Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan mutuwar Henry, Cardinal-King na Fotigal a 1580, al'ummar ta shiga cikin rikicin daular tare da masu neman sarautar Portugal da yawa, wanda mafi iko shine sarki Philip II na Spain, wanda ya ba da hujjar haƙƙoƙinsa ga kursiyin Fotigal ta gaskiyar cewa mahaifiyarsa sarauniya ce ta Fotigal, kakan mahaifiyarsa sarki Manuel I na Fotigal. Bayan sanarwar da ya yi a Santarém, António, Prior of Crato ya sami yabo a cikin Azores a 1580 (ta hanyar jakadansa António da Costa) amma Mutanen Espanya sun kore shi daga nahiyar bayan yakin Alcântara
Ka yi haƙuri. Duk da haka, ta hanyar gwamnatin Cipriano de Figueiredo, gwamnan Terceira (wanda ya ci gaba da mulkin Terceira a cikin sunan tsohon Sarki Sebastian na Fotigal), Azoreans sun yi tsayayya da ƙoƙarin Mutanen Espanya don cin tsibirin (ciki har da musamman a Yaƙin Salga). Figueiredo da Violante do Canto ne suka taimaka wajen shirya juriya a Terceira wanda ya rinjayi wasu daga cikin martanin sauran tsibiran, koda kuwa siyasar cikin gida da goyon baya ga bangaren Philip ya karu a sauran tsibiran (gami da musamman a São Miguel, inda dangin Gonçalvez da Câmara suka goyi bayan mai neman Mutanen Espanya).