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The death of Philip II

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The death of Philip II

The king died at the age of seventy-one in his rooms in the monastery he had himself ordered to be raised, after weeks of agony. He had laid the building's first stone on 23 April 1563 and wished to die within sight of the high altar.

13 de septiembre de 1598

Photo: Gargarapalvin (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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