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unusual facts about Philip II, King of Spain



45 Grupo de Fuerzas Aéreas

The Grupo 45 del Ejército del Aire (45 Air Force Group), is a unit of the Spanish Air Force in charge of the transportation of the King, the Prime Minister, high ranking government officials and the Royal Family.

Abjuration

Another famous abjuration was brought about by the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe of July 26, 1581, the formal Declaration of Independence of the Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II.

Acoma Massacre

In the late 1500s, the Spanish began their conquest of the Pueblo people in northern New Spain and in 1595 the conquistador Don Juan de Oñate was granted permission from King Philip II to colonize Santa Fé de Nuevo México, the present-day New Mexico.

Battle of Erigon Valley

After the battle, Bardyllis was said to have briefly held Philip II, the youngest brother of Alexander II, as a hostage.

Casimir Zeglen

It saved the life Alfonso XIII, the King of Spain - his carriage was covered with Szczepanik's bulletproof armour when a bomb exploded near it.

Cervantes de Leon

Cervantes' father was a privateer sent on a special mission from Spanish King Philip II to loot ships, but was killed and his ship destroyed by an English warship.

Code of Euric

The Codex Euricianus or Code of Euric was a collection of laws governing the Visigoths compiled at the order of Euric, King of Spain, sometime before 480, probably at Toulouse (possible at Arles); it is one of the earliest examples of early Germanic law.

Count of Champagne

Philip II, also Philip V of France and II of Navarre (1316-1322)

County of Nevers

Philip's younger son Philip was granted the County of Nevers, passing later into the possession of a cadet branch of the Dukes of Cleves.

Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied

He married in 1543 in Königstein to Catherine (26 March 1525 – 15 June 1581 in Runkel), the daughter of Philip II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (17 August 1501 – 28 March 1529) and Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg – 18 June 1580 in Dillenburg), who after Philip's death remarried to William the Rich.

Ernest III, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

:: * Sophie (1579-1618) married 1607 Duke Philip II of Pomerania-Stettin

Erp, Netherlands

In 1579, seven Northern Dutch provinces declared their independence, while Brabant remained part of the Spain of Philip II, son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

Euphraeus

This story, at least, is supported by Carystius, who cites a letter supposedly by Speusippus (Plato's nephew and successor as head of the Academy) that Philip II should cease slandering Plato because he owes him his kingship, if rather backhandedly.

Financial crisis

Further early sovereign defaults include seven defaults by imperial Spain, four under Philip II, three under his successors.

Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece

The present Grand Master of the Austrian order is Karl von Habsburg; that of the Spanish order is the King of Spain.

Henry Wikoff

He was friendly with the Bonaparte royal family in France, and was awarded the honor of Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, by the King of Spain in 1871, which gave him the title of "Chevalier".

Hermann Biggs

He was appointed medical director of the General League of Red Cross Societies at Geneva in 1920 and was knighted by the King of Spain for services in preventive medicine.

Johannes Goropius Becanus

Philip II, the son of Charles V, wanted him also as his doctor and offered him a rich income.

John C. Rule

The character of Philip II: the problem of moral judgments in history (1963).

Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

His eldest brother William IV received the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, while the second son Louis IV obtained Hesse-Marburg, and the third Philipp II became Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels.

Londres, Catamarca

The city was named Londres (Spanish for London) in honour of the fact that Philip II, King of Spain at time of its founding was at the time married to Mary Tudor (Mary I of England)

Magdalena de la Cruz

Indeed, on the birth of the future Philip II in 1527, "the hábitos of this nun were sent off as a sacred object so that the infante could be wrapped up in them and thus apparently be shielded and protected from the attacks of the Devil."

Maria Rosa Calvo-Manzano

She has also been recognized with numerous national and international prizes and decorated by the King of Spain with "El Lazo de Isabel la Católica" and "La Encomienda de Alfonso X el Sabio".

Marinaleda, Spain

Philip II granted the village to the first Marquess of Estepa, and it would remain under this ownership until manors were dissolved in the 19th century.

Marquess of Saint Philip

Marquess of Saint Philip, also spelled as Marquis of Saint Philip or St. Philip (in Spanish: Marqués de San Felipe; in Italian: Marchese di San Filippo) is a title granted in 1709 by Philip V, king of Spain and, at that time, claimant king of Sardinia, to the Sardinian nobleman and politician Vicente Bacallar.

Nieuwebrug, Overijssel

In 1556, the States met again at Nieuwebrug to discuss whether to depose King Philip II.

Patriarchate of the West Indies

After the Niño de Guevara's death the office remained vacant because Philip II, against the Holy See policy, wished an actual jurisdicional Patriarchate.

Philip II, Count of Daun-Falkenstein

Abbot Herman of Holten of Werden Abbey enfeoffed Philip with fishing rights on the lower Ruhr on 21 March 1548.

Philip II, Count of Waldeck

In 1497, he married Catherine of Querfurt (died: 1521 in Kelbra), the widow of Count Günther XXXVIII of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg.

Philip II, Duke of Pomerania

The art dealer Philip Hainhofer from Augsburg was responsible for the procurement of many works of art.

Pierre Charles Cior

He was a pupil of Bauzin, and became miniature painter to the king of Spain.

Pietro Paolo Floriani

Besides fortifications built in Italy and in Northern Europe for Pope Urban VIII, the King of Spain and the emperor Ferdinand II, he also designed the fortification walls on the south side of Valletta, the capital city of Malta.

Pilar, New Mexico

In February 1793 the region was taken possession of by 20 persons who had received it as a land grant (Cieneguilla Grant) from the King of Spain Charles IV through his military governor in New Mexico, Don Fernando Chacón.

Policía Municipal de Madrid

In 1561 data the first side of Police of the City of Madrid issued by the mayor; year that coincides with the introduction by Philip II of the court in Madrid.

Portuguese Jewish community in Hamburg

The first Sephardic settlers were Portuguese Marranos, who had fled from their own country under Philip II and Philip III, at first concealing their religion in their new place of residence.

Presidential Mansion, Athens

Another extension was needed when Princess Sophia of Greece (now queen of Spain, and daughter of King Paul and Queen Frederika) became engaged to His Royal Highness The Prince Juan Carlos of Spain (now His Majesty The King of Spain).

Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate

The Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate was established on a bluff overlooking the San Pedro River by an Irish-born Spanish Army Colonel, Hugo Oconór (Hugh O'Conor), in 1775, for the King of Spain Charles III.

San Germán, Puerto Rico

A letter sent to Spain's king Philip II mentions a city with the names of Nueva Salamanca and San Germán.

Spanish Council of State

It has a great influence during the reigns of Charles I (and Philip II and later during the regency of Mariana of Austria (1665–1675).

Spanish Road

The conflict between the Spanish King Philip II and the Dutch rebels in the Spanish-ruled Habsburg Netherlands, culminating in the Eighty Years' War, symbolized the prominent European power struggle of the 16th century between Catholics and Protestants.

That Lady

She lost an eye in a duel defending the honor of her king Philip II of Spain, (played by Paul Scofield who earned a BAFTA award for his portrayal of the smoldering, sexually frustrated Philip).

The Valley of the Thracian Rulers

As far as coins are concerned – they represented Macedonian rulers (Philip II, Alexander III, Cassander, Lysimach, etc.) together with single coins from towns such as Messambria, Apollonia Pontica, Enos, Lysimachia.

Trzebiatów

As a dowager, Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1579–1658), widow of Philip II, Duke of Pomerania, lived in Treptow.

Union of Arras

The Union of Arras (Dutch: Unie van Atrecht, Spanish: Unión de Arrás) was an accord signed on 6 January 1579 in Arras (Atrecht), under which the southern states of the Netherlands, today in Wallonia and the Nord-Pas-de-Calais (and Picardy) régions in France and Belgium, expressed their loyalty to the Spanish king Philip II and recognized his Governor-General, Don Juan of Austria.

Vayres, Gironde

Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, Louis de Foix, who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.

Vergina

Andronikos claimed that these were the burial sites of the kings of Macedon, including the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great (Tomb II).

Tomb II of Philip II, the father of Alexander was discovered in 1977 and was separated in two rooms.


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