Philip II of Spain

King Philip II reigned over Spain from 1554-1598 and this coincided with the peak of Spanish greatness. Never before or since would Spain wield such power around the world from across south and central America to Spain, north Africa, the Low Countries and southern Italy to the Philippines in the Far East. A devout Catholic he was a hero of the Counterreformation raging in Europe in which he managed to hold back Protestant expansion. However, his most famous enterprise, the attempted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada, ended in failure.

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[requiemaeturnum]

One of my favourite monarchs!

[MadMonarchist]

One of mine as well, he saw the zenith of Spanish power and in victory or defeat he was the model of what a monarch should be.

[ukusapillage]

the reason why english hate him was because he was maybe the biggest most powerful monarch ever in europe, and in fact he had the power at any time to crush the uk but the disastrous campaing of armada destroyed that dream witch was subdue england and its piracy kingdom witch it was all it was back then uk ived of piracy from spanish ships coming from the colonys, it was the stolen goods witch made possible british empire

[jeferonis]

El rey SOL

[lewisgunner1]

VIVA ESPANA VIVA FELIPE EN SEGUNDO

[nazar2626]

Su mas famosa empresa empresa puede que sea la pretendida invasión de Inglaterra.

Pero siguiendo el simil futbol:

España- Inglaterra  0-0 Inglaterra pide la Paz

España - Holanda 0-1 Holanda se autogobierna

España -Flandes 1-0 España continua en Flandes hasta 1700

España- Francia 1-0 Francia pide la Paz

España- I.Otomano 1-0 El avance otomano es detenido en Lepanto

España- Portugal 1-0 Felipe II es coronado rey de Portugal

[rollstell1]

King Philip II gave the name of Pilipinas " Philippines"

[futk797tcbery]

@DaniMajor Since United States descenents of Philips were led to USA. Who was that and Pancho Villa? In regards to Philips really was a hero even though somthing like zoro of Robbin hood. Who sent columbus to map new found land United States what country and what leader.

[DaniMajor]

@stewt93 If you want an unbiased portrait of Philip you should look up Philip II by Henry Kamen. It's a great book by an english Historian who teaches in Spain. Philip has been demonized by the anglo saxons historians and santified by the catholics. In England he is still seen as a catholic fanatic who lived sorrounder by papers. It's diminishing because his personality and his reign are much more interesting than that.

[stewt93]

We study him at A level History in England, but they put such a negative slant on everything he does, with all these "Paper King" labels, making him seem quite a negative figure. Yet it's quite strange to see a lot of people praise him. I do love to see the effects of Government propaganda.

[RedSaca]

Felipe II ha sido el monarca más poderoso de la historia, con el no empieza ningún declive, el declive del imperio español empieza en 1648 al reconocer la independencia de Holanda, a partir de ahí el imperio irá cuesta abajo muy lentamente, durando el declive 250 años hasta la guerra de Cuba en 1898. Dá igual tenemos el orgullo de que entre 1580 y 1640 dominamos 25 millones de kilómetros cuadrados, el tercer imperio más extenso de la historia, pero el más rico y poderoso, que es lo que importa.

[cuteteddybear01]

I need a good website on him for my project