Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ƙungiyar daular tare da Fotigal, Albert ya zama mataimakin sarki na farko na masarautar da daularsa ta ƙetare a 1583. A lokaci guda kuma an naɗa shi Jakadan Paparoma da Babban Mai Shari'a a Portugal. A matsayinsa na mataimakin sarki na Fotigal ya shiga cikin kungiyar Babban Armada na 1588 kuma ya ci nasara da harin Ingila
a Lisbon a shekara ta 1589. A shekara ta 1593 Philip II ya kira shi zuwa Madrid, inda zai taka muhimmiyar rawa a gwamnatin Sarautar Spain. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, 'yan tawaye Hugh O'Neill, Earl na Tyrone da Hugh Roe O'Donnell sun ba Albert kambin Irish a cikin fatan samun goyon bayan Mutanen Espanya don dalilin su.