Historical Figure
Philip II
d. 1598
16th-century European king
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Biography
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 until her death in 1558. Further, he was Duke of Milan from 1540. From 1555, he was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands.
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Charles V abdicated. Philip inherited Spain, the Netherlands, southern Italy, and vast American colonies. He was 29 and already ruler of the largest empire in history.
His fleet won the Battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman Empire. The largest naval battle in Western history since antiquity. Over 200 Ottoman galleys were captured or sunk.
Launched the Spanish Armada against England. Storms and English fireships destroyed it. Philip reportedly said: "I sent my ships to fight against men, not God's winds and waves."
Died at the Escorial, the palace-monastery he'd built outside Madrid. He was 71. It took him 53 days to die. He refused to be moved from his bed. The sores on his body went untreated.
Artifacts (15)
The Infante Philip of Spain, later Philip II of Spain (1527–98, r. 1556)
Leone Leoni
Emperor Charles V (1500–1558) and his Son Philip II of Spain (1527–1598)
Leone Leoni
Gorget possibly from an Armor of Philip II, King of Spain
Philip II, King of Spain (1527–1598)
Jacopo Nizolla da Trezzo
Halberd of the Bodyguard of Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1559–1588)
Pair of Gauntlets from a Garniture of Armor of Philip II of Spain (reigned 1556–98)
Ulrich Holzmann|Desiderius Helmschmid
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