1543 also saw the first of Philip’s marriages. He was originally promised to the daughter of the King of Navarre, a kingdom in the north of Spain. However, that fell through, and he married his double first cousin, Maria Manuela, the daughter of King John III of Portugal. This marriag...
In Britain’s long history, Prince Philip was just the fifth male consort of a reigning British queen. He follows in the royal footsteps of Philip II of Spain (husband to Mary I), William III (co-sovereign to Mary II, who was closer in the line of succession), Prince George of Denmar...
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark(1911 – 1937), marriedGeorg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse(1906 – 1937), three children; Cecilie, her husband, their two sons, and her husband’s mother all died in a plane crash. See the Unofficial Royalty article about thishere. Princess ...
Consorts of previous queens were: King Philip II of Spain, husband to Mary I; William III, husband and co-sovereign to Mary II (although she was nearer to the throne as daughter of James II); Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne (he was not given a title); and Prince ...
The castle that they built in Spain was a little home on a small farm near a city large enough to be a profitable market for their produce. Some place where the children could get fresh air, wholesome food and a place in which to grow up. Two thousand dollars saved, would, they ...
Don Carlos, son of Philip II of Spain had been mentioned whilst she was still in France. Aside from the fact that the young man was Philip’s heir there was also the issue of his mental health. Ultimately he would be locked up by his father and die in 1568 after six months in a ...
Illyria occupies the coast of the Adriatic. Between the Adriatic itself and the Tuscan sea Italy juts out. In the innermost part of the Tuscan sea is Gaul; on the farther side is Spain.(19) Spain stretches, with differently situated coastlines, to the west and al...
(e) diplomatic recognition by a variety of purported U.S. allies and military client states as leaders of their own sovereign nation (“Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens”(AP)). What’s the downside to taking American hostages in ...
Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland Portal to my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and cultural life anong Greeks, Romans, Judeans, Christians, and others in ancient Mediterranean. Ethnicity, Diaspora,...
Here’sthe Jewish Museum in Belmonte(wall and floor signs plus a remarkably succinct history of the Jews): At a rich guy’s house-turned-museum in Lisbon, a sign celebrating “compliance”: In Santiago de Compostela, Spain, cathedral museum: ...