Philip II, King of Spain







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Philip II, King of Spain
after Jacopo da Trezzo
gilt electrotype of medal, 19th century, based on a work of circa 1555
2 5/8 in. (67 mm) diameter
Given by Sir George Scharf, 1877
Primary Collection
NPG 446(2)
Sitterback to top
- Philip II, King of Spain (1527-1598), Husband of Mary I. Sitter associated with 27 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 491
- Williamson, David, Kings and Queens, 2010, p. 97
- Williamson, David, The National Portrait Gallery: History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1998, p. 98
Events of 1555back to top
Current affairs
Beginning of Queen Mary I's persecution of Protestants. Bishops Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer are denounced as heretics and burned at the stake in Oxford.Queen Mary suffers a false pregnancy, her husband Philip of Spain leaves England.
Art and science
Richard Eden publishes The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India, the first account in English of European exploration in the Americas. The book urges England to establish an empire in union with Spain.International
The Peace of Augsburg between the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the members of the German Protestant Schmalkaldic League. The treaty gives Lutheranism official status within the empire through a policy of cuius regio, eius religio (whose the region, his the religion).The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V resigns the government of the Netherlands, Naples, and Milan to his son Philip of Spain, husband of Queen Mary I.
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