The early years of Philip IV´s reign
- PHILIP IV. IN 1621
- COUNT-DUKE OF OLIVARES
- FOREIGN POLICY
- IN 1621, WHEN THE TRUCE WITH THE UNITED PROVINCES CAME TO AN END, PHILIP IV STARTED THE WAR AGAIST THE FLEMISH REBELS AGAIN.
- PHILIP WAS ALSO LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC FACTION IN THE THIRTY YEARS WAR. SPANISH VITORIES CULMINATED IN THE BATTLE OF NÖRDINGEN, IN 1634, WHEN GERMAN AND SWEDISH PROTESTANTS WERE DEFEATED.
- DOMESTIC POLICY
- TO SHARE EXPENSES AMONG ALL THE TERRITORIES OF THE HISPANIC MONARCHY. PREVIOUSLY, ONLY CASTILE HD CONTRIBUTED TO THE WARS.
- TO INCREASE THE KING´S POWER BY REDUCING THE AUTONOMY OF THE TERRITORIES.
The Thirty Years´ War
- THE THIRTY YEARS´ WAR WAS RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL CONFLICT WHICH AFFECTED MUCH OF EUROPE BETWEEN 1618 AND 1648.
- IT BEGAN WHEN BOHEMIAN PROTESTANTS REBELLED AGAINST THEIR KING FERDINAND II, THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR.
- FERDINAND ASKED THEKING OF SPAIN AND THE DUKE OF BAVARIA FOR HELP,
- THE REVOLT WAS SUPPRESSED.
- THE PROTESTANT REGIONS OF THE EMPIRE, THE UNITED PROVINCES, ENGLAND, DENMRK AND SWEDEN SUPPORTED THE BOHEMIAN REBELS.
- FRANCE.
- NO, THEY WERE UNABLE.
- THE TREATY OF WESTPHALIA WAS SIGNED IN 1648.
- IT MENT THE END OF THE THIRTY YEARS´ WAR AND RECOGNISED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED SUPREMACY IN EUROPE.
- MUCH OF CENTRAL EUROPE HAD BEEN DESTROYED.
The revolts of Catalonia and Portugal
- THE COUNT-DUKE OF OLIVARES´ CENTRALIST POLICY.
- IN CATALONIA AND PORTUGAL.
- IN 1652 THE REBELLION IN CATALONIA WAS SUPPRESSED.
- PORTUGAL DECLARED THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
What was the reign of Charles II like?
- PHILIP IV
- HE WAS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD.
- HIS MOTHER, MARIANA OF AUSTRIA.
- HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
- BECAUSE HE WAS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ILL.
- HIS MOTHER AND DIFFERENT ROYAL FAVOURITES.
- HE DIED IN 1700.
- BECAUSE THE SPANISH THRONE WAS OCCUPIED BY A NEW DINATY, THE HOUSE OF BOURBON, WHICH WAS OF FRENCH ORIGIN.
- SOME EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILIES WANTED THE THRONE OF SPAIN.
- PHILIP V OF BOURBON.
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