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Was born in the Flemish city of Ghent.
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As the same time of th Batlle of Villalar in Valencia and Mallorca, the bourgeoisie and peasants rose up against the nobility.
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Castillas was suffered a crisis because Carlos I used the taxes collected to finance his appointment as Holy Roman Emperor, this provoked the revolt of the comuneros, that th nobility and the bourgeoisie rose up against the government.
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The high nobility and the king´s who supported him defeated the ¨comuneros¨ at this battle. The most important leaders of the comuneros being: Juan Bravo, Juan de Padilla and Francisco Maldonado.
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Felipe II was the Carlos son.
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Against France, Battle of Saint Quentin - Peace of Cateau-Cambresis in 1559, between Catholics and Protestants.
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Felipe made the capital of his kindom in Madrid. He choose Madrid for his geo-strategic position, the absence of big nobility in this area and his co-propietor past.
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Against the Protestants in the Low Countries. In 1568 the Calvinsm people rose up against the king. The independence of Spanish Crowns was proclamated in 1581.
The war lasted until 1648. -
The policy of imposing Catholicism and discriminating against the religious minorities caused the Moriscon in Granada to revolt in 1568. This revolt was finally suppressed the army led by John of Austria in 1570.
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Against the Otoman Empire. In the naval Batlle of Lepanto the ottomans were defeated and ceased to be a threat.
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Against England.
Elizabeth was an Anglican and defended the Preoestant rebels in the Low Countries against the King of Spain. Felipe II formed a powerful flet know as Great Armada. Its objetive was to transport troops from Portugal and Flanders, invade England and depose the queen. The Spanish fleet was defeated by English attacks off the British Isles.
