Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1580, Sarki Philip II na Spain ya kai wa Portugal hari bayan da Sarkin Sebastian na Portugal ya mutu a lokacin wani bala'i
Harin Portuguese a kan Alcácer Quibir a Maroko a shekara ta 1578. A Cortes na Tomar a 1581, an naɗa Philip Philip I na Fotigal, yana haɗa kambi biyu da daular ƙasashen waje a ƙarƙashin mulkin Habsburg na Spain a cikin ƙungiyar Iberian Union. A Tomar, Philip yayi alƙawarin kiyaye masarautun a hukumance, yana barin gudanar da Daular Fotigal ga 'yan ƙasar Fotigal, tare da Mataimakin Sarkin Fotigal a Lisbon yana kula da abubuwan da yake so. Philip har ma ya sa babban birnin ya koma Lisbon na tsawon shekaru biyu (1581 <unk> 83) saboda shine birni mafi mahimmanci a yankin Iberian. Dukkanin yankuna na Fotigal sun yarda da sabon yanayin ban da Azores, wanda ya ci gaba da António, abokin hamayyar Fotigal da ke da'awar kursiyin wanda ya sami goyon bayan Catherine de Medici na Faransa don musayar alkawarin ba da Brazil. A ƙarshe, sojojin Spain suka kama tsibiran a shekara ta 1583.