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Definition of Philip II

1. Noun. Son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223).

2. Noun. King of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC).

3. Noun. King of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philip II

Philaenus Philaenus spumarius Philautus steineri Philautus stuarti Philautus surrufus Philem. Philemon Philibert Delorme Philibert de l'Orme Philip

Philip's glands Philip Anderson Philip Augustus Philip Dormer Stanhope Philip II (current term) Philip II of Macedon Philip II of Spain Philip Marlowe Philip Michael Ondaatje Philip Milton Roth

Philip Roth Philip V Philip VI Philip Warren Anderson Philip of Valois Philipino Philipp. Philipp Lenard Philipp Melanchthon

Literary usage of Philip II

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Spain: Founded on the Historia de España Y de la Civilización by Charles Edward Chapman (1918)
"CHAPTER XXIII THE REIGN OF Philip II, 1556-1598 IN underlying essentials the ... Historians have often gone to extremes in their judgments of Philip II. ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"CHAPTERS XV AND XVI SPAIN UNDER Philip II AND III I. UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS The unpublished Spanish documents and State Papers relating to Spain in the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I. Philip II, king of Spain, son of the emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal: b. Valladolid, 21 May 1527; ..."

4. List of documents in Spanish archives relating to the history of the United by James Alexander Robertson (1910)
"Guzman de Silva to Philip II. AS, Estado, leg. 818, fol. 85. ... Menendez de Aviles to Philip II. AI, leg. 17-21, Cartas de Indias (copy in DH, t. 14, no. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From 1559 Philip II had been at peace with France, and had contented himself with urging it to crush out heresy. French intervention in favour of the Low ..."

6. The chronicle of England by John Capgrave, Francis Charles Hingeston (1871)
"Philip, son of Brian, son of Philip, ii. 207, 209. Philip, sou of Edmond, son of Thomas, ii.233. Philip, son of Thomas, ii. 157. Philip, son of Thomas, ..."

7. A History of Spain, Founded on the Historia de Espana Y de la Civilizacion by Charles Edward Chapman, Rafael Altamira (1918)
"Resemblance of the reign of Philip II to that of Charles I. Education and ... Historians have often gone to extremes in their judgments of Philip II. ..."

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