FELIPE III DE ESPAÑA

 FELIPE III

BIOGRAFHY

Felipe III of Spain, called "the Pious" (Madrid, April 14, 1578-ibid, March 31, 1621), was King of Spain and Portugal from September 13, 1598 until his death.

 

 

 

He was the son and successor of Felipe II and Ana de Austria (1549-1580). On April 18, 1599, he married Archduchess Margarita de Austria-Estiria, daughter of Archduke Carlos II of Styria and María Ana de Baviera, and therefore granddaughter of Felipe's paternal great-uncle, Emperor Ferdinand I. Under his reign, Spain reached its maximum territorial expansion.

 

INTERNAL POLITIC

The policy of the Duke of Lerma was aimed at maintaining international peace, expelling the Moors and their desire for personal enrichment.In the religious sphere, with Felipe III the foundation of monasteries and the Society of Jesus increased enormously, treated with certain suspicious of her father, she was favored by the monarch and increased her influence at court and in society.

EXTERNAL POLITIC

Although the reign of Felipe III has stood out for "international peace", Spain had several open fronts: the Ottoman Turks, the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Savoy. In North America, the Spanish conquests north of Florida deepened.

 

In 1610 Muali Ech Cheich sold the city of Larache to Felipe III as compensation for his help in the war of succession to the throne. Spain will occupy this city from 1610 to 1689, with the aim of pursuing movements of corsairs and pirates in the area. Spain would also acquire La Mamora in 1614. When Felipe III came to the throne in 1599, the war against England continued and a fleet was sent of 50 ships under the command of Martín Padilla to attack the coasts of Protestant England, given the success of expeditions such as that of Cornwall in 1595, however the fleet was totally destroyed by a storm, before reaching the Azores islands