Eddie Joseph King Philip II of Spain was married to Elizabeth’s sister, Mary. King Philip II thought that he was protected by the hand of god and convinced people that everything he does was from god and everything with go their way. In 1554, Philip II of Spain married Queen Mary I (Mary Tudor) of England. Mary was eleven years older than Philip. The English Parliament refused to crown him jointly with Mary so he had little power in England. Shortly after their marriage Queen Mary I announced she was pregnant but it was a false pregnancy. Mary was besotted with Philip. At his request she reconciled, at the insistence of Philip, with her sister Princess Elizabeth. In 1556, Philip II was crowned King of Spain after Charles V abdicated to retire to a monastery (Philip had already been given Naples, the Netherlands, Sicily and Milan by his father). In 1558, Queen Mary I died. Philip then tried to persuade her sister the Queen of England, Elizabeth I, to marry him - his plan failed. King Philip II had done some invasions when he was king. In 1567 the King Philip II sent the Spanish army to put down the protestant uprising in the Netherlands. In 1571 the Spanish navy destroys Turkish navy in the Mediterranean. In 1588, The Spanish Armada of 132 ships is defeated by the English fleet of 34 ships and 163 armed merchant vessels under Lord Howard of Effingham, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir John Hawkins (war between Spain and England continues until 1603). King Philip II of Spain believe that he was protected by the hand of god and convinced people that everything he does was from god and everything will go their way. King Philip’s theory was wrong as the Spanish Armada of 132 ships were defeated by a English fleet of 34 ships and 163 merchant vessels. Clearly god’s hand was not there to make things go