Philip III of Spain

King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal

Photo by: Pedro Antonio Vidal · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:April 14, 1578

Died:March 31, 1621

Age at death:42

Zodiac Sign:Aries

Born in:Madrid, Spain

Buried in:Spain

Languages:Spanish

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Philip III of Spain

King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal

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Philip III (Spanish: Felipe III, Portuguese: Filipe II; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain and Portugal (as Philip II) during the period known as the Iberian Union, reigning from 1598 until his death in 1621. He was also King of Naples and Sicily, Duke of Milan, and Lord of the Seventeen Provinces. A member of the House of Habsburg, he was born in Madrid to King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife, Anna of Austria. The family was heavily inbred; Philip II and Anna were uncle and niece, as well as cousins. One year after inheriting the throne, he married his Habsburg cousin Margaret of Austria, the sister of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Philip quickly delegated most of his power and duties to his chief minister, the Duke of Lerma, whose influence shaped much of his reign. In the outskirts of his territories, military power was upheld by successful but capricious proconsuls, such as Ambrogio Spinola and the Duke of Osuna. Philip is associated with a period of relative peace in Western Europe, called the Pax Hispanica by some historians, but his lack of focus contributed to the Spanish Empire's gradual decline. Although known in Spain as "Philip the Pious", his international political reputation has been negative. Historians C. V. Wedgwood, R. A. Stradling, and J. H. Elliott have described him as an "undistinguished and insignificant man", a "miserable monarch", and a "pallid, anonymous creature, whose only virtue appeared to reside in a total absence of vice." In particular, Philip's reliance on the Duke of Lerma drew much criticism. Many historians trace Spain's decline to the economic difficulties that began early in his reign. Nonetheless, as the ruler of the Spanish Empire at its height, the king who achieved a temporary peace with the Dutch (1609–1621), and who brought Spain into the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) through an initially successful campaign, his reign remains a pivotal period in Spanish history.

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Retrato del rey Felipe III de España (1578-1621), que fue hijo del rey Felipe II de España.

Philip III of Spain

Spanien: Philipp II. mit seinen Kindern

Retrato ecuestre del rey Felipe III de España (1578-1621), que fue hijo del rey Felipe II de España y de la reina Ana de Austria.

Philip III, king of Spain Contents: Statutes and armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece Place of origin, date: Southern Netherlands; 1561. Added section (ff. 67-88) and miniatures: Southern Netherlands; 1601 Material: Paper (and vellum), ff. 88, 283x189 (245x155; after f. 67: 245x145/150) mm, several calligraphic scripts, Binding: 18th-century brown leather; gilt; with coat of arms of Stadholder William V Decoration: 93 paper pages with coats of arms painted over woodcut outlines Added: 3 full-page miniatures on vellum Provenance: Acquired c. 1601 by Philip William (1554-1618), the oldest son of Prince William of Orange, who was received in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1598; by descent to the Princes of Orange-Nassau, the later Stadholders, at The Hague; transfered in 1798 to the then newly-erected National Library (now: Koninklijke Bibliotheek) Annotation: 3 leaves with miniatures lost before f. 17 (Charles the Bold), f. 22a (Maximilian of Austria), f. 37 (Charles V)

Erste Seite eines 18-seitigen Kreditvertrags zwischen Philipp III. (1578-1621) von Spanien und dem Genueser Bankier Octavio Centurión [Ottavio Centurione] (ca. 1580-1653), ca. 1613. Es geht um ein Darlehen von 2'343'750 Escudos

"DMO Philip III of Spain and Sicily, king of the conquered Don Petro Gironsunnae, leader of the king, Don Carolus Gravina father, Don Matthew of Alagona of Don Hieronymus, father, Fabrius, I return to you, Hercules, dudiscus, John the Baptist Scamacca, Don Joseph, in the words of the city senators canals, water, or meloh"