Sovereignly Spanish Past

[fruela]

Not sure where to post this, so in general history of Spain: is Spain in any position to take back Puerto Rico? They need help desperately and it looks like the country they officially have an affiliation with isn’t up to helping as much as it should/is obligated to. Would they ever vote to go with Spain again?

Extremely unlikely. The country they are affiliated with would never allow that to happen, the forces are unbalanced and ,most importantly, I would say Puerto Rico would rather become an independent country.

[CyrilSebastian]

On January 16, 1556 Philip II became King of Spain when his father gave up the throne. Philip chose to stay out of the country until his father died, two years later.

[Paulina]

Not sure where to post this, so in general history of Spain: is Spain in any position to take back Puerto Rico? They need help desperately and it looks like the country they officially have an affiliation with isn’t up to helping as much as it should/is obligated to. Would they ever vote to go with Spain again?

Extremely unlikely. The country they are affiliated with would never allow that to happen, the forces are unbalanced and ,most importantly, I would say Puerto Rico would rather become an independent country.

Thank you, Fruela. I wonder if there has ever been a case of a colony of any country becoming independent and then deciding to go back.

I was in Belize two summers ago and plenty of people I spoke with wished it were still a colony with Britain and that independence was not all that and brought in corruption that was not there before. Belize has some ongoing uncomfortable relations with its western neighbor over treaties executed in the 1800s!

[CyrilSebastian]

Sancho IV (1258-1295) was the King of Castile, Leon, and Galicia from 1284 to 1295.   
http://www.alamy.com/stoc...alicia-from-39311592.html

[CyrilSebastian]

King Philip V of Spain: His oath of allegiance of the military orders of Golden Fleece, Alcantara, and Calatrava   
http://www.alamy.com/stoc...bon-oath-of-82071116.html

[CyrilSebastian]

Infanta Isabella (1851-1931) was the daughter of Queen Isabella II and King Francis. She married Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. As a widow, two possible men for Infanta Isabella to marry were Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria and Prince Arnulf of Bavaria.

[CyrilSebastian]

Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand V received New World gifts from Columbus.   
http://www.alamy.com/stoc...receive-new-26936550.html

[CyrilSebastian]

King Charles II of Spain in adoration of the Holy Eucharist   
http://www.gettyimages.com/license/164074275

[CyrilSebastian]

Ferdinand II (c. 1137-1188) was King of Leon and Galicia from 1157 to 1188. In 1170 he created the military-religious Order of Santiago de Compostela.

[CyrilSebastian]

On May 26, 1135, Alfonso VII of Leon and Castile was crowned "Emperor of Spain" in the Cathedral of Leon. By this, he probably wished to assert his authority over the entire peninsula and his absolute leadership of the Reconquista.

[CyrilSebastian]

Francisco de Asis (1822-1902) was the husband of Queen Isabella II of Spain and king consort from 1846 to 1868. He was the son of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain.

[Kristallinchen]

Francisco de Asis (1822-1902) was the husband of Queen Isabella II of Spain and king consort from 1846 to 1868. He was the son of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain.

And they were double cousins with their fathers and mothers being siblings.

[CyrilSebastian]

Marriage ceremony of Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer IV (1114-1162) with Infanta Petronilla of Aragon (1136-1173) in 1131   
http://www.alamy.com/stoc...-1114-1162-165238952.html

[CyrilSebastian]

Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias complained about his father's resistance of giving him positions of authority. Finally, King Philip II gave him a position in the Council of Castile.

[CyrilSebastian]

At one point in 1712 King Philip V was offered the choice of renouncing the throne of Spain so that he could be made heir of France, but he refused.