Ceuta was the one bit of Portugal that stayed with Spain following the dissolution of the Iberian Union.
What if Portugal retained Ceuta after the split?
What if Portugal retained Ceuta after the split?
Ceuta was the one bit of Portugal that stayed with Spain following the dissolution of the Iberian Union.
What if Portugal retained Ceuta after the split?
The Portuguese only abandoned their last outpost in North Africa “Mazagao” during the reign of king josheph I. Pombal decided to move the town’s inhabitants to Brazil not due to pressure from Morocco but for economic reasons. So I do not feel Morocco would of Had easier time to expel the Portuguese rather than Spanish.
If following the 1640 of independence, Ceuta’s leader swears loyalty to Lisbon instead of Madrid it too would of become Portuguese again. Ceuta with its place in Portuguese historical importance (it was the first conquest in African 1415) the Portuguese while smaller would of done enough to maintain it too.