Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1580, Sarki Philip ya ga cewa zai iya ƙarfafa matsayinsa a Iberia sa'ad da Cardinal Henry na Portugal, wanda shi ne ɗan ƙarshe a cikin iyalin sarauta na Portugal ya mutu. Philip ya tabbatar da da'awarsa ga kursiyin Fotigal kuma a watan Yuni ya aika da Duke na Alba tare da rundunar soja zuwa Lisbon don tabbatar da gadonsa. Philip ya yi sanannen sanarwa game da mallakar kursiyin Fotigal: "Na gaji, na saya, na ci nasara", bambancin Julius Kaisar da Veni, Vidi, Vici. Sojojin Mutanen Espanya da Admiral Álvaro de Bazán ya jagoranta sun kame tsibirin Azores a shekara ta 1583, suna kammala haɗa Portugal cikin Daular Spain. Don haka, Philip ya kara da mallakarsa babbar daular mulkin mallaka a Afirka, Brazil, da Gabashin Indiya, ganin ambaliyar sabbin kudaden shiga da ke zuwa ga kambi na Habsburg; kuma nasarar mulkin mallaka a duk faɗin daularsa ya inganta matsayinsa na kuɗi, yana ba shi damar nuna ƙarin zalunci ga abokan gabansa. Ƙungiyar
Jirgin ruwan Ingila na 1589 ya kasa 'yantar da Portugal.