Triple Monarchy (Chaos)

After the had lost the , became independent in 1547 again, thus reducing the kings to the . King had to resign in 1549 about the lost war.
His popular, although shortlived son called in the to reconcile the Catholic church and end the .
Under his successors, the countries were rebuilt and the empire enlarged.
 led the , acquiring the , , and 1565 in the . He also reordered his kingdoms, and had South Atlantis explored, where he founded the colonies of and .
His successor brought the Triple Monarchy to its peak. He made peace with the French king , to divide the crown of and lead the together with him, which gave him all of and in the . He also was accepted as king of and .
But under , the empire fell apart again, giving (re)birth to the states of England (later ), and (shortly) Portugal.
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Category:Portugal