One such letter sent to the late Queen Elizabeth II following the death of her husband, Prince Philip, revealed the close ...

In 1596, Philip II of Spain defaulted on debt for the fourth time. An experienced and systematic administrator with an eye for the tiniest detail, he requested and pondered arguments from his trusted ...

His purpose in travelling to Spain was to persuade King Philip II to send another fleet to Ireland to aid the Irish who were fighting against the Tudor conquest of Ireland, then in its final stages.

However, Sebastian could not convince his uncle King Philip II of Spain into helping him. Equipped by 500 unarmed Castilian ...

Marriage rejection King Philip II of Spain had been married to Elizabeth’s sister, Mary I. When Mary died he offered to marry Elizabeth but she rejected him. Piracy English sailors like Hawkins ...

paid for by the Pope and King Philip II of Spain. Throckmorton was executed and Mary was moved to Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, where she was held in isolation and allowed no visitors.

8) Spain v Portugal This is an ancient rivalry off the pitch, which can be traced back to the Middle Ages, when Philip II of Spain took it upon himself to become Philip I of Portugal -- before ...

Madrid is not just a sprawling capital city, but a vast province that sweeps across the central Spanish plain to the Sierra de Guadarrama–mountain home to some of the region’s greatest natural ...

Local media is reporting that rapper and house flipper Vanilla Ice is moving into Rattlesnake Island, south of St. Augustine.

"The two men alighted on the idea of a portrait which emulated Pieter Paul Rubens' famous portrait of Philip II of Spain. "Kehinde told me that when he was working on the painting, Michael asked ...

She traveled across Spain to found her own Carmelite convents ... Her success made her famous and drew the attention of the ...

The opera includes a magnificent scene with two bass roles: a villain, Philip II of Spain, and an even worse villain, the Grand Inquisitor. The anti-Spanish theme was symbolic, as Spain had long ...