Philip+IV+of+Spain

**Philip IV**
**Philip IV **  of Spain ( 8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665 He was born in Valladolid and died because of apendicitis) He was the king of spain during the 17th century. He appointed count duke Olivares as his personal advisor and confident, as they were very close friends, he was the son of Philip III .When he was ten, he was married with Isabella of France. He had seven children but only one son that died in his sixteens. His minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares tried to separated them to take his influence and was removed from the court. After the death of his wife Isabella he was remarried with Maria Anna the daughter of the emperor Ferdinand.

**-Internal politics:**
They had have several revolutions inside Spain during the 17th century, according to different opinions in Catalonia, Portugal and Aragorn.


 * Catalonia:
 * The problem began when in 1625 Catalonia refused to colaborate with the count-duke of Olivares.
 * When the spanish and italian troops entered Catalonia for fighting the french army, they caused great damage in the city. They had very serious incidents within the city until the 7th of june of 1640, when about 400-500 farman entered the city and killed 13 people, one of them was the count of Santa Coloma. The reaction of the governor to the murdering of these people was to attack and expell them in the 11th of june.
 * Until 1652 after 15 months of guerillas Philip IV Conquered Barcelona.
 * Portugal: In december of 1640 a conspiration lead by the nobles proclaimed the king of Portugal to the Duke of Branganza with the name of Juan IV of Portugal who signed the peace with the Dutchs and obtained support from the English and French. The Revolution succed as Count Duke Of Olvares had to fight amongst many places.
 * Aragorn: Due to the politics of the Count Duke Of Olivares in the Crown of Aragorn, mainly very high taxes, the bourgouesie attempted to desvinculate from the Crown of Castile. The revolt was rised down and the leader, Duke the Hijar was punished without participation in the Cortes.

-External Politics:
Philip IV was important because of his participation in the war of the 30 years. This was was a belic event in which initially two bands were involved: Catholics and protestants, which fought all along the holy roman empire. Later on all the european powerfull countries were involved on this war, and rivalry between Hapsbourgs and Bourbons became the main reason for the war, cause of the rivalry between the two houses to obtain the power the war lasted 30 years until the peace of Westphalia was signed, which gave the borders of more than 300 german states, gave more rights to lutherans and freedom of religion.

**-Family:**
He succeded his father, Philip III, but as his father he didnt wanted to be in church of politics but in government. He declared a favourite that ruled in his name, Count-Duke of Olivares. He was married with Elizabeth of France, she was the daughter of Henry IV and had 13 children: -Infanta Maria Maria Margarita (1621) -Infanta Margarita Maria Catalina (1623) -Infanta Maria Eugenia (1625–1627) -Infanta Isabel Maria Teresa (1627) -Baltasar Carlos, Prince of the Asturias (1629–1646) -Infanta Maria Anna Antonia (1636) -Maria Theresa of Spain (1638–1683) -Infanta Maria Ambrosia de la Concepción (1655) -Philip Prospero (1657–1661). -Infante Fernando Tomas (Ferdinand Thomas) (1658–1659) -__Charles II of Spain__ (1661–1700)(His succesor) -John of Austria the Younger {1629–1679}

-Relation with Madrid
His second residence was in Madrid in the palace of Buen Retiro, so that it is how he was related with Madrid-