King Sebastião's Expedition to North Africa
Fire the "King Sebastião's Expedition to North Africa" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event flavor_por.3272.
King Sebastião's Expedition to North Africa
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID flavor_por.3272.
What happens
In the year 1578, King Sebastião of Portugal embarked on an expedition to conquer Morocco, where Portugal already held the regions of Tangiers and Ceuta. Shortly after his landing, at the battle of Al-Khazar Kebir, the Moroccan Berbers of Moulay Ismaïl so soundly defeated the Portuguese army that the King was killed, along with most of the Portuguese nobility fighting with him. This disaster led the way to Spanish control of Portugal and was the starting point of Portugal's decline.
Player choices
When this event fires, King Sebastião's Expedition to North Africa presents these options:
- Crusade against the Heretics in Africa
- We should focus elsewhere