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Apparently the French general was fairly close to Lisbon when the Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil in 1807. What if some sort of delay at the port, or a bit more speed by the French, resulted in French troops reaching Lisbon in time and they capture the royalty? How does this affect the Napoleonic Wars going forward? And what of Brazil and the other parts of the Portuguese Empire? And Portugal itself?
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