Capture of Porto

Capture of Porto
Part of the War of the Portuguese Succession
Date24 October 1580
Location
Porto, Portugal
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Portugal
Commanders and leaders
Sancho d'Avila Unknown

The Capture of Porto took place in October 1580 by the Spanish forces commanded by Don Sancho d'Avila during the War of the Portuguese Succession. The city was captured easily by the Spanish troops, thereby finishing off the Prior of Crato's army and its final defeat in Mainland Portugal, thus assuring the personal union of Portugal and Spain for 60 years under the Iberian Union.

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