Definition of Philip II of Spain

1. 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
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philip II Of Spain

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
Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Spain (current term)
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
Philipp Schwarzerd
Philippa

Literary usage of Philip II of Spain

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

1. European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its by Frances Gardiner Davenport, Charles Oscar Paullin (1917)
"Cession of the Netherlands by Philip II. of Spain to his daughter, Isabella-Clara-Eugenia, on condition of her marriage until the Archduke Albert. ..."

2. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Philip II of Spain We have several descriptions of Philip II, the most important and impartial of which are those of the Venetian ambassadors. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese Books Bequeathed by by George Ticknor, James Lyman Whitney (1879)
"Philip II. of Spain, continued. — Leu, G. Vita del católico re Filippo u. .... Philip II of Spain ..."

4. Portugal by Henry Morse Stephens (1891)
"Braganza, but Philip II. of Spain cared little for this opinion ; he had long hoped to sit upon the throne of Portugal, and to rule over the whole Iberian ..."

5. The Period of the Reformation, 1517 to 1648 by Ludwig Häusser (1873)
"Marriage with Philip II. of Spain, 1554.—The question* qf Church Property.— Parliament and the Laws concerning Heresy.—The Ordeal by fire of English ..."

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