Felipe ii

Philip II of Spain

  • Charles V is born
    Feb 24, 1500

    Charles V is born

    He was Philip II father
  • Isabella of Portugal is born
    Oct 24, 1503

    Isabella of Portugal is born

    She was Philip II mother
  • Period: Feb 18, 1516 to Nov 17, 1558

    Mary I of England life span

    She was Philip's second wife, she died at 42, four years after her wedding with Philip
  • Philip II is born
    May 21, 1527

    Philip II is born

  • Period: May 21, 1527 to

    Philip II life span

    The son of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, Philip inherited his father's Spanish Empire in 1556 and succeeded to the Portuguese throne in 1580 following a dynastic crisis. Under Philip II, Spain reached the height of her influence and power, sometimes called the Spanish Golden Age, and ruled territories in every continent then known to Europeans. This policy was partly the cause of the declaration of independence that created the Dutch Republic in 1581.
  • Period: Oct 15, 1527 to Jul 12, 1545

    Maria Mannuela of Portugal life span

    She was Philip's first wife. She died at 17, only two years after her wedding with Philip
  • Isabella of Portugal death
    May 1, 1539

    Isabella of Portugal death

    She was Philip II mother
  • Philip received the Ducy of Milan
    1540

    Philip received the Ducy of Milan

  • Maria Manuela (first wife)
    1543

    Maria Manuela (first wife)

    Maria Manuela was Philip's first wife, he married her on 1543 and she died on 1545, at 17 years old. She was also his double first cousin.
  • Period: Apr 2, 1545 to Oct 3, 1568

    Elisabeth of Valios life span

    She was Philip's third wife, and she died at 23, nine years after her wedding with Philip
  • Charles, Prince of Austria is born
    Jul 8, 1545

    Charles, Prince of Austria is born

    He is Philip II son
  • Period: Nov 2, 1549 to Oct 26, 1580

    Anna of Austria life span

    She was Philip's last wife, and she died ten years after her wedding with Philip, at just 30
  • Period: 1550 to

    Increase in wealth allows Spain to build a large and strong army

    With American mines providing Spain with an estimated 339,000 pounds of gold and 16,000 tons of silver bullion, Spain was able to support an army of about 50,000 soldiers. With this strong and large standing army, Spain had an advantage that their enemies didn't have.
  • Mary of England (second wife)
    1554

    Mary of England (second wife)

    Philip II marries his second wife, she was born on February 18, 1516 and died on 17 November 1558, four years after her marrting Philip.
  • Period: Jul 25, 1554 to Nov 17, 1558

    King of Ireland and England

    Philip's father arranged his marriage to 37-year-old Queen Mary I of England, Charles' maternal first cousin. His father ceded the crown of Naples, as well as his claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem, to him. Their marriage at Winchester Cathedral on 25 July 1554 took place just two days after their first meeting. Lord Chancellor Gardiner and the House of Commons petitioned Mary to consider marrying an Englishman, preferring Edward Courtenay.
  • Philip recieved the Franche-Comté
    1555

    Philip recieved the Franche-Comté

    That year at the Battle of Nancy during the Burgundian Wars, the last duke, Charles the Bold, was killed in battle. Although the county, along with the Duchy, was seized by King Louis XI of France, in 1492 his son Charles VIII ceded it to Philip of Austria, the grandson and heir of Charles the Bold. When Philip's son, Emperor Charles V, inherited the Spanish throne in 1516, the Franche-Comté, along with the rest of the Burgundian lands, passed to the Spanish.
  • Phillip II inherites Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and all Spanish Dominions in Ital y and America
    1556

    Phillip II inherites Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and all Spanish Dominions in Ital y and America

    When Charles V retired his position, he gave his son, Philip II, control of all the Spainish Dominions in Italy, the American colonies, Spain, and the Spanish Netherlands. Both father and son were very similar and successful leaders.
  • Period: Jan 16, 1556 to

    King of Spain

    Philip the Prudent or Philip II of the House of Habsburg, was unarguably the most important ruler in Spanish history. It was under his reign that Spain reached the height of its influence and power, and also of its artistic, literary, and musical excellence.
  • Victory of the Battle of St. Quentin
    1557

    Victory of the Battle of St. Quentin

    The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557, was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy. A Habsburg Spanish force under Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy defeated a French army under the command of Duke Louis Gonzaga and Duke Anne de Montmorency.
  • 1557

    First bankruptcy

  • Charles V death
    Sep 21, 1558

    Charles V death

    he was Philip II father
  • Elisabeth of Valios (third wife)
    1559

    Elisabeth of Valios (third wife)

    She was Philips third wife, and she was born on 2 April 1545, and died on 3 October 1568, at 23, nine years after her weding with Philip.
  • Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis
    1559

    Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis

    The Duchy of Milan and the Habsburg Netherlands were left in personal union to the King of Spain but continued to be part of the Holy Roman Empire. With the end of the personal union of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain , France was open to peace talks. The condition of economic and religious turmoil in which the war resumed forced the parties to make peace in 1559.
  • 1560

    Monarchy reform

    The Tridentine Reformation or Counter-Reformation, defended at all costs in Spain by Philip II, will fight against any hint of heterodoxy within the Catholic Church. Control over the most diverse displays of popular religiosity will become tighter through existing institutions such as the Tribunal of the Inquisition.
  • El Escorial
    1563

    El Escorial

    Philip ordered this place tu be built, and he called it "El Escorial", it was his residence, it took manny years and lots of money to build.
  • Period: Apr 23, 1563 to

    El Escorial construction

  • End of the Council of Trent
    Dec 4, 1563

    End of the Council of Trent

    The Council of Trent, 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, held in three parts from 1545 to 1563. Prompted by the Reformation, the Council of Trent was highly important for its sweeping decrees on self-reform and for its dogmatic definitions that clarified virtually every doctrine contested by the Protestants.
  • Isabella Clara Eugenia is born
    Aug 12, 1566

    Isabella Clara Eugenia is born

    She is Philip II daughter.
  • Dutch revolt
    Oct 23, 1566

    Dutch revolt

    There were angry protestant mobs that when through catholic churches. Philip raised taxes in the Netherlands, just so he could get rid of Protestantism. People did not agree with him so they rebelled. As a result he executed the rebellions killed over 1,5000 people in just one day
  • Anna of Austria (fourth and las wife)
    1570

    Anna of Austria (fourth and las wife)

    She was Philip's last wife, she was born on 2 November 1549, and died on 26 October 1580, exactly ten years after her weding with King Philip II. She was also his niece
  • Jun 30, 1570

    King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students.

  • Philip II helps the Pope
    1571

    Philip II helps the Pope

    The pope called all Catholic princes to work together against the Ottoman Empire. With Philip II very dedicated to his religion, he sent more then 200 Spanish and Venetian ships to battle near Lepanto, defeating a large Ottoman fleet.
  • Ferdinand, Prince of Austria is born
    Dec 4, 1571

    Ferdinand, Prince of Austria is born

    He was Philip's son, and he died at 7 years old
  • May 9, 1573

    Large increase in billion shipments to Spain from the South America

  • Aug 12, 1573

    Charles Lawrence, of Austria is born

    He was Philip's son, and died two years after begin born
  • 1575

    Second bakruptcy

  • Diego, Prince of Austria is born
    Aug 15, 1575

    Diego, Prince of Austria is born

    He was Philip's son, but died at 7
  • 1576

    Third bakruptcy

  • Philip III of Spain is born
    Apr 14, 1578

    Philip III of Spain is born

    He is Philip II son, and next King
  • Philip II seizes control of Portugal
    1580

    Philip II seizes control of Portugal

    When his uncle, King of Portugal, passed away without a heir, Philip II took control of the empire, making him a very successful ruler and him having an empire that circled the globe.
  • Period: Sep 12, 1580 to

    King of Portugal

    He ascended the thrones in 1621 and reigned in Portugal until 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as Diego Velázquez, and his rule over Spain during the Thirty Years' War.
  • Oct 11, 1580

    Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on the head of Prince Willem of Orange.

  • Philip decided to invade England

  • Philip II launhes the Spanish Armada

    Philip II launhes the Spanish Armada

    He launched the Armada to punish Protestant England and Queen Elizabeth I because they supported Dutch Protestants and tried to take control of the Netherlands.
  • Philip II of Spain had Lanuza, the leader of the revolt of Aragon, beheaded.

  • King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands.

  • First bakruptcy

  • Fourth bankruptcy

  • Catalina Micaela of Spain is born

    Catalina Micaela of Spain is born

    She was Philip II daughter
  • Peace of Vervins

    Peace of Vervins

    Philip II had to accept (Peace of Vervins) his succession as Henry IV of France
  • Philip II death

    Philip II death

    Philip II died in his house, El Escorial. He had a delicate health during his whole life, nevertheless, the las ten years he was extremily sick, and lost movement on his right hand, begin incapable of signing documents, he died with a cricifix on his hand at 5a.m.