FOR no reason that we can very satisfactorily explain, we have read this odd book quite through ; and at the end we are in doubt whether Mr. Gayarré, who is of Spanish extraction, wrote the work ...

The spouse of a ruling king or queen is called ... 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 ...

Philip II of Spain - the most powerful monarch of the early modern period - was married to Queen Mary Tudor from 1554 until her death in 1558. But Philip was not merely Mary's King Consort.