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Apr 2, 2014 · King Philip II of Spain, also known as Philip the Prudent, ruled one of the world's largest empires. His reign as Spain's king began the Golden Age, a period of great cultural growth in...
Philip II: old age and death. Philip’s life was dominated by the urgent concern of his succession. The tragic fate of his first son Don Carlos and the unpromising development of his heir, Philip, (later Philip III) very nearly led to the Spanish dynasty dying out at the height of its power.
Aug 1, 1997 · At five in the morning on September 13, 1598, as the sun rose and the seminarians of the Escorial sang the mass, Philip II of Spain died at the age of seventy-one.
Sep 13, 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 13th September 1598, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Philip II of Spain died at El Escorial, near Madrid. He was buried there the next day. It is thought that the seventy-one-year-old king died of cancer, and he had been ill for fifty-two days.
- Early Life and Education
- Marries Queen of England
- Dutch Revolt
- Plots to Assassinate Elizabeth
- Spanish Armada Defeated
- The Invincible Armada
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Son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and Isabella of Portugal, Philip II inherited an extensive and powerful realm that included Spain, the Low Countries(Belgium and the Netherlands), Sicily and southern Italy, the duchy of Milan, and Franche-Comte, as well as Spain's colonies in the Americas. As heir to this empire he received a good pr...
In 1543 Philip married his cousin, Maria of Portugal, who died two years later, leaving him a son, Don Carlos. His second marriage, to Mary I (1516–1558; see entry), queen of England, took place in 1554. The match, which Charles V had proposed, was meant to strengthen ties between England and Spain, thus weakening the power of France and providing ...
The war with the Ottomans dominated foreign policy during the first twenty years of Philip's reign. But in 1566 a rebellion broke out in the Netherlands, where the Protestant population resented Philip's imposition of new taxes and other administrative policies that restricted their rights. This conflict, which developed into an outright war that w...
Though Philip had territorial motives for planning an invasion, he also acted on the belief that God wished him to free England from Protestant heresy. He came to believe that this goal was justified by any means, no matter how brutal. As early as 1570 he began to consider joining conspiracies to assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with her Catho...
With no hope that any further conspiracies could succeed, Philip went ahead with plans to launch a full invasion of England. He took many years to draw up careful military plans. He would use his mighty navy, the Armada, to launch a naval attack in the English Channel, the body of water separating England from France. The ships would carry about ei...
Philip II had every reason to believe that his naval assault on England would succeed. His fleet, which his subjects called "the Invincible Armada," was the largest and mightiest in the world. An inventory that Philip requested while he was drawing up battle plans listed 130 ships that could carry 30,000 men, including about 19,000 soldiers and 8,5...
BOOKS
Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the Spanish Armada. New York: Knopf, 2005. Hilliam, David. Philip IT. King of Spain and Leader of the Counter-Reformation. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2005. Kamen, Henry. Philip of Spain. New Haven, CT: Yale UniversityPress, 1999.
PERIODICALS
Wernick, Robert. "Philip II's Grand Design for the Glory of God and Empire." Smithsonian, December, 1987.
WEB SITES
"Elizabethan Propaganda: How Did the English Government Try to Show that the Spanish Were Threatening to Invade England in 1588?" http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot45/snapshot45.htm (accessed on July 11, 2006). 'King Philip II." History Mole, http://www.historymole.com/cgi-bin/main/results.pl?type=theme&theme=SpainPhilipII (accessed on July 11, 2006). "Philip II." NNDB. http://www.nndb.com/people/229/000092950/(accessed on July 11, 2006). 'The Revolt of the Netherlands." Spain...
Philip II died in 1598, due to an unspecified type of cancer in El Escorial, (near Madrid) and was succeeded by his son, King Philip III. He is remembered in the name of The Philippines, a former Spanish colony.
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On January 16, 1556, Philip became King of Spain when his father gave up the throne but Philip chose to stay out of the country until his father died, two years later. Mary died in 1558 without children. Philip believed his son, Don Carlos had planned his death, so he put Don Carlos in jail.
