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Felipe II
A global empire
The king of Portugal died
with no hiers
in 1580
Felipe inherited all of his territories
Also conquered Philippines
He didn't inherit all the territories of his father
because Carlos didn't want his son to have difficulties at controlling the territories
he got:
The Crown of Aragón and his Italian territories.
The Low Countries and Franche-Comté.
Castilla and his territories in the Americas.
In order to have more facilities to govern
Council of Portugal
Domestic problems
The imposing of Catholicism caused
the War of the Alpujarras
in 1568
John of Austria supressed the Moriscos in 1570
Where moriscos of Granada revolted
Black legend
the enemies of the Spanish monarchy
fomented disrceditation of Felipe II in particular
lots of negative roumors were spread
Carlos left everything in financial ruin
the expendings were greater than the earnings
Felipe declared the Crown bankrupt
funding the military was continued because
of the new mines in the Americas
of the increase in the taxes
All the peninsula was led by the same person
but the "fueros" were mantained
Fueros: their own institutions and specific laws
one of the king's secretaries, Antonio Pérez
the king tried to capture him with the inquisition
but he refugeed in Aragon
and later fled to France taking advantage of the fueros
was accused of an assassination
Wars of Felipe II
Against the Protestants in the Low Countries
Felipe Sent Duque of Alva to contain the war
in 1568 Calvinism had spread
people rose against Felipe II
the war of the independence from Spain
Started in 1581
Ended in 1648
Against the Ottoman Empire
in order to take control over the mediterranean
The Holy League was organised by
Venice
The Pope
Spain
The Ottoman Empire was defeated in 1571
Against England
However Spanish fleets were defeated
a powerful fleet was formed to defend from the pirates
Against France
Peace of Cateau-Cambresis
in 1559
France was defeated in
1557
the Battle of Saint Quentin
