After King Manuel's death, his descendants would hold a great importance to Portuguese sovereignty and European history.

This was disputed in vain, and in 1777 Spain confirmed Portuguese sovereignty.

After the restoration of Portuguese sovereignty in 1640, the Army was reorganized by King John IV of Portugal.

The final settlement recognized Portuguese sovereignty on the island.

France was to restore Egypt to Ottoman control, withdraw from most of the Italian peninsula, and to preserve Portuguese sovereignty.

Later in 1997, Spain formally recognized Portuguese sovereignty over the islands.

He refused to return the Ijiko, and insisted that Njinga first acknowledge Portuguese sovereignty.

It is up to us, confronted by these two forms of totalitarianism which are threatening our own countries too, to offer the Timorese another alternative - the reestablishment of Portuguese sovereignty.

After Portuguese sovereignty was terminated in 1975, East Timor was occupied by Indonesia.

However, the Royal Family and the bulk of the kingdom's administration fled to colonial Brazil, in a move to preserve Portuguese sovereignty.