philip ii of spain

Philip II was the son of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. He was Charles V's only living legitimate son, as his father had only two living legitimate daughters, while his other sons died young (There's also John of Austria, but he was illegitimate). It was under Philip II...

Inspired loosely by this thread. As I was replying to it, I was doing a little digging regarding certain political policies and groupings during the Dutch Revolt. In that thread I briefly mentioned the Politiques, moderates who emphasized the power and strength of the state over religious...

I’m OTL, Phillip II of Spain and his third wife, Elisabeth of Valois had two daughters, Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, but what if they were both sons (Named Philip and Ferdinand respectively)? I know Don Carlos’s death may be butterflied, but at the same time Philip didn’t exactly...

According to the Wiki of João I, Duke of Bragança: "After the disaster of the Battle of Ksar El Kebir, where heirless King Sebastian of Portugal died, the aged Cardinal Henry of Portugal had become King. Because Henry was old and was not allowed to have legitimate children, a dynastical crisis...

What if Philip II somehow died in 1555 after Mary I had a daughter, Don Carlos would inherit Spain and marry Elizabeth de Valois? How could these two events affect history?

POD is Catherine Michelle being born as boy and then Philip getting some needed good luck, consenting to don Juan and Alessandro Farnese to end the Dutch revolt @Kellan Sullivan @Janprimus @Nuraghe

The Unification of Spain is usually dated to the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. But neither of them were expected to ascend their thrones. Isabella had 2 brothers, Henry (who reigned as Henry IV) and Alfonso. Ferdinand II also had an older half-brother Charles. He...

Hapsburg Charles V ruled the Americas through Spain and the Holy Roman Empire through Austria but gave up Austria to his brother Ferdinand II because he became very ill at a young age and feared he wouldn't survive to his heir's adulthood. His son Phillip II succeeded him in Spain and married...

What if Mary Tudor’s first pregnancy was real?

What if Marie Stuart and Francis II had a son, and later on Marie remarried to Philip II of Spain after the death of her English cousins? Or I should say: What if MQOS had descendants on the thrones of Spain, France and Britain?

April 1555 Mary I of England's pregnancy was derided as a pipe dream of a middle-aged woman who longed for the glory days of her youth. She was nearing the age of forty and was considered by everyone to be too old to conceive. Yet she never lost hope that God had blessed her after decades of...

All his wives IOTL must remain his wives, but you can rearrange their order, their offspring, and the length of their marriages to Philip.