Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Whai muri i te uniana o te whare rangatira ki Portugal, ko Albert te kawana tuatahi o te rangatiratanga me tona emepara o tawahi i te 1583. I taua wa ano ka tohua ia hei Papal Legate me Grand Inquisitor mo Portugal. I a ia e noho ana hei kawana o Potukara, i uru ia ki te whakahaere i te Armada Nui o 1588 me te patu i tetahi
Te whakaekenga a Ingarangi ki Lisbon i te tau 1589. I te tau 1593 ka karanga a Philip II ki a ia ki Madrid, i reira ka whai waahi ia ki te kawanatanga o te Monarchy Spanish. E rua tau i muri mai, i whakaekea e te whakakeke a Hugh O'Neill, Earl o Tyrone me Hugh Roe O'Donnell a Albert te karauna Irish i te tumanako kia tautokohia e Spain a raatau kaupapa.