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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. He was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen ...
Valois-Angoulême. Father. Henry II of France. Mother. Catherine de' Medici. Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 [1] – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. She was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de ...
Although Philip was a polygamist, his marriage to Cleopatra greatly upset Olympias, his fourth wife and the mother of Alexander the Great, and threw Alexander's inheritance into question. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] It was at Eurydice and Philips wedding banquet that her uncle insulted her stepson Alexander by making a toast to the newlyweds hoping that ...
Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria was born in the Palace of Valsain, [1] Segovia on 12 August 1566. She was the first surviving daughter of King Philip II of Spain and his third wife, Elisabeth of Valois.
The arrival of Philip at Southampton was proclaimed in London on Saturday 21 July. The Mayor of London ordered celebratory bonfires. Aristocrats were summoned to Winchester. [33] Mary went to Winchester, where the Mayoress Helen Lawrence (wife of William Lawrence) and her sisters, who were standing in line on a carpet, presented her with a gold ...
Coat of arms of Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain. Margaret married Philip III of Spain, her first-cousin, once-removed, on 18 April 1599. She became a very influential figure at her husband's court. Philip had an "affectionate, close relationship" with Margaret, and paid her additional attention after they had a son in 1605.
M. Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal. Mary I of England. Categories: Philip II of Spain. Spanish royal consorts. 16th-century Spanish women. Wives by person.
Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois is an oil-on-canvas painting executed c.1561–1565 by the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola, now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. [1][2][3] It shows Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain. [4] Its iconography derives from Titian 's Portrait of Elizabeth of Portugal, Philip's mother.