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May 21, 1527
Birth of Philip II
Felipe II was the first-born son of Carlos I and Isabel de Portugal. -
May 1, 1539
Death of Isabel of Portugal
Isabel of Porugal was his mother -
1545
His first son
His first son was Carlos of Austria, who was born in 1545 and died in 1568. He was born from the marriage between Felipe II and Maria Manuela de Portugal. -
Jul 8, 1545
His first marriage
His first marriage to María Manuela of Portugal took place in the palace of the Spanish ambassador, Luis Sarmiento de Mendoza, in Almeirim. At that time, both spouses were 16 years old.
This marriage barely lasted two years, since the princess she died in the year 1545, after giving birth to her first, Carlos. -
Jul 27, 1554
Second matrimony
At the age of 27 and after the death of his first wife María Manuela of Portugal, Prince Felipe noticed María I of England, known as María I Tudor, who was also his father's cousin and then a relative of his.
The wedding ceremony took place at Winchester Cathedral.
Hired for political reasons, this new link did not last long either: only 4 years later, the new queen died without having had any offspring. -
Period: 1556 to
Reinado de Felipe II
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Jan 15, 1556
He inherits Spain from his father Carlos I
Felipe II reigned Spain from January 15, 1556 until his death in 1598. He inherited from his father Carlos V all his territories, the imperial crown and the Austrian territories that remained in the hands of the Austrian Habsburgs. -
1557
The first bankruptcy of Philip II
The policy of King Carlos I exhausted the Treasury of Castile. When Felipe II acceded to the throne all the monarch's income was pawned and the monarch lacked free income to issue more debt. The way out was to consolidate the floating debt into longer-term securities, with a lower interest rate on the debt. -
Sep 21, 1558
His father Carlos I dies
Felipe II returned to Spain in the summer of 1559. By then his father, Carlos I, had already died in Yuste, who in recent years had become his best and greatest adviser. -
Jun 22, 1559
Third marriage
The death of Maria I of England in 1558, left King Felipe II again a widower at the age of 31. He married for the third time with Elizabeth de Valois, French princess, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, of the Valois dynasty.
The wedding took place in Paris. The vigil mass was celebrated on February 2 at the Palacio del Infantado when the spouses saw each other for the first time. Two daughters were born from the marriage: Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela. -
1566
His second and third daughter:
Isabel Clara Eugenia is the first daughter of the marriage between Felipe II and Isabel de Valois, she was born in 1566 and died in 1633.
And Catalina Micaela was his second daughter from that marriage, she was born in the year 1567 and died in 1597 -
Nov 14, 1570
His fourth marriage
In 1568, at the age of 23, Carlos, the first-born son of Felipe II, died.
His new wife would be Ana de Austria, his niece and cousin. With this marriage he hoped to strengthen the ties of friendship between the two branches of the Hasburg family, the Spanish and the Austrian.
The wedding took place on May 4 at the Prague Castle.
The couple eventually had 4 sons and a daughter. -
1571
His fourth son:
Fernando is the first child of the marriage between Felipe II and Ana de Austria. He was born in the year 1571 and died in 1578. -
Oct 7, 1571
Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto was a naval combat that took place on October 7, 1571 near the Greek city of Náfpaktos. The army of the Ottoman Empire fought against that of a Catholic coalition, called the Holy League, made up of the Spanish Empire, the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Order of Malta, the Republic of Genoa and the Duchy of Savoy. -
1573
His fifth son:
Carlos Lorenzo was her fifth child and her second child in the marriage of Felipe II and Ana de Austria. He was born in the year 1573 and died in 1575 -
1575
His sixth son:
Diego Feliz was her sixth son and her third son in the marriage of Felipe II and Ana de Austria. He was born in the year 1575 and died in 1582 -
1576
The second bankruptcy of Philip II
The most important bankruptcy was that of 1576, which affected the city of Antwerp and the Fugger bank in an extraordinary way. -
1578
His seventh son:
Felipe III was his seventh son and the fourth son of the marriage between Ana de Asturias and Felipe II. He was born in the year 1578 and died in 1621 -
1580
His eighth daughter:
Maria was the eighth daughter of Felipe II and the fifth daughter in the marriage between Felipe II and Ana de Austria. She was born in the year 1580 and died in 1583 -
1581
Claim of inheritance
When the king of Portugal died without issue, Felipe II claimed the throne, since he was the son of Isabel of Portugal. He was given the throne and stood before the Courts of Tomar -
Escape by Antonio Peréz
Antonio Pérez del Hierro was the secretary of the chamber and of the Council of State of the King of Spain Felipe II. He was the son of Gonzalo Pérez, secretary, in turn, of Carlos I. He fled from Spain since he was charged with treason against the Crown and the murder of Juan de Escobedo, -
Third bankruptcy of Philip II
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Death of Philip II
The death of Philip II of Spain, the most powerful monarch of the 16th century, came after a terrible agony full of disease.
