For almost half a century, Philip II of Spain, Isabella’s father, had ruled the Netherlands from Madrid through a series of governors, of which the Duke of Alba had been the most hated. Now Philip was ...

When he was 16, he became co-monarch of Spain and its many dominions ... the locals when he dragged his Spanish-born son to the court: his heir, the eventual Philip II, would be seen as both aloof and ...

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