Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati memazuva mazhinji oupenyu hwake, Duarte Coelho akanga afarikanya ruoko rusununguko mukukudziridza kaputeni wake. Munguva yakatevera kufa kwake kusvika pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechigumi nemanomwe, Pernambuco yakaramba ichikura munzira yakatarwa ne "donatário" yekutanga nekubudirira kubereka kubudirira uye nekutungamira kushoma kubva kune vadyi venhaka vaDuarte Coelho uye kupindira kushoma mukutungamira nevatongi vakuru muBahia. Zvikonzero zvacho zvakanga zvakati wandei: Chokutanga, pasinei nokuti korona yakanga ine chinangwa chokuderedza maropafadzo akanga ambopiwa vaDonataries uye kusimbisa hurumende youmambo muBahia, vavariro dzamambo dzaisawanzoitwa muPernambuco. Korona yePortugal yakatanga kuona rufu rwaJoão III muna 1557. Panguva iyoyo, muzukuru wake uye mugari wenhaka, Sebastian, aiva nemakore matatu. Muna 1578, Sebastian akatungamirira kurwisa kwakaipa kweMorocco. Akakundwa muHondo yeAlcácer Quibir
. Babamunini vake, Cardinal Enrique vakatonga kwamakore maviri uye vakafa vasina mugari wenhaka. (Muna 1580, Philip II weSpain akatora korona saPhilip I wePortugal.)