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philip ii of spain was born in what at

the time was the capital city volar

dallied at the Palacio de Pimentel on

May the 21st 15 27 Philips father was

king charles v of spain and the holy

roman emperor and his mother was

Isabella of Portugal Philip also had two

sisters Maria and Juana with whom he was

very attached together with his two

pages a Portuguese nobleman ro e Gomez

de Silva and his governor's son Juan de

zuñiga these men would be by his side

all of his life philip ii of spain would

marry full times and produce eight

living children

his first wife marie Emanuela princess

of portugal produced his first son but

sadly died in childbirth his second wife

for four years was Queen Mary the first

of England they had no children his

third wife was Elizabeth of alloys this

Union produced five daughters of which

only two survived again their mother

died giving birth to the fifth daughter

his final marriage was to Anne of

Austria this joining would produce five

children four sons and one daughter of

which two died in infancy Philips

education was quite extensive due to the

nature of his position as a royal prince

his tutor was Juan Martinez si Eliseo

who would become the Archbishop of

Toledo under his tutelage he showed the

reasonable ability at his letters and

arms instructions as he grew older his

tutors would include one Cristobal

Calvert Edie Estrela the humanist

linguistically Philip never quite

matched his father's ability Philip

would first take the throne of Naples as

a king on July the 25th

15:54 he would next through his marriage

to Queen Mary the first become King of

England and Ireland for a four-year

period until her death Philip the second

would become king of Spain on the death

of his father Charles the first on

January the 16th 1556 and finally King

of Portugal March the 25th 1581 during

his reign of Spain his father had left

the country

in considerable debt amounting to around

thirty six million ducats causing Philip

to default on loans in 1557 1560 1575

and 1596 and their economy would

continue to suffer during Philips reign

he declared war on Pope Paul the fourth

eventually a peace agreement was agreed

upon together with the fact that after

the death of Mary the first of England

Philip was freed Mary Henry the second

daughter Elizabeth of alloys which would

later give him claim to the French

throne through their daughter with

France Philip signed the Treaty of

Versailles which was soon broken another

Treaty of Catto Cambridge's was later

agreed upon and France recognized

Spain's sovereignty over the French

Court after Mary the first died and

Elizabeth the first ascended the throne

in a bid to keep his hold on England

Philip sent a proposal of marriage to

Elizabeth she delayed her answer and

came to learn that he was also

considering an alliance with Valois

Elizabeth was not best pleased still

Philip tried to maintain peace with

England but with his strong Catholic

views and Elizabeth's Protestant beliefs

it would soon come to pass that

Elizabeth sided with the Netherlands

against Spain and so her ships started

to attack Spanish vessels Philip was

also hoping perhaps to have Mary Queen

of Scots take the English throne and by

doing so finally place a Catholic Queen

on England's throne but it was not to be

once he realized there was nothing left

but direct action

Philip began to plot to invade England

and sent his first Spanish Armada after

the failure of the Spanish Armada philip

ii of spain sent a further two armadas

to try and invade England between the

English Royal Navy and the poor weather

conditions in the channel they all

failed the anglo-spanish war would

continue until both monarchs were dead

king philip ii of spain died from what

is believed to have been cancer on

September the 13th 1598 at el escorial

near the capital city of Madrid

it is said his death which involved the

severe attack of gout was excruciating

ly painful as

enough of king philip ii and his family

was created at escorial in his honor

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