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3 days ago · Signature. Philip IV (Spanish: Felipe Domingo Victor de la Cruz de Austria y Austria, [1] Portuguese: Filipe; 8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: Rey Planeta ), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the ...
3 days ago · Spain - Charles II, Reconquista, Golden Age: For 10 years Philip IV’s widow, Maria Anna of Austria, acted as regent for Charles II (1665–1700). She allowed her government to be dominated by her confessor, the Austrian Jesuit Johann Eberhard (Juan Everardo) Nithard. It was weakness, rather than strength, that prompted this government not to summon the Cortes any more. But this policy paved ...
3 days ago · Personal details. Born 6 November 1661, Charles was the only surviving son of Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria, who were uncle and niece.While European nobility commonly married within the same extended family to retain property, the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs were unusual in the extent to which they followed this practice.
3 days ago · Charles V[c][d](24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperorand Archduke of Austriafrom 1519 to 1556, King of Spainfrom 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlandsas titular Duke of Burgundyfrom 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg.
5 days ago · Spain - Reconquista, Castile, Aragon: When Ferdinand II (1479–1516; also known as Ferdinand V of Castile from 1474) succeeded to the Crown of Aragon in 1479, the union of Aragon (roughly eastern Spain) and Castile (roughly western Spain) was finally achieved, and the Trastámara became the second most powerful monarchs in Europe, after the Valois of France. The different royal houses of the ...
2 days ago · Spain - Philip II: When Charles abdicated his various lands (1555–56), Philip II (1556–98) succeeded to all his father’s dominions except Germany. His empire in Europe, now without the imperial title, was still only a loose union of independent states recognizing the same head. Philip, a great traditionalist, was not the man to inspire his different subjects with a new unifying idea ...
4 days ago · Articles of Peace Entercourse and Commerce, Concluded. In the Names of the most High and Mighty Kings, Charles by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. and Philip the Fourth King of Spain, &c. In a Treaty at Madrid, the Fifth Day of November, after the Old Style, in the Year of our Lord God 1630.
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