Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chibvumirano cheArras chaida kuti mauto ose eSpain abve munyika idzi. Panguva iyoyowo, Philip aiva nechinangwa chokubatanidza Iberian Peninsula yose pasi pokutonga kwake, chinangwa chaiwanzova nemadzimambo eSpain. Mukana wakauya muna 1578 apo mambo wePortugal Sebastian akatanga hondo yokurwisana neMorocco. Rwendo rwacho rwakaguma nenjodzi uye kunyangarika kwaSebastian muHondo yeMadzimambo Matatu
. Babamunini vake vakanga vakwegura Henry vakatonga kusvikira vafa muna 1580. Kunyange zvazvo Philip akanga agadzirira kwenguva refu kutora Portugal, akaona zvichiri madikanwa kutanga basa rehondo rinotungamirirwa naDuke weAlva. Philip akatora zita roumambo rePortugal, asi kunze kweizvozvo nyika yacho yakaramba ichizvitonga, ichichengeta mitemo yayo, mari, uye masangano. Zvisinei, Portugal yakasiya kuzvimiririra kwose mune zvematongerwe enyika, uye ukama pakati penyika mbiri idzi hahuna kumbova hwakanaka.