Further, he was Duke of Milan from 1540. From 1555, he was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. Philip II. Philip III of Spai · Anna of Austria, Queen of... · Jure uxoris · Isabella Clara Eugenia

The main problem was Philip's strict adherence to the Catholic faith and his concern over religion in the Netherlands. The Dutch were considered to be religious.

He was fighting a major naval war with the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean and, from 1568, he was faced with rebellion and war in the Netherlands. From the ...

After the initial stages, Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Netherlands, deployed his armies and regained control over most of the rebel-held territories ...

Philip II was a member of the Habsburg dynasty. He served as king of the Spaniards from 1556 to 1598 and as king of the Portuguese (as Philip I) from 1580 to ...

Philip II decided to strike back with military force. William of Orange saved his own life by escaping to the Nassau estates in Germany.

7. Holland under Philip II, 1556–1566. Philip II was to be the last Count of Holland. During his reign Holland's history was more closely tied to events at ...

From his travels through the Netherlands, where a rising merchant class had developed political strength, Philip had experienced the public hopes for an end to ...

He ruled over a unified Spain and all its dominions in the New World, as well as the Netherlands and Naples and Sicily. In 1554 he married his second wife ...

The southern provinces of the Netherlands ceded to Philip II of Spain in the Union of Arras (1579), during the Dutch Revolts.