Philip III Of SPAIN

1578 - 1621  (42 years)

• Name	Philip III Of SPAIN  [1]
  	Philip III (Spanish: Felipe; 14 April 1578 - 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. He was also, as Philip II, King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death. A member of the House of Habsburg, Philip III was born in Madrid to King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife and niece Anna, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. Philip III later married his cousin Margaret of Austria, sister of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Although also known in Spain as Philip the Pious,[1] Philip's political reputation abroad has been largely negative ? an 'undistinguished and insignificant man,' a 'miserable monarch,' whose 'only virtue appeared to reside in a total absence of vice,' to quote historians C. V. Wedgwood, R. Stradling and J. H. Elliott.[2] In particular, Philip's reliance on his corrupt chief minister, the Duke of Lerma, drew much criticism at the time and afterwards. For many, the decline of Spain can be dated to the economic difficulties that set in during the early years of his reign. Nonetheless, as the ruler of the Spanish Empire at its height and as the king who achieved a temporary peace with the Dutch (1609-1621) and brought Spain into the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) through an (initially) extremely successful campaign, Philip's reign remains a critical period in Spanish history. [1]
  Birth	14 Apr 1578	Madrid, Spain   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Mar 1621	Madrid, Spain   [1]
  Person ID	I53944	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Philip II Of SPAIN,   b. 21 May 1527, Palacio de Pimentel, Valladolid, Spain d. 13 Sep 1598, El Escorial, Spain (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Anna Of AUSTRIA,   b. 01 Nov 1549   d. 26 Oct 1580 (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1570  [1]
  Family ID	F17611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margarita Of AUSTRIA
  Marriage	1599  [1]
  Children	1. Anne Of AUSTRIA,   b. 22 Sep 1601   d. 20 Jan 1666 (Age 64 years)  [Natural]   2. Philip IV King Of SPAIN,   b. 08 Apr 1605   d. 17 Sep 1665 (Age 60 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F17610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.