Council of Portugal

Ruling body of Portugal during the Iberian Union

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The Council of Portugal, officially, the Royal and Supreme Council of Portugal (Portuguese: Real e Supremo Conselho de Portugal; Spanish: Real y Supremo Consejo de Portugal), was the ruling body and a key part of the government of the Kingdom of Portugal during the Iberian Union. The council was founded in 1582 by Philip I of Portugal following the model of the Council of Castile.^[1] It provided Portugal with a large degree of autonomy from the Portuguese House of Habsburg.^[2]

Apart from administering the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, the council administered Portugal's colonial empire.

The council ceased to exist after the Portuguese Restoration War.

References

^ Lee, Stephen J. (1990). "7". Aspects of European history, 1494-1789. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-02784-7.
^ Schwartz, Stuart B. (1973). "III". Sovereignty and society in colonial Brazil. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02195-2.