Union of Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal
Dynastic union between Spain (the union between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon) and Portugal (1580–1640), generally called the Iberian Union by modern historians, under the Philippine Dynasty.
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“I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be “the Union as it was.””
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“How we dwelt in two worlds
the daughters and the mothers
in the kingdom of the sons.”
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“last time I saw you was the hospital
pale skull protruding under ashen skin
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the war in Spain has ended long ago
Aunt Rose”
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