo5kz8zd9k Portugal and Spain relationship is better now than ever!

Avante Lvsitania I have not heard of this belief before. Is it like how the Welsh believe that King Arthur will come back one day?

@@jessecollins3652 Yes, pretty much.

He never did die...he will be back..

Jesse Collins I am not quite familiar with the legend of King Arthur, but in Portugal there is a thing called Sebastianism. Our King Sebastian disappeared in the Battle of Alcácer-Quibir and his body was never found. The disaster of this battle and the loss of the King resulted in Portugal being incorporated into Spain. It was basically the most traumatic event in Portuguese History. So people started to believe that the disappeared King didn’t die, and would eventually “come back riding a white horse on a foggy morning, to save Portugal from decay and restore it’s old glory”. Even after Portugal restored it’s independence, this messianic view that the “Veiled King” would come and save us on the darkest hour was popular and eventually became a central part of our culture and mindset. It was the base of much of our literature and artistic work. Great names of our literature, like Father António Vieira, or more recently, Fernando Pessoa, created the myth of the Fifth Empire, in which the Saviour (which is based on King Sebastian) would make Portugal a universal leading cultural power of Humanity, like Greece or Rome. Even today it is something very important to us, and on a foggy morning we still joke (or perhaps hope) that it’s the day King Sebastian will return. Obviously there is much more in all of this, but that’s basically the essential.

@@avantelvsitania3359 wow, that is really interesting.

Glad to hear, was kinda wondering about that

Spain and Portugal aren't brothers, but we do get together on hating the French

Too bad Spaniards have a hard time understanding and speaking Portuguese.

@@bobweiram6321 I don't speak portuguese but I can understand it 😂

When I was in Portugal, cars with Spanish plates were tagged (from the dust of sand) with the word "Porca". This was on a parking lot for a zoo...

Luso-Brasileiros, somos descendentes de bravos guerreiros do mar!

Are your serious first ???

Portugal was the first global maritime empire. @@zaturaofficial

How so? You mean you would've taken over from the french and the british In Africa?

@@amanuelyesuf1117 Their disputed colonies might've been more stable and intact is what I was mentioning, which would probably change history.

mention them all

@@accountuser8663, what is important in fact its to mention one very important point: Condado Portucalense was never took from Spain, never ever. Later in history, Condado Portucalense became Portugal but at that time, it was much bigger then it was when Condado Portucalense existed. If you get the facts incorrect right by the start you can understand what I am mentioning for. Condado Portucalense was fouded by D. Afonso Henriques and that was the first King and conquer the northen region, later on expanded below and kicked out the Mustlims from the region, on fights that succeed to other Kings and only then when they reach the complete south region, was considered what is today known as Portugal, this is just a simple resume.

Yes and the first ruler of the Condato Portucalense was D. Henrique of Burgundy a great knight who fought during the christian reconquest. He was given by Afonso of Castile and Leon this county in order to pay for his great military services. He was than recognized as "Count of Portugal"/Conde do Condado Portucalense.

I stopped watching when I read your comment, thank you for saving my time

why are you lying? where did you get these sources? all lie

Essa frase foi de Julio César

Unless you’re Moroccan/north african* then anything goes in due time

Had never heard this one before.

Lusitanii

@@tzarye1425 It's from Galba, one of the 4 Emperors in the chaotic 'Year of the Four Emperors' that ensued after Nero's death. Did a quick search, he spoke of the Lusitanian tribes.

Naqueles da mesma América Hispânica, eles só ensinam coisas falsas para difamar a Espanha, mas isso não se reduz apenas aos hispânicos americanos, começou quando o rei da Espanha era rei da Holanda e começou uma campanha de difamação, os ingleses os ajudaram a ser seu próprio país e então... Inglaterra atacou a Holanda, busca por "Lenda Negra Espanhola"

@@fayero5 Sem dúvida nenhuma, se o Brasil tivesse descoberto um continente ele faria o mesmo.

É hilariante pois, se pensarem bem, os Brasileiros são os Portugueses que colonizaram o Brasil. E qualquer coisa que tenham feito de mal foram esses mesmos Portugueses/Brasileiros a fazer e não os Portugueses de Portugal.

Diferenciados porque? Concordo que pegam pesado com Portugal nas escolas mas eles tb não foram santos. Uma coisa é defender uma história mais equilibrada, outra é babar ovo e ignorar os muitos pontos negativos

@@julioserra2604 Ninguém falou de santidade, mas agradeça a eles por hoje vc não ser muçulmano. Os caras implodiram a rota da seda, contornando a África, descobrindo as ilhas ao oeste do continente Africano, desenvolveram a cartográfia, foram os primeiros europeus a chegar na China pelo mar, Magalhães o português deu a primeira volta ao mundo, lutaram e venceram os otomanos nos mares, fundaram feitorias nas índias, descobriram a Austrália, o Brasil, Angola, Moçambique , Africa do Sul.... Tudo isso com 1 milhão de habitantes. Hoje conhecemos apenas as estórias contadas por ingleses e americanos mas , Portugal e Espanha mandarm no mundo por quase 4 séculos. Nunca vc vai ver coisas boas sobre os ibéricos pois são péssimos contadores de estórias e dinheiro.

Você é descendente de colonizadores.

@@eumechamoantonio1344 sem colonizadores não havia Brasil

@@marusdod3685 realmente não haveria Brasil, que é uma construção colonial. Mas haveria pindorama.

@@eumechamoantonio1344 então volta pra África, que é que tás à espera? se achas que foi assim tão injusto a chegada de novos povos toma a iniciativa e baza

@@eumechamoantonio1344 Viva Portugal!

verdade tavam e com medo ahah

Portugal are a bunch of campers that's why, come out and fight like a real man

Good reply!

@@evilpimp2475 true

@@evilpimp2475 but they did win, and that's what counts. Only a fool would march to their death knowing very well of it. Portugal was smart for not fighting "like a man" as they clearly would have lost for logical reasons.

Hahahah, há pois foi

hahaha Portugal!!

Muito bom haha

memorias de Aljubarrota

Excepto entre 1580 a 1640

Unfortunately she was as real as the wife of Shrek.

Jose Lugo Brites de Almeida

Como ya parece que encontrastes la fosa del personaje ficticio, desentiérrala a ver si el esqueleto mide la estatura de gigante, mientras tanto, disfruta de tales cuentos infantiles a la Shrek.

Jose Lugo É Claro que é uma lenda homem, apenas faz parte do folclore. Todos sabem que ela não existiu em Portugal.

Bien, pero hay gente que se ha creído la historia sin cuestionar nada. Es como creer que el Buey gigante de Paul Bunyan era azul.

That's a question I always ask myself

Cause they had more potatoes

@@omar_xxnader9246 muahhh!!!!!!

The Irish were so drunk that they all drowned trying to swim towards mainland? Maybe?

Because of "Connacht or Hell!"

hate from luso-brasilian to barbarian invaders 🇧🇷🇵🇹💔🇪🇸

Yess

Korhil Truthseeker nah that’s the Scot-French one I think

@@dababy. Nope. He's right.

True. Portugal is english geopolitical creation.

@@colonia. the Auld alliance is older, it is not continuous but it is older

Windsor treaty, 1386

@Tom Goldenheart , nop. You never hear about Portugal because Portugal is so stable that it does not make news. Only tragedy makes news lad.

Thanks man, im proud of being a portuguese but I wish I was born a portuguese navigator of the 16 or 15 century

@Tom Goldenheart thats because portugal doesnt exist in the political/economical scene. but we still rule at a diplomacy level. bringing countries to a table is the only thing Portugal can achieve nowadays.

@pedro roque hey one question: when did the Portuguese language emerge as its own language?

@@garabic8688 in the 1290s D.Dinis I made portuguese the oficial language of the court (replacing latin), but it evolved gradualy from galician portuguese over centuries

they told me exactly that And I answered them: "I do not speak towel seller"

@@felipeii7466 Funny how the best insult spanishfucks have is that we have cheap and quality towels, will always be better to be known as a "towel seller" country than to be a country of Gypsies, inbreds and terrorists. Take care

That's a gross manipulation of language. Portugal comes from latin Portus Cale (way before the Templar Knights), known today as O Porto.

Knights templar, EDUIN PAIS from tomar that fought by side with Don Afonso Henriques

@André Do you mean a dolmen? Nothing to do with the Templar knights

@André I'm from the Iberian peninsule, just like you. And if you want an old religious temple, go to Altamira or El Castillo.

The root of Portugal's name I don't know. But the rest is true.

Why wasn't Castille* conquered by Portugal. Spain (Hispania) was the whole peninsula back then. Portugal was the western part of Hispania.

because they are no were near as strong as spain e.e

Because we portugueses are kinda OP so we let them have their territory like "ok u can have that no big deal... only cause we are kind " XD

@@NordeGrasen34 BS

@@NordeGrasen34 Portugal is older than spain.

But he has not forgotten to show a picture of Las Navas de Tolosa, the most decisive battle in Iberia against muslims... Battle where portuguese troops were absent...They were so brave LOL

@@MrFeynmanDiagram baixas é a bolinha senão levas com um bacalhau.

@themailman43 lmao so they tried to conquer Portugal various times but never seriously?

@themailman43 they would go back, regrup, make adjustments, and then they would comeback stronger and lose again 😂

@themailman43 it's not our problem if they underestimate the power of Bacalhau.

Fck luck, wayyyy too much was sacrificed for this to never had happened, since the day 0 of Portugal

Yeah we lucked out, with one of the worst economies in Europe

@@loladas9 at least poor with nice beaches, not like Slovakia for example 😅

We fought with our blood to keep our country .

For me Spain is better, diferent culture and friendly people, is very similar to Portugal, Iberian Peninsula is just the best.

Real 🤣

We love you back ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇹🇵🇹

@@CAB0DE15 🇧🇷 🤝🇵🇹

Asi se habla! (Assim se fala). Saludos, Hermano! (Saudações, Irmão!)

Eso es verdad

He did not lie Always make sure that your contract can not be interpreted another way

If you're talking about Napoleonic wars... It wasn't like that man. It was France who wanted to invade Portugal and asked for permission to the Spanish king. Once inside Napoleon ordered to take all the peninsula. Also, it's a mistake to speak about countries at those times. They were monarchies and wars were not decided by countries but by kings. There weren't citizens still... It's a really common mistake committed by people when talking about these subjects.

napoleaon put his brother as king of spain, who's laughing now... that's what you get from trying to betray your iberian brothers... we had spies everywhere, when the french and spaniards arrive in lisbon, the portuguese royal family was already miles away in the atlantic direction brazil. rio de janeiro was the capital of portugal after that, until you kicked the spanish and the french back where they belonged.

@@davidagostinho1807 You should, as I have already said, learn the difference between kingdoms and present-day countries. For the rest, Portugal without Great Britain would have achieved nothing ...

@@pedrofmc0000 weird that even without britain u lost battles with 4 times more soldiers like battle of Aljubarrota

Im surprised he didnt add events like Battle of Aljubarrota or the 7 years war. Hell, even Portugal tried once to conquer the Castillian throne. Portugal, unlike Spain has a very strong indentity, the most "diferent" portuguese with identity of their own are people from tge Azores and Madeira, yet they too feel Portuguese. Portugal is very ethnic homogeneous country. That created alot of unity and identity. Portugal was also strong military and could defend from themselfs, and when they werent, they had the right allies like England. They had a better diplomacy (they still have until very recently, just look how a fascist conservative country was a NATO founding member) and won the right wars.

More like both Catalonia and Portugal revolted at the same time and they chose Catalonia because they were scared of France. If Portugal hadn't revolted at the same time it would have been crushed.

Between 1640 and 1668 Portugal won every battle against Spain...Learn you history before talk s...

Small armies? 20.000 in Batalha de Montes Claros? The point is that they've lost EVERY battle against Portugal. The rest is history. And by the way, I really hope Catalans can win their Independence...Sick of Castilians fascists nacionalists

Who said it was 1680??

The unity between Castilla and Aragon, was due to fear about a French invasion of the territories of Aragon in Sicilia, Italic or Iberic Peninsula. This was not the case of Portugal.

Yep. I think many spanish people see Portugal as just one more of those regions...but don't understand how deep and old (older than Spain itself!) the decision to be independente truly is. I'm sure if we were a stronger economy or more populous, this wouldn't be lost on many people.

Si los conquistó, estudia

which in a reality are small and shallow

@@tentserpavel , which ones? Douro for instance has an average depth of 20m. I guess you're speaking about the tributaries for sure...

Yet is incredibly dry

@@adamboh393 , what? Funny enough the highest average anual rainfal in Western Europe is in Northern Portugal... You should read less magazines about Andalucia lad...

@@josebessadasilva199 No its ireland

Because Scotland is allied to France.

Long live independent scotland

And the Auld Alliance too!

Long live England, love from Portugal.

Especially England alone, without Wales, Scotland and Ulster.

Tell that to vladymir putin

USA tryed twice

Yep, people tend to make these leaps in logic...they assume if a country is smaller or perceived as "weaker" than a neighboring nation, they should have been assimiliated somehow. But that's not understnading what actually DEFINES borders in history. Sure, there's a lot of blood and conquest....but sooner or later........very organically............the people in those regions will TELL YOU, who they really are or see themselves as. Culture is what defines borders. Otherwise in that 60 year period where the Castillan crown assimilated Portugal..............Portugal's fate would have been the same as Aragon's. And a myriad of other examples.

No they're not

And it wasn't just that, I can't believe how much disinformation is around these kind of videos. Portugal was already in Morocco and Spain was still fighting the moors. Then we helped them with our troops to defeat moors in south of Spain: "Supported by the armies of Aragon, Navarre, and Portugal, Castilian forces routed the Almohad emir of Morocco, Muḥammad al-Nāṣir, at Las Navas de Tolosa (July 16, 1212) and so removed the last serious Islamic threat to Christian hegemony in Spain. The way was now open to the conquest of Andalusia." We also invaded them but was a stalemate: "On May 12, 1475, Afonso entered Castile with an army of 5,600 cavalry and 14,000 foot soldiers. In March, 1476, after several skirmishes and much maneuvering, the 8, 000 men of Afonso and Prince João, faced a Castilian force of similar size in the battle of Toro. The Castilians were led by Isabella's husband, Prince Ferdinand II of Aragon, Cardinal Mendoza and the Duke of Alba. The fight was fierce and confusing but the result was a stalemate:[5] While the forces of Cardinal Mendoza and the Duke of Alba won over their opponents led by the Portuguese King -who left the battlefield to take refuge in Castronuño, the troops commanded by Prince Joao defeated and persecuted the troops of the Castilian right wing, recovered the Portuguese royal standard, remaining ordered in the battlefield where they collected the fugitives of Afonso.[5] Both sides claimed victory but Afonso's prospects for obtaining the Castilian crown were severely damaged.[4] “It was March 1, 1476. Eight thousand men for each side, the chronicles tell. With Afonso of Portugal were his son João and the bishops of Evora and Toledo. With Fernando of Aragón, Cardinal Mendoza and the Duke of Alba, as well as the militias of Zamora, Ciudad Rodrigo and Valladolid. The battle was long, but not especially bloody: it is estimated that the casualties of each side did not reach a thousand. Who won? In reality, no one: Alfonso's wing of Portugal fell under the thrust of Fernando, but Prince Juan's troops crushed their Castilian rivals. However, victory in this battle was not going to be military, but ... political. In fact, Ferdinand of Aragon, seeing that the clash concluded without winners or losers, hastened to give his own version of the facts. He sent letters to all the cities of Castile and Aragon and to several European courts.” [6] - In ¡Santiago y cierra, España! , José Esparza" But we helped them also against Napoleon, After general Wellington, born in Dublin, instructed our army and the English army to defeat the French armies, we invaded Spain to liberate them from the french, it was this anglo-portuguese army that liberated them and defeated Napolean forces up to the battle of Waterloo where Wellington defeated Napolean: You can see all the battles here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Portuguese_Army In the majority of battles throughout the peninsula there were more portuguese fighting to liberate spain than spanish... one of the most importante victories was the Victoria battle, there's a monument today also with the portuguese and english army reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vitoria Then, our independence from their rule it was due to Catalonia Revolt in the same year, Madrid had to send their troops to Catalonia and so we were able to fight a much smaller army, thanks to Catalonia we have our independence: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapers'_War "also known as the Catalan Revolt was a conflict that affected a large part of the Principality of Catalonia between the years of 1640 and 1659." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Restoration_War So, not only we defeated them most of the time, but we also went several times to Spain to help them.

The French conquered Spain. They couldnt conquer Portugal.

@@alexandresoleiro4149 the French didn't conquer Spain. Spain just let them trough as they were affraid that France would invade them

@@ruileite4579 you're wrong, France conquered Spain.

@@ruileite4579 napoleon's brother became the King of Spain, José I. pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bonaparte

that treaty was orquestrated by the Portugal Court, the Pope and the Jesuits ! in favor of portugal ! Yes Portugal did bring the wine, but the pope pulled the strings on the spanish because he had a profit margin in the business . The Colony Business

In reality Portugal's share was 191° of the circumference of the Earth. So, it wasn't by half at all. The Portuguese imperial ambitions were huge but rotten teeth made their bite weak.

@@joselugo4536 Actually Fate decided their ambitions I. Low Population II. When Spain Invaded Portugal The Portuguese Imperial Armada was Destroyed in the Battle for England because of the weather and spanish missmanage ( The Great Portuguese Armada was sunked during Philip Rule ) III. Earthquake in lisbon made the portuguese fear the ocean even more, most saw it has a punishment from God ( Low Moral ) The Portuguese could have been an even greater nation ! in the last century Both Comunist Russia and United States Paid Mercenary Armies to destroy the Last Imperial Portuguese Empire ! And mission was accomplished !

Well, at least you didn't repeat the Anglo slander that mixing with Blacks was the downfall of the Portuguese.

@@joselugo4536 that is the most ridiculous false statement i have ever eard of ! not to mention Racist !

But we are now, we are the shit of Europe and we wished to be like the Spanish now.

@@SaltEnjoyer007 - Speak for yourself... ;-)

@@SaltEnjoyer007 Honestly??? I don't think so😂

@@paulamoreira4697 Well, did you been to Spain? Everything cheaper and then you got things like gas that is a everyday use half price. Then their average wage is like 70% superior to ours. Sure the Portuguese are good, if they are Politics, mostly socialist. You should compare the taxation in Portugal compared to Spain in everything, from the hobo cizitens to the companys, this Country is a joke and every month our debt increases ( yes real debt, not GDP that is useless when a Crisis hits and everything starts closing) and the wages are a joke. Several Eastern Countrys already got more economic power then us, funny joke.

@@SaltEnjoyer007 agree... infelizmente

The only thing you started was the slave trade

JB London Actually, the people from Africa did. We bought the slaves from other African people. We only spread it to the rest of Europe due to being the first country to trade and contact with them. Besides, we sold them, but someone had to buy them. Not to mention we were one of the first countries to abolish slavery. I’m not sure, but it could’ve been around late 18 th century.

@@jblondon1327 Portugal did not start the slave trade, because slave trades already existed in the muslim nations. Furthermore, it was not Portugal that invented slavery. Yes, Portugal was one of the biggest slave traders. But you should also know that Portugal was the first country to approve a law to end slavery -- it would be nice to acknowledge that.

@@jblondon1327 and what a beautiful thing it was

@Doctor Cabeza Bolo ...which portugal found and a frenchman ruled. Sooooooo castillan

Michael Bobrik ...Yeah. That definitely got me like “?????????” also forgot Lusitania.

The Roman Hispania was never a single province, but 3 different provinces in the beggining and 5 later on. Hispania was the name given to a geographic region, the Iberic Peninsula. Hispania was never a political/administrative name.

abeirabaixa I agree with you until the end, was there not a province called Hispania Tarraconensis? Or do you mean just “Hispania” was not a name given to a province?

@@itshavoc7284 Hispania was the name for the whole region; it was divided up first into two provinces 'Hispania Citerio ("Nearer Hispania") and Hispania Ulterior' ("Further Hispania"). Later there were more provinces added. However Romans used Hispania to refer to no the region but also its provinces, so it's fair to say it was a Roman province (even if administratively not so).

@@abeirabaixa it was during the reign of Diocletian, the diocesis of Hispania under the prefecture of Gaul, to be precise, but it included the northern tip of Morocco as well.

as a portuguese do u consider the romans as your ancestors ?

@@flaviushonoriusemperorofro3903 well i don't know how is it like in other regions, but in my city there's always a day every year where we dress like romans and organize a roman market and we do a staging of the Roman army. So yeah we do

@@tcbbctagain572 .........LOL........u make me very happy..........after all lucitania was a roman province for centuries until it fell first to the sueves and later to the visigoths.......the question remains though at what time the "romans" in the iberian penincula stoped officially to call themselves as such after rome fell............

​@@flaviushonoriusemperorofro3903 no, fuck the romans, they were dirty af, no respect at all, they were also weak af since they kept gettin beated by lusitanian shepards who were literally fightin with sticks and stones, also most portuguese dont have italian blood at all

Yeah yeah

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry

I read this before he got to that part and I was still unprepared for that. Holy fuck XD

"KASSTELL" 😂😂😂

I read this a few seconds before he said it and I could not believe the memes were real

Funny part is where he says Castillian and that soundes better but he went back to his tomfoolery

I looked into your channel and as expected... you are Spanish making comments denigrating the image of Portugal. A Trojan horse, a kid, a troll. If you are portuguese, translate this slang and give it a meaning: "levas-me uma berlaita nas fuças que engoles a cremalheira e cagas chuços"

​ @Rafael Abreu não sabe que nós portugueses somos ignorantes por natureza? aceita os fatos 🤡 The *only* people that denegrate us are same portuguese that's all 🤡

Primeiro, DEVOLVAM OLIVENÇA !

@@bangica4346 A Espanha não tem interesse em roubar território de Portugal, e Olivenza foi adquirida por uma das figuras mais desafortunadas e catastróficas da história espanhola: Godoy. Agora, mais de 200 anos depois, parece-me que, em primeiro lugar, devemos perguntar-lhes o que eles preferem

*Olivenza was founded by Spain* 🇪🇸, stolen by Portugal and *recaptured by Spain* 🇪🇸. If you don't like that, go eat some sopas dos pobres - i hear that's all you porkchops eat down there 🤣🤣

@@brewstersmillions4914 con esa actitud vamos a llegar muy lejos.. 🙄

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivenza since there's arguing about it, I will just point out that Olivenza wasn't founded by Spain but by Leon. But it turns out it was indeed unfairly taken by Portugal in first place, so I guess we should let things stay as they are

foi mm caralho, cabrões dos espanhóis

Thank you for acknowledging the existence of SPAIN at that time.😂🤣

@@afonsovasconcellos715 ate a padeira os fudeu ahah

Fué la primera y última portuguesa de alta estatura en la historia de Portugal, afortunadamente eran tan pobres que no poseían espejos, sino hubiera muerto al verse a sí misma.🛡😂🤣

@@joselugo4536 portugal was poor, but had advanced technologies that made him rise to be the king of the seas

@Aro English please?

@@muchentuchen6592 they should be ashamed of being allied to pirates

Muchen Tuchen he said they should be ashamed of being allies with pirates

@@selaud3229 thanks mate.

@@Requeola thanks.

Or, people from Portugal are fed incorrect information for nationalist reasons.

RealityIsTheNow no honey everything we learn in history is true and happened and there’s evidence and contracts and many other thigns

RealityIsTheNow I think a person from Portugal would know if a video about their country is full of misinformation. If you wanna make a comment I suggest you take a history lesson first you ignorant shit

@@wonderland4515 Then it's confirmed. You blindly believe whatever they tell you. Nationalist swine. Ignorant, brainwashed fool. Educate yourself.

@@RealityIsTheNow first off, relax, take a chill pill, you're going through every single comment and that's not cute, second, they were nice to you, just cause you can't be polite and civil doesn't mean other people aren't, YOU should pick up a book boo, read the old contracts, documents and more.

TROUBLEMAN English videos will tend to anglicise the name. I mean, Catherine of Aragon wasn’t even called Catherine, but Catalina. It happens a lot.

@@clayprent8753 Alfonso is the spanish "version" of the name

Rei D. Afonso Henriques (D. Afonso I)

@@clayprent8753 According to Wikipedia Alphonse or Alfonse is the anglicised form.

Executor Alfonso is also seen, and more widely used by English historians. It’s just the case that names are spelled different in different languages. John becomes Joao, or Juan, or Johannes, as another example. Edward can be Edouard, William can be Guillaume, Henry can be Henri. There exists many examples of this through history.

You missed the Dutch and French

@@tonytye8963 Portugal was the first one venturing into Africa, then came the other european nations

@@Picollo30 I was talking about the list of who was to follow ommittng other exploring nations.

@@Picollo30 If by venturing into Africa you mean destabilizing a continent that was already destabilized due to Arab invasions, you're right. They were Indeed.

Portugal solo bordeaba las costas Africanas para ir hacia Asia. España cruzaba los océanos mucho más peligroso y complicado.

isabel and fernando were already known as kings of spain, even without portugal, granada and navarre. In many letters of Christopher Columbus he refers to Isabel and Fernando as "kings of Spain".

@@textodeejemplo1497 Which is interesting because in my schooling you got the idea that Isabel was the QUEEN. Obviously wrong. Even now she is not held up as one of the few female monarchs in world history. I think Queen Boudicca gets better press during Women's History Month. 😁😁

@@Laceykat66 What are you saying?

@@textodeejemplo1497 Poor education at the time. The implication was that Isabel was the queen of Ferdinand and not a ruler in her own right.

@@Laceykat66 study history

And the common sturdy reason is always the same: the British Empire that refuses to perish.

Can you explain a bit further, at least the biggest mistakes?

I agree

Explain bitch

I had writen a longer answer, but UKposts decided to delete it. So, a quicker and shorter version with only a few examples: - The video doesn't answer its central question; - The map with Portugal, Leon, Pamplona and Aragon is all wrong (by the time Portugal became a kingdom, Leon was already being overshadowed by Castile to the east; Pamplona was called Navarre; and the Almoravid regions included independent taifa kingdoms, before being incorporated into the Almohad dynasty in 1147); - The video somehow managed to ignore Portugal's crisis of succession in 1383-1385, during which it almost got conquered by Castile; - During the War of Castilian succession, Afonso V of Portugal married Joana, his niece and a child at the time, just so he could press his claim on the Castilian throne. The video grossly oversimplifies the situation; - Spain didn't bring that much gold from its colonies, silver was its biggest source of wealth.

@@antoniooliveira139 Do you have an answer to that?

Yes. Ruined the entire vid.

I think I'll make a video about the American Civil War and the role of George "WashingJohn"

tells you just how uneducated, and sometime stupid, english speakers are....18k likes?

@@Tom_Quixote That'd be so weird. I thought he was dead during the American civil war. I'm pretty sure Castille existed when this guy pronounced the name wrong though.

In all defense, English speakers don't say Japan the way the Japanese say it. We have a name for every country according to our own way of reading the letters. We pronounce it the way we see it.

Xd

Someone is grumpy

@@josueborgesexposito1331 with reason

He didn't mention how quickly Portugal fell after Felipe II's invasion either. He also didn't mention that in 1640 they got independent because Catalonia was revolting too and it seemed more important to keep than Portugal. You can't mention everything in a ten minute video.

Very WEAK video!

@Mercury Hermes . Hi! I actually think Spain and Portugal are being neglected historically in the Anglosaxon sphere. This is not conspirational, just lazy. The thing I oppose is the vehemency in which valid historical points are made. It seems like it comes from an inferiority complex rather than knowledge. Therefore it becomes counterproductive. I am not saying don't say anything, what I am saying is maybe find better ways of getting the point across that don't undermind it.

Wtf are you saying

@@filzogaming944 Me encanta Portugal, lo siento por tí.

I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY PORTUGUESE PEOPLE. I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HOW MUCH THEY HATE SPAIN. GUESS THAT'S HOW NEIBORH Neighbors

@@filzogaming944 Learn Castillian and you will know.

As a Muslim Turk I must say, Portuguese people are the nicest and warm hearted people I've met in Europe. If I had the opportunity, I would move permanently there. Love Portugal and its people.

Well can't say the same for Philip II

@@mellamomellamo3512 He played dirty when he annexed Portugal to Spain back then. But even after that, Portugal managed to get rid of Spain 6 decades later.

@@rafaelmatos5851 Well it became independent after 2 kings which here are known for their mediocrity,the main problems with the Portuguese were related to the war against the Netherlands

kcapt96 1580 LMao?

Rafael Matos “He played dirty” keep justifying you shit,you dirty nationalist

Portugueses are too OP

Sir Andrew lol no

JohnyNotebOOk Not conquered, just two independent nations with the same king

Hahaha

JohnyNotebOOk Actually, each country had its own government and its own institutions so I repeat, no it wasn’t conquered...

There's no hate. Historically however there has been competition. Obviouslty the further away from the Iberian peninsula youa re the globe............the more obvious our similarities become.

Tell you what. If you grant independence to the different regions in Spain.....and afterwards you'd like us to come together. as equals in some sort of economical federation. Maybe. If you don't know history or Portugal and see it as just something cool 'because Portugal is pretty much an offshoot of Spain anyway so let's just "bring them back"'....then you need to study more of our history.

@Elder Grumper So, what the hell are you doing here?

@Elder Grumper as if your country could do better

New technologies of production of food by means of bacteria will free the countries of the world from the blackmail of the self-righteous holier than thou of MAGA.

@Elder Grumper still you took your time to write the comment and watch the video....stupid rat 😂

The only people that care about Portugal is......... Portugal

Same here

@Niek Warnas mhh... it is recorded and stated as such , romans seems to be precise on theyr recording , i understand the accepting it as fact, but don't go on 100% , because we have no actual testimony if not a recorded story made 2000 years ago . there is always the chance that they did invaded the hyberian region, but didn't realy bothered to conquer all small comunities in the region , but just asumed them as "theyr vassals" . the most significant proff of the romans presence in all the regions were theyr roads, if you don't considerate what they registered . so , we know that they builded in west europe and the mediteraneo sea , but there are many example were romans considerate themself as lords of a region, when the nations in the region were more like a tributary ( egipt as example)

unknow11712 We know for a fact iberia was at different times one, two, and three provinces of Rome with Governors. We know about specific campaigns that pacified the remaining hill tribes when those were still independent. Iberia was definitely under Roman rule. That was a silly thing for him to say.

@@Ratchet4647 yea... its more on the sure thing side, than the " we belive" .. but its still a beliving in the writing of multiple other people ( making it scentific) , but you have to considerate that there are ppl that negate olocausto , or say that the world is flat against any scentific and observable fact . i understand where you are coming from, but he's affermation its not particolary wrong , a bit silly maybe , not wrong.

Its because hes bad at researching and most of his script is copy pasted from wikipedia

Yeah what a mess i think Trajan would like to have a word with him

Os territórios da Galiza pertencem, por direito aos Reis de Portugal, pois estes são os sucessores dos Reis Suevos (dos Reis da Gallaecia).

Alexandre Soleiro mais ben é ó revés seguindo a tua lóxica

I may be crossing my stories here, but isn’t Galiza one of the seven Celtic “nations” (or regions, more accurately)?

@@just-dl Yep, that's also true.

Hello! That's not true! Galiza and the Condado Portucalense (there was no Portugal before 1143), were part of Castilla Leon, as 2 Condados, later on, called "reinos", but the Condado Portucalense was never really merged with Galiza. There several reasons for that. Among them there's the fact that Afonso VI has rewarded his sons in law Raimundo and Henri of Bourgogne for their role in the Reconquista, giving his daughters in marriage and the lands of Galiza to Raimundo and the Condado Portucalense to Henri. It's true that, for some years, Raimundo rules on both sides, but he was unsuccessful to assure the lands conquered to the arabs, and soon he was replaced by Henri. Henri and, later on, his son Afonso Heriques, supported by the local nobles, eager of their independence for the authority of Leon, forged the way to build the Portuguese Kingdom... Other reason for Galiza and the Condado Portucalense never becoming a single country was the religion factor: at that time it was undisputable that Santiago Compostela was a major Catholic place in Europe, but Braga has also a old history and vital importance in the west peninsula. This rivalry prevent that a real union between the 2 "countries" was possible, despite the similarity between the 2 people, including the use of the same language... the galician...

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No te acuerdas de la Guerra de sucesión portuguesa?

Puff your small country still lose if you compared with Spain!

Spain won many battles against Portugal being outnumbered due to french and english aid. Also Spain really did include Portugal for a century, dont forget It. And It wasnt that bad. Dont forget Spain had much more enemies outside

Also seccesionism is not in spains tradition, thats part of the black legend. Vasque and catalan seccesionism is from XIX, and people Who were not from any local tradition, but racist people like Sabino arana and masons from uk

@Miguel Vieira really.who are you talking about.

I agree with Miguel. Also the england, same thing.

@@hugoantunesartwithblender oh please.enlighten me.when did Spain or Portugal backstabbed other country.

@@technopriest6708 lemme see, 1383, 1640 and Franco's plan to invade Portugal after 25th April Revolution, yes, backstabbers

@@luisfonseca5080 ah yes.franco ruled Spain in 1640 and 1383

You should start a historical channel and show “real” artworks

This video was made 3 years ago, AI artwork hasn't taken off yet

this… wich was much more territory than brazil and also much more income

He is afraid of showing how big Portugal was. In fact our territory was bigger than Spain

@@pedroroque829 no, it was not.

@@pedroroque829 spanish empire 20.4 million square kilometers, portuguese empire 10.4 million.

@@usarkarzts4207 Yes, Spain had only territories in the Americas and a little bit in Asia islands, and north Africa, Portugal had everywhere America, Africa, Islands of Asia, Goa even in Japan and lot other places

lopazio Hell yeah my dude! 💪🇵🇹

@Doctor Cabeza Bolo not by winning war but from blood line heritage.

@Doctor Cabeza Bolo Final victory? Lol where is the victory today galinha? Stop with the nonsense, you couldn't win the war, our king, your king, Philip ll, was half Spanish and half Portuguese, so we united, it's simple. Then you treated us unfairly, just like you treat the other Spanish provinces today, and Portugal said no more. Then you had to deal with it. Honestly, it's a miracle spain hasn't turned against itself.

No te acuerdas de la Guerra de sucesión portuguesa?

@@melvynmart6865 ustedes no nos conquistaron porque sois puros estados en una tierra al que llamais pais asi de simple :D

As per usual, they want to tell stories they don't know

Like what?

Didn't tell that Portugal began as part of the Kingdom of León reaching the northern shore of Douro/Duero and Porto (Portus Cale-Portugal) and later Cohimbra (910). León had the bad habit of splitting the kingdom in smaller kingdoms for the Kings sons, such Galicia kingdom, Castile and P. Doing it so León soon become weak and under castilian rule and by the 1800s the leonese language was almost lost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonese_dialect?wprov=sfla1 www.geografiainfinita.com/2018/01/la-evolucion-territorial-del-reino-de-leon/

@@solountipomas8616 se nota que no sabes de historia compañero quando se creo portugal se creo como un reino realmente unificado en cambio ustedes seguian siendo estados y aun lo son hoy en dia es culpa vuestra que no saben uniros por eso no tienen a un portugal parte de españa porque sois más estados que un pais en si

Just take it . Lol

Yeah!!! They say that about my Papa, my Mama, my sisters and me!!! I'am stubborn! But oh my friends like my Portuguese cooking!

Portuguese people are great warriors .

lmao Spain always had the power to conquer Portugal .. what are you talking about ..

@@Coco-lg3bc And that's why...THEY DIDN'T...And for your information they lost MANY MANY TIMES when the portuguese were outnumbered

@@Coco-lg3bc Spain had the Power and the Numbers true. But they lacked strategy and layout of the land. Portugal with an army 5 Times smaller kept kicking their asses.

"Sire! We have little manpower and weapons to fight our enemies! What shall we do?!" "Just throw bacalhaus at them, that oughta do the trick"

😂

os papa-toirtilhas achavam que eram favas contadas, só que depois quando chegaram a Aljubarrota é que a porca torceu o rabo e saiu a Maria Padeira para os varrer daqui pa fora

Hahahaha, demais xD

Neither the power of pasteizinhos de belém.