If Ange IV is the eldest son of Anna, the daughter of Teodosio II, the seventh generation Duke of Braganka, and Juan, the Duke of Frias. Catalina, the mother of Theodosius II, is the granddaughter of King Manuel I. If the ancestor of Ang IV is the king, if the illegitimate child of Ang I is Alfonso, the first generation Duke of Braganka. So the Bragansa dynasty was also a branch of the Avish dynasty in Portugal. Moreover, the kings of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty all came from the same family. If Ang married Luisa de gus Mao, the eldest daughter of Juan Manuel Pé rez de Gusmao, the eighth Spanish Duke of Medina-Szidonia, in 1633.
As Spanish rule in Portugal became more and more unpopular, everyone in Portugal began to spread that Sebastiatilde was not dead and would return to Portugal to regain the throne one day. In the 171920s, many people regarded Duke Braganka, the legitimate heir of Sebastian, as the surviving Sebastian. With the aggravation of poverty, there are many domestic uprisings in Portugal: 1637, riots broke out in Evora and Alga; June Catalan Uprising 1640. Finally, 1640, 1 1 In June, 2006, the Portuguese aristocrats planned a conspiracy, which was officially supported by Joao, Duke of Braganca. On the morning of February 65438+1, the nobles occupied the Lisbon Palace, executed the Minister of State, forced the Spanish garrison to surrender, deposed the Spanish king Philip IV, made the Duke of Braganca the new king, and said that if Ang IV. Portugal and all overseas territories except Ceuta declared their allegiance to the new king Joao IV. And established diplomatic relations with Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries.
After independence, the Portuguese people are still disunited, and the lower classes firmly support the new king. Many nobles are hesitant because of their family relationship with Spain (even though both the mother and wife of An IV are Spanish nobles), only some nobles firmly stand on An IV's side. Most bureaucrats support if Ang IV, while the bourgeoisie remains neutral. The Jesuits supported Joao IV, and the Inquisition sided with Spain.
1640, if Austria changed from a duke to a king, a court meeting would be held immediately the following year, and it was decided to increase taxes to the whole country in order to carry out the war of independence. The tax collected is used to establish a permanent border guard, build forts on the border, rebuild the navy, build a number of arsenals and shipyards, and so on. It is also a tax increase. This time, for the sake of the independence and dignity of the motherland, the people did not object. Not only that, the Portuguese people also showed great patriotic enthusiasm in the war. 164 1 year, a border village in China's northeastern Shanhou province was attacked by the Spanish, and the villagers hid in the church to fight, but eventually failed. More than 70 villagers were beheaded by invaders. In the report of the Spanish military, it was written as follows: "These rebels are so stubborn that no one except an elderly woman asks for pity or agrees to shout the slogan' Long live Philip'." In another military conflict the following year, the Spanish said in the report: "Portuguese soldiers are weak and not alert, but their resistance spirit is very tenacious."
Fortunately, it was in the final stage of the Thirty Years' War, and Spain was busy fighting France in the Pyrenees, Belgium, Alsace, Italy and other places, so the so-called "War of Recovery" in the period of Joao IV was basically maintained at the level of border conflict except for a large-scale battle in 1644. Both sides win and lose. Overseas, the action of recovering lost land is gradually unfolding. Tangier in Angola, Sao Tome and Principe and Pernambuco in Brazil were successively recaptured by Portugal from the Dutch. However, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Malacca in the Indian Ocean are still beyond our reach.