Definition of Philip II

1. Noun. Son of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223).

Exact synonyms: Philip Augustus
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

2. Noun. King of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC).
Exact synonyms: Philip Ii Of Macedon
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

3. Noun. King of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598).
Exact synonyms: Philip Ii Of Spain
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philip II

Philaenus
Philaenus spumarius
Philautus steineri
Philautus stuarti
Philautus surrufus
Philem.
Philemon
Philibert Delorme
Philibert de l'Orme
Philip
Philip's glands
Philip Anderson
Philip Augustus
Philip Dormer Stanhope
Philip II (current term)
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Spain
Philip Marlowe
Philip Michael Ondaatje
Philip Milton Roth
Philip Roth
Philip V
Philip VI
Philip Warren Anderson
Philip of Valois
Philipino
Philipp.
Philipp Lenard
Philipp Melanchthon

Literary usage of Philip II

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Spain: Founded on the Historia de España Y de la Civilización by Charles Edward Chapman (1918)
"CHAPTER XXIII THE REIGN OF Philip II, 1556-1598 IN underlying essentials the ... Historians have often gone to extremes in their judgments of Philip II. ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"CHAPTERS XV AND XVI SPAIN UNDER Philip II AND III I. UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS The unpublished Spanish documents and State Papers relating to Spain in the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I. Philip II, king of Spain, son of the emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal: b. Valladolid, 21 May 1527; ..."

4. List of documents in Spanish archives relating to the history of the United by James Alexander Robertson (1910)
"Guzman de Silva to Philip II. AS, Estado, leg. 818, fol. 85. ... Menendez de Aviles to Philip II. AI, leg. 17-21, Cartas de Indias (copy in DH, t. 14, no. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From 1559 Philip II had been at peace with France, and had contented himself with urging it to crush out heresy. French intervention in favour of the Low ..."

6. The chronicle of England by John Capgrave, Francis Charles Hingeston (1871)
"Philip, son of Brian, son of Philip, ii. 207, 209. Philip, sou of Edmond, son of Thomas, ii.233. Philip, son of Thomas, ii. 157. Philip, son of Thomas, ..."

7. A History of Spain, Founded on the Historia de Espana Y de la Civilizacion by Charles Edward Chapman, Rafael Altamira (1918)
"Resemblance of the reign of Philip II to that of Charles I. Education and ... Historians have often gone to extremes in their judgments of Philip II. ..."

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