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1543
First Marriage (Maria of Portugal)
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1557
Victory over French at Saint Quentin
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1557
First Bankruptcy
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1559
Return to Iberian Peninsula
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1563
Began Building El Escorial
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1568
Faced the Dutch Revolt
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1571
Defeated Ottoman's in Battle of Lepanto
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1576
Spain's Second Bankruptcy
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Spanish Armada
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Claimed the French Throne for his Daughter
