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21 May 1527 - The Birth of Philip II of Spain
“As is often the case with a first child, the empress was in labour for many hours. She asked for a veil to be placed over her face, so that no one would see her agony; and when a midwife urged her to give full vent to her feelings the empress replied sternly: ‘I would rather die. Don’t talk to me like that: I may die, but I will not cry out.’ Philip entered the world around 4 p.m. on 21 May 1527. Many Spaniards had expected the prince to receive one of the traditional names of the peninsular dynasties, such as Fernando or Juan, but Charles insisted on calling his firstborn after his own father, and so at the baptism ceremony two weeks later the royal heralds shouted three times: ‘Philip, by the grace of God prince of Spain!’”
Geoffrey Parker, Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II
El Rey.
Amados y fieles nuestros: A Nuestro Señor ha placido alumbrar a la serenísima Emperatriz, nuestra muy cara y amada muger, con un hijo, que parió a los XXI del presente. La qual, aunque ha pasado harto trabajo, queda ya, loores a Dios, muy buena. Plegará a la divina bondad que deste fructo que ha sido servido de darnos, succederá mucho servicio suyo, establecimiento de beneficio público y reposo de nuestros Reinos y señoríos.
Avisámosvos dello por vuestro contentanmiento y para que deis gracias a Dios por tanto beneficio.
Data en Valladolid a XXIII de Mayo de MDXXVII.
Yo, el Rey.
Philip’s birth announcement by Charles V, 23 May 1527. In Felipe II y su tiempo by Manuel Fernández Álvarez
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“Both had long resisted the clamour for war from strident voices at home. Both recognized that their countries had by long tradition been allies and that wars between them were the exception rather than the rule. (..) The two monarchs were united, too, by their innate conservatism. Both dreaded war for its expense and for its uncertainty.”
Patrick Williams, Armada
“Philip knew how to distinguish his political from his religious objectives. In this sense he and Elizabeth were kindred spirits.”
Patrick Williams, PhilipII
“… Elizabeth of England (whose mind, apart from being quicker, seems much like Philip’s)…”
Peter Pierson, Philip II of Spain
“… [Elizabeth] tended to seek the opinion of each councillor individually and then to “leak” it to the rest – a practice surprisingly similar to Philip II’s style of government.”
Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker, The Spanish Armada
“His [Philip’s] slowness in making decisions was, with reason, strongly criticised by those who worked with him. (..) His caution and slowness were, clearly, dictated by the circumstances in which he had to rule. Elizabeth of England was also criticised for the same reasons.”
Henry Kamen, Philip of Spain
“… ambos eran humanistas.” - “… both were humanists.”
José Martínez Millán, VidasCruzadas:FelipeII-IsabelIdeInglaterra
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“When the familiar liturgy began, she listened to it prostrate on cushions set out for her in the Privy Chamber, ‘hard by the closet door’. This was eerily like her old adversary Philip II, who, when dying, had listened to the chanting of the monks and priests at the altar in the monastic church at the Escorial through an interior window in his bedchamber.”
John Guy, Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years
