Philip III of Spain
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Philip III (Spanish: Felipe III; April 14, 1578 – March 31, 1621) was the King of Spain and Portugal and Algarves (as Philip II Portuguese: Filipe II), from 1598 until his death. His chief minister was the Duke of Lerma. Philip III married Margaret (Margarita of Austria), sister of Ferdinand II.
Born at Madrid, the son of Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife Anna, (also his niece) daughter of the Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. He inherited the beliefs of his father, but no share of his industry. The old king had sorrowfully confessed that God had not given him a son capable of governing his vast dominions, and had foreseen that Philip III would be led by his servants. This calculation was exactly fulfilled.
The new king put the direction of his government entirely into the hands of his favourite, the duke of Lerma, Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, and when he fell under the influence of Lerma's son, Cristóbal de Sandoval, the duke of Uceda in 1618, he trusted himself and his states to the new favourite. The king's own life was passed amid court festivities, on which enormous sums of money were wasted, or in the practice of childish piety. It was said that he was so virtuous as hardly to have committed a venial sin. He cannot be justly blamed for having been born to rule a despotic monarchy, without even the capacity which would have qualified him to manage a small estate.
In 1607 nominated Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar for the ambassador to the Republic of Venice.
He died at Madrid on March 31, 1621. The story told in the memoirs of the French ambassador Bassompierre, that he was killed by the heat of a brasero (a pan of hot charcoal), because the proper official to take it away was not at hand, is a humorous exaggeration of the formal etiquette of the court.
[edit] Ancestors
| Philip III of Spain/Philip II of Portugal |
Father: Philip II of Spain |
Paternal Grandfather: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Philip I of Castile |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Joanna of Castile |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Isabella of Portugal |
Paternal Great-Grandfather: Manuel I of Portugal |
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| Paternal Great-Grandmother: Maria of Aragon |
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| Mother: Anna of Austria |
Maternal Grandfather: Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor |
Maternal Great-Grandfather: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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| Maternal Great-Grandmother: Anna of Bohemia and Hungary |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Maria of Spain |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
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| Maternal Great-Grandmother: Isabella of Portugal |
[edit] Marriage and Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Anne of Austria | September 22, 1601 | January 20, 1666 | Married Louis XIII, King of France (1601 - 1643) in 1615. |
| Philip IV, King of Spain | April 8, 1605 | September 17, 1665 | Married (1) Elizabeth of France (1603 - 1644) in 1615. Had issue. Married (2) Mariana of Austria (1634 - 1696) in 1649. Had issue. |
| Maria Anne of Austria | August 18, 1606 | May 13, 1646 | Married Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608 - 1657) in 1631. Had issue. |
| Carlos, Prince of Spain | September 14, 1607 | July 30, 1632 | Died unmarried. |
| Ferdinand, Prince of Spain | May 16, 1609 | November 9, 1641 | Had illegitimate daughter (nun). |
| Spanish Habsburgs Born: April 14, 1578; Died: March 31, 1621 |
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| Preceded by: Philip II (I of Portugal) |
King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily 1598–1621 |
Succeeded by: Philip IV (III of Portugal) |
| Duke of Brabant, Guelders, Limburg, Lothier and Luxembourg Count of Burgundy, Flanders, Hainaut and Namur 1598–1621 |
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| Preceded by: Infante Diego |
Prince of Asturias 1578-1598 |
Vacant Title next held by Prince Philip his son |
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
