| Name |
Philip II |
| Suffix |
King of Spain, King of England and Ireland Jure uxoris (by right of his wife), King of Portugal and the Algarves, House of Spanish Habsburg |
| Born |
21 May 1527 |
Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain  |
| Gender |
Male |
| History |
8 Aug 1588 |
Gravelines, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France |
Silver from the Americas enabled Spain to oppose the Dutch War of Independence which became known as The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) and launch an attack against their supporters, the English.
The Spanish Armada (Grande y Felicísima Armada "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible "Invincible Fleet") was defeated by an English Fleet led by Francis Drakee off Gravelines which was then part of The Netherlands. The Anglo-Spanish War continued between 1585 and1604.
Despite setbacks Spain became the leading European power, a situation of which its citizens were only just becoming aware.
Spain conducted war with France from 1590 until the time of King Philip's death in 1598. |
| History |
1596 |
Spain |
Economic and administrative problems multiplied, particularly in Castile, and the weakness of the native economy became evident in the following century. Rising inflation, financially draining wars in Europe, the ongoing aftermath of the expulsion of the Jews and Moors from Spain, and Spain's growing dependency on the gold and silver imports, combined to cause several bankruptcies that caused economic crisis in the country.
In northern and central Spain and Andalusía in the south, a plague of 1596-1602 killed 600,000 to 700,000 people, about 8% of the population. |
| Died |
13 Sep 1598 |
Madrid, Spain |
| Buried |
El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain |
| Person ID |
I1749990924 |
Red1st |
| Last Modified |
9 Oct 2017 |
| Father |
Charles V( Carlos I of Spain) Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, House of Spanish Habsburg, b. 24 Feb 1500, Ghent (Gent), Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders), Belgium , d. 21 Sep 1558, Monastery of Yuste, Yuste (Cuacos de Yuste), Extremadura, Spain (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Isabella of Portugal, b. 23 Oct 1503, Portugal , d. 01 May 1539, Fuensalida Palace, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Age 35 years) |
| Married |
11 Mar 1525/6 |
Seville (Sevilla), Andalucia, Spain |
| Family ID |
F672595043 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Elisabeth de Valois, Queen consort of Spain, b. 02 Apr 1545, France , d. 03 Oct 1568 (Age 23 years) |
| Married |
1559 |
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France, Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Type: By proxy |
| Children |
| | 1. Isabella Clara Eugenia Habsburg, Sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands, Princess of Spain, b. 12 Aug 1566, Palacio del bosque de Valsaín, Segovia, Castile and León, Spain , d. 1 Dec 1633, Brussels, Brabant, Flanders, Belgium (Age 67 years) |
| + | 2. Catherine Michelle, Duchess consort of Savoy, Princess of Spain, b. 10 Oct 1567, d. 06 Nov 1597 (Age 30 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2009 11:31:14 |
| Family ID |
F672837237 |
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| Family 4 |
Anna Habsburg of Austria, Queen consort of Spain and Portugal, Princess of France, b. 01 Nov 1549, Cigales, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain , d. 26 Oct 1580, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain (Age 30 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, b. 04 Dec 1571, d. 18 Oct 1578 (Age 6 years) |
| | 2. Carlos Lorenzo, Prince of Asturias, b. 12 Aug 1573, d. 30 Jun 1575 (Age 1 years) |
| | 3. Diego Félix, Prince of Asturias, b. 15 Aug 1575, d. 21 Nov 1582 (Age 7 years) |
| + | 4. Philip III, King of Spain and Portugal, b. 14 Apr 1578, Madrid, Spain , d. 31 Mar 1621, Madrid, Spain (Age 42 years) |
| | 5. Maria, Princess of Spain, b. 1580, d. 05 Aug 1583, Madrid, Spain (Age 3 years) |
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| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2009 11:44:14 |
| Family ID |
F672837294 |
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1527 - 1598 (71 years)
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