'Philip II. Of Spain and the Netherlands', c1930. Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), called the Prudent, was King of Spain, King of Portugal, King of Naples and Sicily, and King of England and Ireland (during his marriage to Queen Mary I. He was also Duke of Milan and lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. 'From a portrait [made c1554] by the great Venetian painter Titian'. From "The World's Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O'Neill. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, c1930]