Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yeAlcácer Quibir muna 1578 yakauraya mambo wechiduku Sebastian. Sekuru vababa vaSebastian uye mutsivi wavo, Cardinal Henry, vakanga vava nemakore 66 panguva iyoyo. Kufa kwaHenry kwakateverwa nedambudziko rekutsiva, nevazukuru vatatu vaManuel I vaida chigaro: Infanta Catarina, Duchess weBraganza (akaroorwa naJohn, 6th Duke weBraganza), António, Prior weCrato, naMambo Philip II weSpain. António akanga arumbidzwa saMambo wePortugal navanhu veSantarém pana July 24, 1580, uye ipapo mumaguta akawanda namataundi munyika yose. Dzimwe nhengo dzeDare raGavhuna rePortugal dzakanga dzatsigira Philip dzakatizira kuSpain ndokumuzivisa kuva mutsivi wapamutemo waHenry. Philip akapinda muPortugal ndokukunda mauto akanga akavimbika kuna Prior weCraton mu
Hondo yeAlcântara. Mauto akanga achigara mumaruwa (Tercios) aitungamirirwa naDuke wechitatu weAlba akasvika muLisbon. Muchinda weAlba akaita kuti mapurovhinzi echiPutukezi ave pasi paFiripi asati apinda muLisbon, kwaakatora pfuma yakawanda; panguva iyoyo, akabvumira varwi vake kuti vapambe nzvimbo dzakapoteredza guta guru. Philip akazivikanwa samambo neCortes yeTomar muna 1581, achitanga kutonga kweimba yeHabsburg pamusoro pePortugal. Philip paakaenda kuMadrid muna 1583, akaita kuti muzukuru wake Albert weAustria ave mutevedzeri wake muLisbon. MuMadrid iye akagadza Dare rePortugal kuti rimurayire pamusoro pemabasa echiPutukezi.