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Philip III

noun

  1. 1578–1621, king of Spain 1598–1621 (son of Philip II of Spain).



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Spain's National Heritage, the body which handles Spain's royal sites and collections, loaned several pieces, including a suit of armour designed to be worn by a greyhound - a pet of the king, and another worn by Philip III when he was a child.

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The nobleman traveled to Spain to request further help from King Philip III, but, nine months later, he was struck down by illness and died, the website explains.

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He escaped to Spain, hoping to secure King Philip III’s backing for a renewed assault.

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His son Philip III ordered the construction of stone ramparts to completely encircle the town, and today these formidable fortifications are a French national historic monument.

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Analysis of a life-size portrait of King Philip III, of Spain, from the workshop of the court painter Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, circa 1605, which was acquired by the Fogg a century ago, revealed traces of cochineal carmine and quite possibly Mummy Brown, much darkened and deteriorated—the palette thus encompassing an empire of pigments from Egypt to Oaxaca.

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