Say Sebastian I of Portugal is captured instead of killed
How large would his ransom be
What would be the impact on Portugal
How large would his ransom be
What would be the impact on Portugal
How large would his ransom be
What would be the impact on Portugal
Would this bankrupt Portugal ?Enormous, and not just his, but a lot of the nobility went alongside him.
Would this bankrupt Portugal ?
The biggest implications would be no Iberian Union and possibly no Dutch colonial empire, at least in the near future, but certainly not at the expense of Portugal. This also delays English colonial expansions. Even with the possibility of bankrupting itself to pay the ransoms, Portugal will be in a much better state than it was by the end of the 16th century and first half of the 17th.