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Philip III of Spain

Type Figure Region Spain Time 1578–1621 Also known as Philip the Pious

Spanish Habsburg king who from 1598 relied heavily on the Duke of Lerma; Spain remained a vast empire but faced heavy fiscal strain and the costs of …

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  1. 1578–1598Madrid · SpainSon of Philip II, he received a strict Catholic education at court, preparing to inherit a global empire.
  2. 1598–1621Madrid · SpainOn accession he delegated government to Lerma and continued European power politics on the eve of the Thirty Years' War. At war with England from 1601 to 1604, peace was made by the Treaty of London in 1604; the Moriscos were expelled in 1609, while imperial fiscal and military pressures kept rising.

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