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A dynastic union is the combination by which two different states are governed by the same monarch or dynasty
Dynasty

A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "Royal House", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg....
, while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct.

It differs from a personal union
Personal union

A personal union is the combination by which two or more different states are governed by the same monarch, while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct....
 in that a personal union is under a monarch, but not under a dynasty.

iage of Count of Barcelona Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona and future Queen of Aragon Petronila of Aragon
Petronila of Aragon

File:Petronila, reina de Arag?n y condesa de Barcelona, abdica en su hijo Alfonso-18 de julio de 1164.jpgPetronila Ram?rez , whose name is also spelled Petronilla or Petronella , was Queen of Aragon from 1137 until 1164....
 on 1137 that formed the Crown of Aragon
Crown of Aragon

The Crown of Aragon was a permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon.At the height of its power by the 14th and 15th centuries, the Crown of Aragon was a thalassocracy controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain, Northern Catalonia, as well as some of the major islands and mainland...
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iage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
 on 1469 that laid the foundations for the kingdom of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
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A dynastic union is the combination by which two different states are governed by the same monarch or dynasty
Dynasty

A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a "Royal House", e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg....
, while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct.

It differs from a personal union
Personal union

A personal union is the combination by which two or more different states are governed by the same monarch, while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct....
 in that a personal union is under a monarch, but not under a dynasty.

Union of Kingdom of Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon

The Kingdom of Aragon was an old Monarchy in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day Autonomous communities of Spain of Aragon , in Spain....
 and County of Barcelona

Marriage of Count of Barcelona Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona and future Queen of Aragon Petronila of Aragon
Petronila of Aragon

File:Petronila, reina de Arag?n y condesa de Barcelona, abdica en su hijo Alfonso-18 de julio de 1164.jpgPetronila Ram?rez , whose name is also spelled Petronilla or Petronella , was Queen of Aragon from 1137 until 1164....
 on 1137 that formed the Crown of Aragon
Crown of Aragon

The Crown of Aragon was a permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon.At the height of its power by the 14th and 15th centuries, the Crown of Aragon was a thalassocracy controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain, Northern Catalonia, as well as some of the major islands and mainland...
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Union of Crown of Castile
Crown of Castile

The Crown of Castile, as a historic entity, is usually considered to have begun in 1230 with the third and definitive union of the two kingdoms of Kingdom of Le?n and Kingdom of Castile, or more concretely, with the union of their parliaments a few decades later....
 and Crown of Aragon
Crown of Aragon

The Crown of Aragon was a permanent union of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon.At the height of its power by the 14th and 15th centuries, the Crown of Aragon was a thalassocracy controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain, Northern Catalonia, as well as some of the major islands and mainland...

Marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II of Aragon

Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
 on 1469 that laid the foundations for the kingdom of Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. They didn't ascend to their respectives thrones until 1479.

Union of Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Portugal

The Kingdom of Portugal was Portugal's general designation under the Portuguese monarchy. The kingdom was located in the west of the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, and existed from 1139 to 1910....

Dynastic union between Spain (the union between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon) and Portugal
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 (1580-1640), generally called the Iberian Union
Iberian Union

Iberian Union is a modern day term that refers to the historical political unit that governed all of the Iberian peninsula south of the Pyrenees from 1580?1640, through a personal union....
, under the Philippine Dynasty
Philippine Dynasty

The Portuguese House of Habsburg commonly known as Philippine Dynasty is the third dynasty of List of Portuguese monarchs of Portugal named after the three Spain kings who ruled Portugal between 1580 and 1640 in a personal union of the crowns....
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