Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mambo muduku Sebastian I akanga achipisa nokushingaira kuenda kuMorocco uye kumisa kufambira mberi kwemauto anotsigirwa neTurkey, bhizimisi raiva nechivimbiso chenyika yakawanda nemari muNorth Africa kune vanokudzwa (ivo zvichida vachitenda izvi zvaizovabvumira kuchengetedza hutongi hwavo hwehupfumi pamusoro pevatengesi), asi vatengesi vezvemabhizimisi vakatsigirawo kuedza sezvo zvaizobatsira kutengeserana kwechiPutukezi muNorth Africa. Sebastian akashandisa upfumi hwakawanda hwoumambo hwePortugal kugadzirira ngarava huru uye kuunganidza uto. Iye nemaruva eumambo hwePutukezi vakaurayiwa munjodzi yechiuto yeHondo yeAlcácer Quibir muna 1578, rufu rwake rwakaita kuti pave nedambudziko rekutsiva, uko vanonyanya kuda chigaro cheumambo vaiva Philip II weSpain naAntónio, Prior weCrato. Vakuru vakuru vePortugal vakanga vasara navakuru vakuru vorudzidziso vakaunganidzwazve kuzvirwi zvavo zvaiva nemirangariro yakafanana, vaCastilian, uye vakatsigira Philip, muzukuru waamai waManuel I wePortugal. Philip akatumira uto revarume 40 000 raitungamirirwa naDuke weAlba kuti rinopinda muPortugal. Vakakunda mauto aAntónio pa
Hondo yeAlcântara naPhilip akapfekedzwa korona Philip I wePortugal muna 1581. Nokudaro akatozadzisa zvishoma zvaidiwa nababa vake, Mambo weHabsburg Carlos I weSpain (ainziwo Charles V weHoly Roman Empire), uyo akanokorwa mashoko naFriar Nicolau de Oliveira achiti: "Se eu fora Rei de Lisboa eu o fora em pouco tempo de todo o mundo" ("Dai ndaiva Mambo weLisbon, nokukurumidza ndaizotonga nyika yose"). Mubatanidzwa wePortugal neSpain wakagara makore makumi matanhatu (1580<unk>1640).