{{Short description|Ruling body of Portugal during the Iberian Union}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=pt|otherarticle=Conselho de Portugal|date=July 2020}} {{Use American English|date = April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date = April 2019}} [[File:Philip II's realms in 1598.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of the Spanish-Portuguese Empire in 1598 {{legend|#008000|Territories administered by the Council of Castile}} {{legend|#f5ab12|Territories administered by the Council of Aragon}} {{legend|#0000ff|Territories administered by the '''Council of Portugal'''}} {{legend|#800000|Territories administered by the Council of Italy}} {{legend|#ff0000|Territories administered by the Council of the Indies}} {{legend|#d87ada|Territories appointed to the Council of Flanders}}]]

The '''Council of Portugal''', officially, the '''Royal and Supreme Council of Portugal''' (Portuguese: ''Real e Supremo Conselho de Portugal''), was the ruling body and a key part of the government of the Kingdom of Portugal during the Iberian Union. The council was founded in 1582 by Philip I of Portugal following the model of the Council of Castile.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Stephen J.|title=Aspects of European history, 1494-1789|publisher=Psychology Press|year=1990|chapter=7|isbn=978-0-415-02784-7}}</ref> It provided Portugal with a large degree of autonomy from the House of Habsburg.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schwartz|first=Stuart B.|title=Sovereignty and society in colonial Brazil|publisher=University of California Press|year=1973|chapter=III|isbn=978-0-520-02195-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sovereigntysocie0000schw}}</ref>

Apart from administering the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves, the council administered Portugal's colonial empire.

The council ceased to exist after the conclusion of the Portuguese Restoration War in 1668.

==See also== * History of Portugal * History of Spain

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Category:1582 establishments in Europe Category:Iberian Union Category:16th-century establishments in Portugal

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