Philip II of Spain
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Philip II of Spain (May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598) was king of Spain.
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- I would rather lose all my lands and a hundred lives than be king over heretics.
- A brief history of the Spanish language by David A. Pharies (2007) p.147
- God, who has given me so many Kingdoms to govern, has not given me a son fit to govern them.
- Europe in the seventeenth century by David Maland (1966) p.207
