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Personal data Philip IV "Felipe IV el Grande,rey de España y Portugal" Habsburg 

• Nickname is Felipe IV el Grande,rey de España y Portugal.
• He was born on April 8, 1605 in Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain.
• He was baptized May 1605 in Iglesia Conventual San Pablo, Valladolid, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.
• Profession: King of Spain, spanyol király, Ispanijos k (1621-1665).
• Resident: El Escorial, Madrid, Spain.
• (MARR) on November 8, 1649: Spouse: Maria Anna von Österreich-Habsburg (born Habsburg-Lothringen), Reina consorte de España.
• He died on September 17, 1665 in El Escorial, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, he was 60 years old.
• He is buried on September 20, 1665 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, El Escorial, Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
• A child of Felipe III 'el Piadoso' de Habsburgo and Margaret von Hapsburg

Household of Philip IV "Felipe IV el Grande,rey de España y Portugal" Habsburg

Child(ren):

1. María Teresa (wife of King Louis XIV ) Habsburg-Lothringen Habsbourg  1638-1683 

Notes about Philip IV "Felipe IV el Grande,rey de España y Portugal" Habsburg

http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00000295&tree=LEOdoso-rey-de-Espa%C3%B1a-y-Portugal/6000000000837486609 Philip III of Spain] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Carlos-II-rey-de-Espa%C3%B1a/6000000000840743803 Charles II of Spain] of Portugal and the Algarves:''' Reign31 March 1621 – 1 December 16409 Philip II of Portugal ] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Jo%C3%A3o-IV-o-Restaurador-rei-de-Portugal/6000000001566413275 John IV]ember 1665) was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640. On the eve of his death in 1665, the Spanish empire reached its historical zenith spanning almost 3 billion acres.nclusive successes, was characterized by political and military decay and adversity. He has been held responsible for the decline of Spain, which was mostly due, however, to organic causes largely beyond the control of any one ruler. Philip certainly possessed more energy, both mental and physical, than his diffident father. His handwritten translation of Francesco Guicciardini's texts on political history still exists, and he was a fine horseman and keen hunter.ega, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, and other immortal dramatists. He is credited, on fairly probable testimony, with a share in the composition of several comedies. He also commenced the building of the Buen Retiro palace in Madrid, parts of which still remain near the Prado.he throne at age 16, he allowed himself to be guided by the most capable men he could find. His favourite, Olivares, was a far more honest and capable man than his predecessor the Duke of Lerma, and better fitted for the office of chief minister than any Spaniard of the time, perhaps. Philip, however, lacked the confidence to free himself from Olivares's influence once he did come of age. With Olivares's encouragement, he rather busied himself with frivolous amusements. Portuguese throne, giving it to the Braganzas. This was the end of 60 years of the Iberian Union and the beginning of the Portuguese Restoration War (lost by the Habsburgs).s falling on all sides led to the dismissal of the all-powerful minister, Philip had largely lost the power to devote himself to hard work. After a brief struggle with the task of directing the administration of the most extensive and worst-organized multi-national state in Europe, he sank back into indolence and let other favourites govern.om his father and grandfather. He thought it his duty to support the House of Habsburg and the cause of the Roman Catholic Church against the Protestants, to assert his sovereignty over the Dutch, and to extend the dominions of his family. The utter exhaustion of his people in the course of perpetual war, against the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Protestant forces in the Holy Roman Empire and Great Britain, was seen by him with sympathy but he considered it an unavoidable misfortune, since he could not have been expected to renounce his legitimate rights, or to desert what he viewed as the cause of God, the Church and the House of Habsburg.h only three times in the course of his entire public life. But, in private, his court was grossly corrupt. Victorian historians prudishly attributed the early death of his eldest son, Baltasar Carlos, to debauchery, encouraged by the gentlemen entrusted by the king with his education. This shocked the king, but its effect soon wore off. Philip IV died broken-hearted in 1665, expressing the pious hope that his surviving son, Carlos, would be more fortunate than himself. On his death, a catafalque was built in Rome to commemorate his life.

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