King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain were branded ‘murderers’ and pelted with mud when they visited the site of the ...

Marriage rejection King Philip II of Spain had been married to Elizabeth’s sister, Mary I. When Mary died he offered to marry Elizabeth but she rejected him. Piracy English sailors like Hawkins ...

It has been estimated that raiders from Tunis, Algiers and Tripoli alone enslaved between one million and 1.25 million ...

In 1596, Philip II of Spain defaulted on debt for the fourth time. An experienced and systematic administrator with an eye for the tiniest detail, he requested and pondered arguments from his trusted ...

Freud is my constant travel companion, a small stuffed doll who figures in my social media posts. Before I learned to take ...

She turned down proposals from the likes of King Philip II of Spain, King Eric XIV of Sweden, Archduke Charles of Austria, and French brothers Henry III and Francis, Dukes of Anjou. Throughout her ...

It provided a template still being followed across Spain a century on. Almost a hundred ancient buildings ... Upon his death, ...

paid for by the Pope and King Philip II of Spain. Throckmorton was executed and Mary was moved to Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, where she was held in isolation and allowed no visitors.

The opera includes a magnificent scene with two bass roles: a villain, Philip II of Spain, and an even worse villain, the Grand Inquisitor. The anti-Spanish theme was symbolic, as Spain had long ...

Culinary delights: The best Tapas Bars In Madrid When you think of Spain and Madrid, the many different tapas ... You will also learn about the history of the region – from the reign of Philip II to ...

Mr. Gelsomino got his start in the world's largest industry, the restaurant business, at the age of 14 when he began working for Tom Wahl's Restaurants & Party House. Years later, after embracing ...