Mozarabic Survival

During the Reconquista period, Christian communities in Muslim Iberia became prosperous. They were called the Mozárabes. After the conquest of mostly territories of the Moorish dominions in Andalusia, the Spanish influence made the Mozarabic culture goes to extinct. But what if the Mozarabics instead of disappearing, created a kingdom after a war with the Iberian kingdoms?

The Portuguese interregnum served as a pretext to the rise of the Mozarabics in Southern Iberian territories in 1384. The civil war converted into a war in Iberia against the Crown of Castille. In the end of the war, Castille was forced to give Galizia and Badajoz to Portugal, while Andaluzia received the territories of Seville, Murcia and southern portions of Toledo of Castille, and the territory of Algarve by Portugal.

Both kingdoms were governed independently by John I of Avis. After his death, his older son Edward was crowned as King of Portugal (and then the United Kingdoms of Lusitania, with Portugal, Galiza and Badajoz), and his second son, Peter, became crowned as King of Andalusia.

With the death of Peter I, his son, Peter II, was crowned as King of Andalusia. Peter II was appointed as the King of Aragon, which envolved both kingdoms into a unstable diplomatic relationship. During his passage in Aragon he died, leaving no heirs. The third son of Edward, Fernando, the Duke of Viseu should assume the throne, but it was usurped by Fernando of Braganza, escalating into a war between both nations, with the victory of Braganza, being crowned as Fernando I.

The Kingdom of Andalusia would effectively combat the other arabic regimes such as the Emirate of Granada, annexing it in 1466, during the reign of Peter II. In the end of the 15th century, the Andalusians would make a war against the Wattasid dynasty in Morocco, eventually creating the Kingdom of Mauretania, the only Christian Kingdom in Mediterranean Africa. In early 16th century, the Andalusians started to explore the oceans, as the Lusitans and the Spanish kingdoms.