Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Philip II sannan ya shiga Portugal kuma ya ci sojojin Prior António a cikin
Yaƙin Alcântara. 'Yan Portugal sun yi asarar rayuka 4,000, sun ji rauni, ko kuma aka kama su, yayin da Mutanen Espanya suka yi asarar rayuka 500 kawai. Sojojin da Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke na 3 na Alba ya ba da umarni ga Philip kafin ya shiga Lisbon, inda ya kwace dukiya mai yawa. Philip II na Spain ya hau gadon sarautar Fotigal a watan Satumbar 1580 kuma an naɗa shi "Philip I" na Fotigal a 1581 (wanda Kotun Tomar ta Fotigal ta amince da shi a matsayin sarki) kuma kusan shekaru sittin na haɗin kai a ƙarƙashin mulkin daular Philippine ya fara. Wannan ya ba Philip iko bisa daular Portugal mai girma. Lokacin da Philip ya tafi Madrid a 1583, 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, yana ba da manyan mukamai ga manyan mutanen Fotigal a kotunan Spain, kuma ya ba Fotigal damar ci gaba da doka mai cin gashin kanta, kuɗi, da gwamnati. Wannan yana kan tsarin da aka kafa na mulkin majalisa.