Ka kammala wannan magana: Sarkin ya naɗa Fernando, Duke na Alba, a matsayin kyaftin janar na rundunarsa. Duke yana da shekaru 73 da haihuwa kuma ba shi da lafiya a lokacin. Fernando ya tattara rundunarsa, da aka kimanta cewa mutane 20,000 ne, a Badajoz, kuma a watan Yuni na shekara ta 1580, ya ƙetare iyakar Spain da Portugal kuma ya ƙaura zuwa Lisbon. A karshen watan Agusta ya ci nasara da sojojin Portugal a
Yaƙin Alcântara kuma ya shiga Lisbon. Wannan ya share hanya ga Philip II wanda ya zama Philip I na Fotigal, kuma ya kirkiro wata ƙungiyar daular da ta mamaye duk Iberia a ƙarƙashin kambi na Spain.