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His birth
Felipe IV of Spain, called "the Great" or "the Planet King", was born on April 8, 1605 in Valladolid. His mother was Margarita of Austria and his father was Felipe III of Spain -
His first marriage
Felipe IV married Isabel de Borbón in 1615, with whom he had become engaged at the age of six. They had ten children but only two reached adulthood. -
The 30 years war
The 30 Years' War was a political-religious war that took place in Central Europe and in which the main European powers of the first half of the seventeenth century participated. This began in 1618 and ended in 1648. It began as a religious confrontation between Protestants and Catholics in the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, however as it spread, it dragged the main European powers of the first half of the seventeenth century to the battlefield. -
Is proclaimed king
On March 31, 1621, Philip IV was proclaimed king. He was king of Spain from March 31, 1621 until his death, and of Portugal from the same date until December 1640. His reign of 44 years and 170 days was the longest of the Austrian house and the third in history. Spanish. -
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Reign of Philip IV
In the first stage of his reign, he divided responsibility for his affairs with Gaspar de Guzmán, who was in charge of deploying a war policy outside the country while for the interior of the empire he kept a very reformist policy trying to seek the hegemony of Europe. Later, Felipe IV took charge of the affairs of his country. These first years were considered successful, however, the war in Protestant Europe and against France led his empire little by little towards decline and ruin. -
First daugther:
It was Margaret of Austria. She was born on August 14, 1621 -
Second daughter:
Margarita María Catalina de Austria was born on November 25 and died on December 22, 1623 -
Third daughter:
Maria Eugenia de Austria was born on November 21, 1625 and died on July 21, 1627. -
Fourth daughter:
Elizabeth Maria Teresa of Austria was born on October 31 and died on November 1, 1627. -
Fifth son:
Baltasar Carlos de Austria, prince of Asturias was born on October 17, 1629 and died on October 9, 1646 -
Sixth son;
Francisco Fernando of Austria was born on March 12 and died on December 3, 1634. -
Seventh daughter:
María Ana Antonia of Austria was born on January 17 and died on December 5, 1636. -
Eighth daughter:
Maria Teresa of Austria, Queen of France was born on September 10, 1638 and died on July 30, 1683 -
Abortions
Abortions of a daughter in 1640 and of a son in 1644 -
The battle of Rocroi
The battle of Rocroi took place on May 19, 1643 between the French army under the command of the young Louis II of Bourbon-Condé, at that time Duke of Enghien and 21 years of age, later Prince of Condé, and the army Spanish under the command of the Portuguese Francisco de Melo, captain general of the Tercios de Flandes. The confrontation, which began before dawn, lasted about six hours. It ended with the French victory. -
The Battle of Montijo
The battle of Montijo was an armed combat, fought in the course of the Portuguese Restoration War, which faced the Portuguese and the Spanish on May 26, 1644 in Montijo, located in the current province of Badajoz. -
His second marriage
After Isabel died in 1644, he married his niece Mariana de Austria in 1647. It was celebrated in 1649 in the Madrid town of Navalcarnero. Five children were born from that marriage. -
Peace of Westphalia
The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on October 24, 1648, the latter in the Peace Hall of the Münster city hall, in the historic region of Westphalia, with which the Thirty Years 'War in Germany and the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands ended. -
First daughter from his second marriage:
Margarita Teresa of Austria was born on July 12, 1651 and died on March 12, 1673, she was the wife of Emperor Leopold I. -
Second daughter from second marriage:
María Ambrosia de la Concepción was born on December 7, 1655 and died on December 20, 1655. -
Third child from second marriage:
Felipe Prospero of Austria, Prince of Asturias, was born in 1657 and died in 1661. -
Fourth child of the second marriage:
Fernando Tomás Carlos of Austria was born in 1658 and died in 1659. -
The Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was an international treaty of 124 articles signed by Luis de Haro and Mazarino, representatives of the sovereigns of the Spanish and French monarchies on November 7, 1659, on the island of the Pheasants1, to end a conflict that began in May 1635, during the Thirty Years' War.2 -
Fifth child from second marriage:
Carlos, King of Spain as Carlos II, was born in 1661 and died in 1700. -
The Battle of Villaviciosa
The Battle of Villaviciosa, also called the Battle of Montes Claros, was fought on June 17, 1665, in Montes Claros, near Villaviciosa, Portugal, between the Portuguese and the Spanish. The battle is part of the Portuguese Restoration War. It ended with a major defeat for the Spanish. -
His death
At the beginning of September 1665, the king began to feel bad, depositing bloody stools, which leads us to think that he fell ill with dysentery, as a result of which he died on the 17th of the same month, but not before suffering notably from it. of the illness.
