Philip II of Spain

✶May 31, 1527

†September 13, 1598

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About their life

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.

King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

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