English expedition to Portugal (1662–1668)
| English expedition to Portugal | |||||||||
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| Part of the Portuguese Restoration War | |||||||||
17th century azulejo depiction of the Battle of Montes Claros | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of England | Spain | ||||||||
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Afonso VI Frederick Schomberg Meinhardt Schomberg | Philip IV | ||||||||
The English expedition to Portugal was a military expedition dispatched by England to Portugal in August 1662 to participate in the Portuguese Restoration War against Spain. It consisted of an English brigade largely drawn from veterans of the Eighty Years' War and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which fought in several major battles and skirmishes of the conflict under the command of Frederick Schomberg. The brigade remained in Portugal until the conflict's end in 1668, when it was disbanded. Under Schomberg's leadership, the brigade proved to be a decisive factor in the eventual Portuguese victory in the conflict.