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= Biography of Philip II: =

Philip II of Austria or Habsburg, called the Prudent (Valladolid; 21 of May of 1527-San Lorenzo de El Escorial; 13 of September of 1598), was King of Spain since the 15 of Jaunary of 1556 until his death, of Napoles and Sicily since 1554 and of Portugal, as Philip I, since 1580, making the union of the dinasty. He was as well King of England because of his marriage with Maria I of England, between 1554 and 1558.

Son and heir of Charles I of Spain and of Isabel of Portugal, he died in 1598 at the age of 71, in the monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

Since his death he was presented by his defenders as an example of virtues, and as a fanatic and despotic monster by his enemies. This controversy was created by Philip himself and favoured by his actions because he refused to publish any biography during his life and ordered to destroy all his mail. The anglo-saxon history had qualified him as a fanatic, despotic, criminal, imperialist and genocidal person minimizing his victories up to anecdotes and glorifying his defeats.

His reign was characterized by the exploration of the world and by the expansion of territories through the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, taking the Spanish monarchy to be the first power in Europe and reaching its peak, and converted it in a worldwide empire because it was the first time in history that one country had territories in the five continents of the Earth.

He was first married with his cousin Maria Manuela of Portugal (1527-1545) the 15 of November of 1543. They had one single son: - Charles of Austria (1545-1568) prince of Asturias.

He was secondly married with his uncle Maria I of England (1516-1558), the 25 of July of 1554. They didn’t have chlidren.

His third marriage was with Isabel of Valois (1549-1580), the 22 of June of 1559. They had two daughters: - Isabel Clara Eugenia (1566-1633) - Catalina Micaela (1567-1597)

He married in fourth place with Ana of Austria (1549-1580), the 14 of November of 1570. She was the daughter of his cousin Maximiliam II and his sister Maria of Austria and Portugal.They had five children: - Fernando (1571-1578), prince of Asturias - Charles Lorenzo (1573-1575) - Diego Felix (1575-1582), prince of Asturias - Philip(1578-1621), prince of Asturias, and future King of Spain as Philip III - Maria(1580-1583) = This is my Voki about Philip II: = media type="custom" key="25882006" = This is my newspaper article about Philip II: =

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