Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'afọ 1580, Eze Philip nke Abụọ nke Spen wakporo Portugal mgbe e nwesịrị nsogbu n'ihe banyere onye ga-anọchi eze mgbe Eze Sebastian nke Portugal nwụsịrị n'oge oké ifufe kpara Portugal aka ọjọọ
Ndị Portuguese wakporo Alcácer Quibir na Morocco na 1578. Na Cortes nke Tomar n'afọ 1581, a kpụrụ Philip Philip nke Mbụ nke Portugal, na-ejikọ okpueze abụọ na alaeze ndị ọzọ dị n'okpuru ọchịchị Spanish Habsburg n'otu ọchịchị ndị Iberia. Na Tomar, Philip kwere nkwa idebe alaeze ukwu dị iche iche n'ụzọ iwu kwadoro, na-ahapụ nchịkwa nke Alaeze Ukwu Portuguese nye ụmụ amaala Portuguese, na Viceroy nke Portugal na Lisbon na-ahụ maka ọdịmma ya. Ọbụna Philip mere ka isi obodo ahụ kwaga Lisbon ruo afọ abụọ (1581-83) n'ihi na ọ bụ obodo kachasị mkpa na mpaghara Iberia. Obodo niile ndị Portugal na-achị nabatara iwu ọhụrụ ahụ, ma e wezụga Azores, nke dịịrị António, bụ́ onye Portugal na-azọrọ na ọ bụ ya ga-abụ eze, bụ́ onye nwetara nkwado Catherine de Medici nke France ma kwe nkwa inyefe Brazil. Ndị agha Spen mechara weghara agwaetiti ndị ahụ n'afọ 1583.