Editing Ceuta (section)

===Union between Portugal and Spain===
In 1578 King [[Sebastian of Portugal]] died at the [[Battle of Alcácer Quibir]] (known as the Battle of Three Kings) in what is today northern Morocco, without descendants, triggering the [[1580 Portuguese succession crisis]]. His grand-uncle, the elderly [[Henry, King of Portugal|Cardinal Henry]], succeeded him as King, but also had no descendants, having taken [[holy orders]]. When the cardinal-king died after two years later, three grandchildren of King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] claimed the throne:
*[[Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza]]
*[[António, Prior of Crato]] 
*[[Philip II of Spain]], uncle of former King Sebastian of Portugal

Philip prevailed and was crowned King [[Philip I of Portugal]] in 1581, [[Iberian Union|uniting the two crowns and overseas empires]].<ref name="Kamen177">{{Cite book|last=Kamen|first=Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWourPR5S8C&pg=PA177|title=Philip of Spain|date=1997|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-07800-8|page=177}}</ref>

During the Union with Spain, 1580 to 1640, Ceuta attracted many residents of Spanish origin<ref name=Griffinh>{{cite book | author=Griffin, H | year=2010 | title=Ceuta Mini Guide | url=http://www.miragebooks.co.uk/ceuta | publisher=Mirage | isbn=978-0-9543335-3-9 | access-date=18 January 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305205916/http://www.miragebooks.co.uk/ceuta | archive-date=5 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and became the only city of the [[Portuguese Empire]] that sided with Spain when Portugal regained its independence in the [[Portuguese Restoration War]] of 1640.