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Also Known As	Philip I
Born	May 21, 1527 • Valladolid • Spain
Died	September 13, 1598 (aged 71) • El Escorial • Spain
Title / Office	king (1556-1598), Spain
House / Dynasty	House of Habsburg
Notable Family Members	spouse Mary I • father Charles V • daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia • son Philip III • son Carlos de Austria
Role In	Capture of Cadiz • Counter-Reformation • Eighty Years’ War

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