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For the 14th-century succession war, see 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum. For the 19th-century succession war, see Liberal Wars.
War of the Portuguese Succession
Part of the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580
Habsburg tercios landing at the Battle of Ponta Delgada
Date
1580–1583
Location
Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, and the Azores Islands
Result
Victory for Phillip II[1][2][3]
Philip of Spain crowned King of Portugal.[2]
Territorial changes
The Iberian Union: Acquisition of the Kingdom of Portugal and its colonial possessions by Philip II of Spain
Belligerents
Spain Pro-Philip Portugal
Pro-Crato Portugal
Supported by
France
England
Commanders and leaders
Philip II/I
Duke of Alba
Sancho d'Avila
Álvaro de Bazán
Duke of Braganza
Prior of Crato
Count of Vimioso †
Henry III of France
Piero Strozzi †
Francis Drake
Francis Walsingham
Charles Howard
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e
War of the Portuguese Succession
Setúbal
Cascais
Alcântara
Lisbon harbor
Porto
Salga
Vila Franca do Campo
Azores
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Franco-Spanish wars
(1495–1498
1502–1504
1512–1516
1521–1526
1526–1529
1536–1538
1542–1544
1551–1559)
1580–1583
1595–1598
1625
1628–1631
1635–1659 (1640–1659, 1641–1659, 1648–1653)
1667–1668
1673–1678
1683–1684
1688–1697
1718–1720
1793–1795
1808–1814
1815
1823
The War of the Portuguese Succession, a result of the extinction of the Portuguese royal line after the Battle of Alcácer Quibir and the ensuing Portuguese succession crisis of 1580, was fought from 1580 to 1583 between the two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
^Geoffrey Parker p. 35
^ abGeoffrey Parker p. 73
^Nascimiento Rodrigues/Tessaleno Devezas p. 122
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