philip ii of spain

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   king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598)

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Questions about philip ii of spain

What does philip ii of spain mean?

philip ii of spain means "king of Spain and Portugal and husband of Mary I; he supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England (1527-1598)".

What is another word for philip ii of spain?

Close synonyms include Philip II. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is philip ii of spain a common word?

philip ii of spain is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.