Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4330843, member: 89314&quot;]Philip II of Spain as King of England</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip married Henry VIII&#039;s daughter, Mary, the very Catholic of England on 25 July 1554, receiving the title of King of England , but with the conditions that England would not be obliged to provide military support to Philip&#039;s father in any war (Philip only became King in 1556), and Philip could not act without his wife&#039;s consent or appoint foreigners to office in England.&nbsp; Mary died childless on 17 November 1558 and was succeeded by her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth.&nbsp; Philip lost his title of King.&nbsp; 30 years later he would try to invade England with his ill-fated Spanish Armada. </p><p><br /></p><p>The English title appeared on Philip&#039;s Spanish Netherlands écus from 1557-9, such as this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>BRABANT&nbsp; Ecu Philippe 1559&nbsp; Maastricht mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. legend: .PHS.D.G.HISP. ANG. Z. REX. DVX. BRA. (King of Spain and England, Duke of Brabant)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1098815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1098816[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in