Has there ever been a war between members of a personal union?
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Depending of how you state the events, a candidate could the War of Spanish Succession.
Philip V of Spain was recognized by the Crown of Aragon as King, but he was deeply distrusted (in part of being French, in part because the Borbon dinasty had imposed centralism in France) and later the Crown of Aragon came to support Charles II.
Of course, depending of how you state it, it can be also considered a civil war or just an insurrection again their ruler, but I doubt you will find many examples so close to what you ask for.
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The best and closest examples are likely to be civil wars in realms that consisted of two or more kingdoms in personal union. Thus it may be a matter of interpretation how well they satisfy your question.
During the 30 years war Emperor Ferdinand II was king of (part of) Hungary,etc., and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, etc. At one point Hungarian Rebel leaders and their troops were in the Hofburg threatening Ferdinand to get him to sign a document giving them power when a regiment of his soldiers entered the Hofburg and turned the tables. This is close to being a war between the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia (and the Austrian lands) in a personal union. In 1683 Hungarian rebel forces were cooperating with the Turks besieging Vienna and were defeated separately. This again is close to being a war between the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia (and the Austrian lands) in personal union.
There may have been Polish-Lithuanian wars when they were in personal union and there may have been Swedish-Polish wars when they were in personal union. There may have been Swedish-Danish wars when they were in personal union in the Union of Kalmar.
Thus it may be a matter of interpretation how well they satisfy your question.
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The Bishops war between the Covenanters and the Episcopals, in 17th century Scotland. I stand to be corrected, but I don't think the Covenanters had a candidate to replace Charles. So we can say that they accepted he was head of state. The English were against the Covenanters (although it was more complicated than that).
England and Scotland had separate parliaments. I'm not sure that we can speak of separate state and government at this time, though.
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King George VI was at war with himself when the Dominions of Pakistan and India, recently declared independent of Britain, fought each other. Correct me if I am wrong here.
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