Capture of Porto

Capture of Porto
Part of the War of the Portuguese Succession
Date 24 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.