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Philip III of Spain

1578 - 1621

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Philip III (Spanish: Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621. A member of the House of Habsburg, Philip III was born in Madrid to King Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife, his niece Anna, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip III of Spain has received more than 2,278,306 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Philip III of Spain is the 337th most popular politician (up from 358th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Spain (up from 36th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Spanish Politician.

Philip III of Spain is most famous for being the king of Spain from 1598 to 1621. He was the son of Philip II of Spain and Maria of Portugal. Philip III married Margaret of Austria, and they had a son named Philip IV of Spain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip III of Spain ranks 337 out of 15,577Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, Louis XI of France, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Yitzhak Rabin, Alexander Dubček, and Elagabalus. After him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Nerva, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Joachim Murat, Abbas the Great, and François Mitterrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Philip III of Spain ranks 2Before him is Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are William Harvey, François Ravaillac, Francesco Albani, Adam Elsheimer, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Fede Galizia, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Agostino Tassi, John Webster, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari. Among people deceased in 1621, Philip III of Spain ranks 1After him are Pope Paul V, Robert Bellarmine, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Thomas Harriot, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Şehzade Mehmed, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Cristofano Allori, and Antoine de Montchrestien.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Philip III of Spain ranks 35 out of 2,932Before him are Francis Xavier (1506), Charles II of Spain (1661), Anne of Austria (1601), Ibn Arabi (1165), Julio Iglesias (1943), and Federico García Lorca (1898). After him are Montserrat Caballé (1933), Luis Buñuel (1900), Roland (736), Charles III of Spain (1716), Isidore of Seville (560), and Pope Callixtus III (1379).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Philip III of Spain ranks 12Before him are Isabella I of Castile (1451), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Joanna of Castile (1479), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), and Charles II of Spain (1661). After him are Charles III of Spain (1716), Arcadius (377), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Isabella II of Spain (1830), and Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784).