Philip Ii of Spain
King Philip the second was born on May 21st 1527 in Valladolid, Spain. His parents were King Charles the V and Isabella of Portugal. He also had two sisters named Maria of Spain and Joan of Spain. His tutor was Dr. Juan Martinez Pedernales. He was well educated in science, French, and Latin and he loved architecture and music, he also liked to read. He have four wives, Maria Manuela, princess of Spain, who died while giving birth. Mary the I of England, died in 1558. Philip loved Elisabeth of Valois very much, and had five children together, but she died after a miscarriage, Philip was saddened by her death. He remarried to his niece, Anne of Austria, he said that he was in love with her and had five children. His first son was carols, prince of Astrias, in all; he had eleven children, with all the wives. He came into power on July 25, 1554. His father gave him Aragon and Sicily on January 16th. When he ruled, Spain was prosperous, influenced exploring different places around the world like Portugal. Philip took and conquered many places, for example, the kingdom of Aragon. Philip brought literature, music, and arts to Spain, it was called the Golden Age. He had three enemies, Islam, England, and France. The Islam were the rulers of the Mediterranean, but not for long, Philip came and defeated the Islam. The French were protestant, so Philip wanted to drive out the heresy there. Philip was considered one of the most powerful rulers of one of the world’s most powerful empires. He believed in the catholic religion, he burned people at the stake if you didn’t believe in the catholic faith. He was faithful to the Catholics and went against the process of heresy So he drove out all the Protestants, Jews, and Muslims. The Spanish defeated ottomans, their enemy badly. Philip wanted to marry Queen Elizabeth the I (who was protestant), to spread the catholic religion to England, but she refused. So Philip wanted to conquer England. Spain had the best navy,