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  2. Philip II of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Philip II [note 1] (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain [note 2] from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.

  3. Elisabeth of Valois - Wikipedia

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    Elisabeth married Philip II of Spain on the 22nd of June 1559. [6] Originally married via proxy at Notre Dame (with the Duke of Alba standing in for Philip) prior to leaving France, [6] the actual ceremony took place in Guadalajara, Spain, upon her arrival. The marriage was a result of the Peace of Cateau Cambrésis (1559). [6]

  4. Guerau de Espés - Wikipedia

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    Guerau de Espés del Valle (1524 in Lleida – 1572) was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat. He served as Philip II of Spain's ambassador to Elizabeth I of England from 1568 to 1571 during one of the tensest moments in Anglo-Spanish relations and was expelled after being accused of complicity of the Ridolfi plot.

  5. Elizabeth I - Wikipedia

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    It was her first venture into France since the retreat from Le Havre in 1563. Henry's succession was strongly contested by the Catholic League and by Philip II, and Elizabeth feared a Spanish takeover of the channel ports. The subsequent English campaigns in France, however, were disorganised and ineffective. [149]

  6. Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis - Wikipedia

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    Henry II of France abandoned claims on the Italian states ruled by Philip II of Spain (the southern kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia, along with the Duchy of Milan in the north), restored an independent Savoy, returned Corsica to Genoa, and formally recognised the Protestant Elizabeth I as queen of England, rather than her Catholic ...

  7. Mary I of England - Wikipedia

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    Arms of Mary I, impaled with those of her husband, Philip II of Spain. When Mary ascended the throne, she was proclaimed under the same official style as Henry VIII and Edward VI: "Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England and of Ireland on Earth Supreme Head". The title ...

  8. 3rd Spanish Armada - Wikipedia

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    Philip II of Spain Elizabeth I of England. The Spanish king was distraught by the news and he knew there was no possibility a third attack by an armada could be attempted. [8] He afterwards fell ill, went into a palsy, and shut himself away in his palace. [51] Bonfires and processions all over Spain were lit in the hope of his health returning ...

  9. Treaty of Nonsuch - Wikipedia

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    The treaty was provoked by the signing of the Treaty of Joinville in 1584 between Philip II of Spain and the Catholic League in which Philip II promised to finance the League. Elizabeth I agreed to supply 6,400 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry (who were to be led by Robert Dudley, the 1st Earl of Leicester) which were initially intended as a way ...