The alliance was reconfirmed after the breakup of the Iberian Union, primarily due to both countries' respective rivalries with Spain, the Netherlands, and France, both in Europe and overseas.
该联盟再次确认於伊比利亚联盟解散後，主要是由于两国各自的竞争与西班牙、荷兰和法国在欧洲和海外。