PHILIP III OF SPAIN

'Philip III' (Spanish: ''Felipe III''; April 14, 1578 – March 31, 1621) was the King of Spain and King of Portugal and the Algarves, where he ruled as 'Philip II' (Portuguese: ''Filipe II''), from 1598 until his death. His chief minister was the Duke of Lerma. Philip III married Margaret of Styria, sister of Emperor Ferdinand II.
Born in Madrid, the son of Philip II of Spain and his fourth wife Anna, (also his niece) daughter of the Emperor Maximilian II and Maria of Spain. He inherited the beliefs of his father, but no share of his industry. The old king had sorrowfully confessed that God had not given him a son capable of governing his vast dominions, and had foreseen that Philip III would be led by his servants. This calculation was exactly fulfilled.
The new king put the direction of his government entirely into the hands of his favourite, the duke of Lerma, Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, and when he fell under the influence of Lerma's son, Cristóbal de Sandoval, the duke of Uceda in 1618, he trusted himself and his states to the new favourite.
The king's own life was passed amid court festivities, on which enormous sums of money were wasted, or in the practice of piety. It was said that he was so virtuous as hardly to have committed a venial sin. He cannot be justly blamed for having been born to a ruling monarchy, without even the capacity which would have qualified him to manage a small estate.
He died at Madrid on March 31, 1621. The story told in the memoirs of the French ambassador Bassompierre, that he was killed by the heat of a ''brasero'' (a pan of hot charcoal), because the proper official to take it away was not at hand, is a humorous exaggeration of the formal etiquette of the court.

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Ancestors

Family

References

Ancestors

'Philip's ancestors in three generations'

'Philip III of Spain, II of Portugal'	'Father:' Philip II of Spain, I of Portugal	'Paternal Grandfather:' Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor	'Paternal Great-Grandfather:' Philip I of Castile
			'Paternal Great-grandmother:' Joanna of Castile
		'Paternal Grandmother:' Isabella of Portugal	'Paternal Great-Grandfather:' Manuel I of Portugal
			'Paternal Great-Grandmother:' Maria of Aragon
	'Mother:' Anna of Austria	'Maternal Grandfather:' Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor	'Maternal Great-Grandfather:' Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
			'Maternal Great-Grandmother:' Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
		'Maternal Grandmother:' Maria of Spain	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
			'Maternal Great-Grandmother:' Isabella of Portugal

Family

Philip married Margaret of Austria. They had the following children:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Anne of Austria	September 22, 1601	January 20, 1666	Married Louis XIII, King of France (1601 - 1643) in 1615.
Philip IV, King of Spain	April 8, 1605	September 17, 1665	Married (1) Elisabeth of Bourbon (1603 - 1644) in 1615. Had issue. Married (2) Mariana of Austria (1634 - 1696) in 1649. Had issue.
Maria Anna of Spain	August 18, 1606	May 13, 1646	Married Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608 - 1657) in 1631. Had issue.
Carlos, Prince of Spain	September 14, 1607	July 30, 1632	Died unmarried.
Ferdinand, Prince of Spain	May 16, 1609	November 9, 1641	Had illegitimate daughter (nun).

References

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★ See also Philip Allen, ''Philip III and the Pax Hispanica''.
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