Germany–Portugal relations
describes the relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Portuguese Republic
Germany–Portugal relations (German: deutsch-portugiesische Beziehungen; Portuguese: Relações Teuto-Portuguesas) are the diplomatic relations between Germany and Portugal. Both countries are members of the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the OECD, NATO, the European Space Agency, the European Union, the Eurozone and the Schengen area, among others.
History
Before 1900
In the course of the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire, Germanic tribes conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the early 5th century AD, including the Vandals. The Suebi established an empire in what is now Portuguese territory.
Among the crusaders from the Rhineland (participants in the Second Crusade) who supported Afonso Henriques in his fight against the Arabs, Heinrich aus Bonn is the most famous figure. He played a decisive role in the siege of Lisbon in 1147 and was declared a martyr. He is the only German figure to appear in The Lusiades by Luís de Camões and therefore serves as a popular starting point in bilateral diplomatic oratory.
With Eleonore Helena of Portugal, a Portuguese princess became the wife of the German Emperor Frederick III in 1452.
When the Jews were also expelled from Portugal in the 16th century, some of the merchants among them also went to Hamburg (see also History of the Jews in Hamburg). In 1652, about 1250 Portuguese lived here, who continued to devote themselves mainly to trade and were buried in the Portuguese cemetery opened in 1611.
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