i'm portuguese i speak portuguese i speak galician and it is in fact the same language altought numorous castilian words and castilian influence is present in galician another error portugal declared independence from kingdom of leon in of june portugal was independent when the count of portugal turned to be the king of portugal the year was till today there are many countries that are independent and have a prince for example as the head of state the king of leon and castille recognized portugal as an independent country in the pope recognized portugal as a full independent and cristian nation in so declaration of independence recognition and what never even eard of that dates not even at history classes only when reading some history books