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Definition of Philip II of Spain
1. 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 Of Spain
Literary usage of Philip II of Spain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its by Frances Gardiner Davenport, Charles Oscar Paullin (1917)
"Cession of the Netherlands by Philip II. of Spain to his daughter,
Isabella-Clara-Eugenia, on condition of her marriage until the Archduke Albert. ..."
2. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Philip II of Spain We have several descriptions of Philip II, the most important
and impartial of which are those of the Venetian ambassadors. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese Books Bequeathed by by George Ticknor, James Lyman Whitney (1879)
"Philip II. of Spain, continued. — Leu, G. Vita del católico re Filippo u. ....
Philip II of Spain ..."
4. Portugal by Henry Morse Stephens (1891)
"Braganza, but Philip II. of Spain cared little for this opinion ; he had long
hoped to sit upon the throne of Portugal, and to rule over the whole Iberian ..."
5. The Period of the Reformation, 1517 to 1648 by Ludwig Häusser (1873)
"Marriage with Philip II. of Spain, 1554.—The question* qf Church Property.— Parliament
and the Laws concerning Heresy.—The Ordeal by fire of English ..."
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