Battle of Alcântara

When

4 Sep 1580

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.71° N, 9.17° W

Description

1580 battle

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Battle for the throne of Portugal

The Battle of Alcântara took place on 25 August 1580, near the brook of Alcântara, in the vicinity of Lisbon, Portugal, and was a victory of the King of Habsburg Spain Philip II over the other pretender to the Portuguese throne, Dom António, Prior of Crato.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Alcântara: Spanish armies, led by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, defending the claim of King Philip II of Spain to the Portuguese throne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille d'Alcántara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Алькантаре”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Alcântara, donde los tercios españoles dirigidos por Fernando Álvarez de Toledo derrotan a las fuerzas portuguesas por la sucesión al trono de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page