The War of the Portuguese Succession 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 Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
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| - The War of the Portuguese Succession 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 Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
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Commander
| - Duke of Alba
- Francis Drake
- Piero Strozzi
- Sancho d'Avila
- Álvaro de Bazán
- Duke of Braganza
- Prior of Crato
- Charles Howard
- Count of Vimioso
- Francis Walsingham
- Henry III of France
- Philip II/I
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Territory
| - The Iberian Union: Acquisition of the Kingdom of Portugal and its colonial possessions by Philip II of Spain
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Caption
| - Habsburg Tercios landing at the Battle of Ponta Delgada
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Result
| - Decisive Spanish victory
- *Philip of Spain crowned King of Portugal
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combatant
| - Spain
- Portugal loyal to Philip of Spain
- Portugal loyal to Prior of Crato
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Place
| - Portugal, Atlantic Ocean and the Azores Islands
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Conflict
| - War of the Portuguese Succession
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| - The War of the Portuguese Succession 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 Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
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