Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yakin Alcácer Quibir a 1578 ya ga mutuwar saurayi sarki Sebastian. Babban kawun Sebastian kuma magaji, Cardinal Henry, yana da shekara 66 a lokacin. Mutuwar Henry ta biyo bayan rikicin nasara, tare da jikoki uku na Manuel I da ke da'awar kursiyin: Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza (auren John, Duke na 6 na Braganza), António, Prior na Crato, da Sarki Philip II na Spain. Mutanen Santarém sun yaba wa António Sarkin Fotigal a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 1580, sannan a cikin birane da garuruwa da yawa a duk faɗin ƙasar. Wasu mambobi ne na Majalisar Gwamnonin Portugal waɗanda suka goyi bayan Philip sun tsere zuwa Spain kuma suka ayyana shi a matsayin magajin doka na Henry. Philip ya yi tafiya zuwa Portugal kuma ya ci sojojin da ke biyayya ga Prior na Crato a yakin Alcântara
Ka yi haƙuri. Sojojin da ke mamaye karkara (Tercios) wanda Duke na 3 na Alba ya ba da umarni sun isa Lisbon. Duke na Alba ya tilasta wa lardunan Fotigal biyayya ga Philip kafin ya shiga Lisbon, inda ya kwace dukiya mai yawa; a halin yanzu, ya ba da izinin sojojinsa su kwashe kewayen babban birnin. Philip ya zama sarki ta Cortes na Tomar a 1581, yana fara mulkin gidan Habsburg a Portugal. Lokacin da Philip ya bar 1583 zuwa Madrid, ya sanya dan uwansa Albert na Austria ya zama mataimakinsa a Lisbon. A Madrid ya kafa Majalisar Fotigal don ba shi shawara kan al'amuran Fotigal.