Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin Philip II na Spain ya sami damar aiwatar da da'awarsa ga kambin Fotigal, a cikin 1580, António, Prior na Crato, ɗan asalin zuriyar Beja na gidan gidan Braganza Portuguese Royal Family, ya ayyana kansa sarki a ranar 24 ga Yuli 1580. Koyaya, mulkinsa a cikin ƙasar Portugal ya ɗauki kwanaki ashirin kawai; a ranar 25 ga Agusta, an ci shi a yakin Alcântara.
da sojojin Habsburg na Spain karkashin jagorancin Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke na Alba.