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Philip II, King of Spain. Born in 1527, Philip became King of Spain on the abdication of his father Charles V. He ruled over a unified Spain and all its dominions in the New World, as well as the Netherlands and Naples and Sicily. In 1554 he married his second wife Mary Tudor, Queen of England, by which marriage he and his father hoped to bring ...
Unquestionably Philip II was a loyal son of the Catholic Church. He famously told Pope Pius V in 1566 that, 'rather than suffer the least damage to religion and the service of God, I would lose all my states and a hundred lives if I had them; for I do not propose or desire to be the ruler of heretics'. Philip also attempted to improve the ...
May 2, 2018 · In 1589, Queen Elizabeth launched a failed “English Armada” against Spain. King Philip II, meanwhile, later rebuilt his fleet and dispatched two more Spanish Armadas in the 1590s, both of ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Philip II was born in Valladolid, Spain on May 21, 1527. He was the only surviving son of his father, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and mother, Isabella, daughter of the King of Portugal. Philip ...
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Philip II from 1543 king of Spain; as Philip I from 1580 king of Portugal. Born in Valladolid (Spain) on 21 May 1527. Died in the palace of El Escorial (Spain) on 13 September 1598. Philip succeeded his father as king of Spain, which at the time also encompassed the Burgundian patrimony, domains in Italy and, as of 1580, also Portugal, together ...
Philip II1527–1598King of Spain. P hilip II ruled Spain at a time when it reached its greatest power. A member of the Habsburg dynasty, he oversaw an empire that included nations in Europe and colonies in the Americas. Although Philip failed to achieve his foreign policy goals in the Netherlands and in England, his patronage* of the arts ...
Philip II of Spain The son of Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and his wife, Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Philip II of Spain was born in 1527. Known in Spain as “Philip the Prudent,” his empire included territories on every continent then known to Europeans, including his namesake the Philippine Islands.
