Philip II of Spain (Person) AKA Felipe el Prudente, the Prudent
Philip II of Spain
1527 AD - 1598 AD
AKA Felipe el Prudente, the Prudent
- King of Spain and Sardinia 1556 – 1598
- King of Portugal 1581 – 1598
- King of England and Ireland (jure uxoris) 1554 – 1558
- King of Naples and Sicily 1554 – 13 September 1598
- Lord of the Netherlands, Duke of Lothier, Brabant, Limburg, and Luxemburg, Margrave of Namur, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Count of Flanders, Hainaut, and Artois 1555 – 1598
- Duke of Milan 1540 – 1598
- Duke of Guelders, Count of Holland, Zeeland, and Zutphen 1555 – 1581
- Count of Charolais 1558 – 1598
- House of Habsburg
A devout Catholic, Philip saw himself as the defender of Catholic Europe against the Ottoman Empire and the Protestant Reformation.
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11/12/1543 AD -
07/25/1554 AD -
1559 AD -
05/04/1570 AD - Issue
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07/08/1545 AD -
04/14/1578 AD - Parents
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Events (9)
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