Ternate expedition (1585)
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| Ternate expedition (1585) | |||||||
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| Part of Ternatean–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Sultanate of Tidore Sultanate of BacanSultanate of Sulawesi |
 Sultanate of TernateJavanese forces | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Juan Morones Diego de Azambuja Duarte Pereira |
Saidi Berkat | ||||||
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24 ships 300 Spanish 600 Filipinos Unknown Portuguese and Malay allies | 30 Javanese junks | ||||||
The Ternate expedition (February - October 1585) was launched by a joint of Spanish-Portuguese forces allied with the Sultanate of Tidore to capture the city of Ternate. The expedition failed and the allies withdrew after months of siege.
In 1584, a Portuguese galleon under Duarte Pereira at Tidore succeeded the governor, Diego de Azambuja; however, Diego refused to abdicate. A quarrel happened between those two, but the Spanish king brought about an accommodation between the two, and soon things were settled.[1][2] Meanwhile, the Spanish governor of the Philippines, Santiago de Vera, dispatched a force of 300 Spaniards, 600 Filipinos, and 24 ships. The force left Manilla in February 1585 and arrived in Tidore which was led by Captain Juan Morones.[3] Duarte encouraged Diego to participate in the expedition and promised to accompany him he went, and Diego agreed. The kings of Tidore, Bacan, and Sulawesi, joined the Iberians in their expedition.[4]