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4 unusual facts about Philip III of Spain


Mailu Island

All the nearby land including the coast of New Guinea was called by the Spaniards Magna Margarita to honour the wife of the king of Spain at that time Philip III, Margaret of Austria.

Nogales Municipality, Veracruz

In 1627, Rodrigo de Viveros y Aberrucia, owner of the sugar mill at the time, was named the First Count of the Valley of Orizaba by Philip III of Spain.

Oruro, Bolivia

At the time, it was named Real Villa de San Felipe de Austria after the Spanish monarch, Philip III.

Philip VII

Philip III of Spain and VII of Burgundy, (1578 – 1621), King of Spain, Portugal and the Algarves


Cornelis de Wael

According to Houbraken he specialized in battle scenes and worked for Philip III of Spain and Philippe-Charles, 3rd Count of Arenberg.

Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda

Cristóbal Gómez de Sandoval-Rojas y de la Cerda, known as the duque de Uceda (Duke of Uceda), but also titled second marquis of Cea, fifth marquis of Denia, and knight of the order of Santiago (1581 – Alcalá de Henares, 31 May 1624) was the official minister of state, also known as the valido or valued one, for King Philip III of Spain.

Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar

In 1598, aged 20, he was in Central Europe as an ambassador with a mandate to travel and bring back to Spain the 13-14 year old orphaned bride Margaret of Austria (daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria), the first, and unique, wife of king Philip III of Spain, being awarded the title of marquis of Guadalcázar, in 1609.

Equestrian Portrait of Philip III

The Equestrian Portrait of Philip III is a portrait of Philip III of Spain on horseback by Diego Velázquez.

Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna

In 1608 he arranged the marriage of his son, Juan, with the daughter of Cristóbal de Sandoval, Duke of Uceda, the son and assistant of Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, the Prime Minister and Valido of king Philip III of Spain.

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.

Sumiller de Corps

In fact, the Validos of the Habsburg Kings were always their “Sumilleres de Corps” as it happened with the Duke of Lerma and the Duke of Uceda with King Philip III or the Count-Duke of Olivares with King Philip IV.


see also

Maria of Austria

Maria Anna of Spain (1606 – 1646), Archduchess of Austria, Infanta of Spain; daughter of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria; wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor