Philip II

    Philip II

    Former King of Spain

    Philip II
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    “I’m Philip II (21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598). I am sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), I was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until my death in 1598. I was also jure uxoris King of England and Ireland from my marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 until her death in 1558. Further, I was Duke of Milan from 1540. From 1555, I was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands.”