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1. Philip II was the son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal. Where was Philip born on May 21, 1527?
2. His father was often away and his mother died when he was young. At thirteen he led the funeral procession of his mother to her burial place where?
3. In 1543 he married for the first time. Whom did he marry?
4. Whom did he marry next which led him to be King Consort of England?
5. In what year did he become King of Spain ?
6. In 1580, he fell out of favor with the Pope Gregory XIII when he annexed which country?
7. Philip is perhaps best known for sending the Armada to attack England in 1588, but who commanded the fleet?
8. Philip was at the time also fighting a bloody colonial war in mainland Europe. Where was this war occuring?
9. Philips third marriage was to whom?
10. And finally, The Spanish Inquistion, which nobody expected... Who was the famed leader of the Inquistion and chief torturer ?
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