Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa a shekara ta 1578, wanda aka binne shi a kusan salon sarauta, sabon Kyaftin-Donatário ya tashi zuwa Lisbon, inda yake fatan shiga Sarki Sebastian na Portugal a kan kasada zuwa Arewacin Afirka. Amma, a lokacin da Corte ya isa ya sami sanarwa game da bala'in a
Alcácer Quibir, wanda ya faru a ranar 4 ga Agusta, 1578, da mutuwar Sarkin su.