- Dynastic union
A dynastic union is the combination by which two different states are governed by the same
monarch ordynasty , while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct. [Lalor, ed. Various authors. See Contents. Cyclopaedia of Political Science. New York: Maynard, Merrill, and Co., ed. John Joseph Lalor, 1899. [Online] available from http://www.econlib.org/LIBRARY/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy821.html; accessed 21 June 2008; Internet]It differs from a
personal union in that a personal union is under a monarch, but not under a dynasty.Union of
Kingdom of Aragon andCounty of Barcelona Marriage of Count of Barcelona
Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona and future Queen of AragonPetronila of Aragon on 1137 that formed theCrown of Aragon [cite web|url=http://libro.uca.edu/montcada/intro.htm|title=A Medieval Catalan Noble Family: the Montcadas, 1000-1230|author=John C. Shideler|accessdate=2008-04-24] [cite web|url=http://libro.uca.edu/aarhms/newsletters/AAHRMSFall07text.pdf|title=Els impostos indirectes en el regne de Mallorca.|author=Cateura Benàsser, Pau|accessdate=2008-04-24 El Tall dels Temps, 14. (Palma de) Mallorca: El Tall, 1996. ISBN 84-96019-28-4. 127pp. [price unknown] ] .Union of
Crown of Castile andCrown of Aragon Marriage of
Isabella of Castile andFerdinand II of Aragon on 1469 that laid the foundations for the kingdom ofSpain . They didn't ascend to their respectives thrones until 1479 [cite web|url=http://libro.uca.edu/chaytor/hac16.htm|work=A History of Aragon and Catalonia|title=Juan II. Union of Aragon with Castile|author=H. J. Chaytor|accessdate=2008-04-17] .Union of
Kingdom of Spain andKingdom of Portugal Dynastic union between Spain (the union between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon) and
Portugal (1580-1640) [cite web|url=http://libro.uca.edu/payne1/payne10.htm|title=Chapter Ten, The Expansion|work=A History of Spain and Portugal, Volume 1|author=Stanley G. Payne|accessdate=2008-04-24] , generally called theIberian Union , under thePhilippine Dynasty .References
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