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Facts

Also Known As Philip I
Born May 21, 1527 • Valladolid • Spain
Died September 13, 1598 (aged 71) • El Escorial • Spain
Title / Office king (1556-1598), Spain
House / Dynasty House of Habsburg
Notable Family Members spouse Mary I • father Charles V • daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia • son Philip III • son Carlos de Austria
Role In Capture of Cadiz • Counter-Reformation • Eighty Years’ War

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