King Philip II Of Spain Research Paper

King Philip II of Spain was murdered on September 1, 1598, although there were many suspects from all over the world, a few stood out and were connected to each other. During the time of King Philip II’s reign, Spain was in an ongoing power struggle with another powerful country, England. Due to the power struggle, Philip and Queen Elizabeth of England weren’t on good terms, constantly trying to invade the other’s country, in order to rise as the most powerful country of Europe. Just a few years before the death of Philip, on August 8th, 1558, the Spanish Armada took place, where he wanted to send a fleet of 130 ships, in order to take over England and make them completely Catholic, once again. However, the Spanish fleet was defeated and Elizabeth
Although the Dutch did eventually gain independence and create the Dutch Empire in the 16th century, during the time of King Philip II, Abraham would have been under his rule. King Philip II’s rule was focused on expanding the Spanish Catholic influence on the world. Being Jewish, Abraham would have been exiled out of the empire, if he was caught practicing any religion other than Catholicism. Abraham would have been angered by the fact that he was exiled due to his religion and would want revenge on Philip II. Queen Elizabeth would have asked Abraham to be her eyes and ears inside of the Spanish Empire, which can be shown through the clues that have been linked to him including the map from Orelius’ Typus Orbus Terrarum, the Holy Bible written in Dutch, and Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. Queen Elizabeth would have asked Abraham to pretend to be a trader from the Dutch area of the empire, interested in learning more about the Catholic religion. The Orelius’ Typus Orbus Terrarum, the first map of the world with all the land masses, would have helped him prove to anybody who questioned him, that he was a merchant who had come from the Dutch region, in order to trade with others but needed the map to know where he was going. In addition to the map, a crucial part of the plan was making sure that he passed as a Catholic to everyone in the empire. For this reason, he carried the Holy Bible
In 1538, the Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, came to Peru and conquered the land while executing their leader, Atahualpa. Even though Peru was taken over by the Spanish, years before the murder, some Peruvians may have had built up anger towards the Spanish Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth knew this since her kingdom was always watching Spain, making sure they weren’t going to invade them at any point. Using this to her advantage, she asked Yupanqui to help her kill Phillip II. The clues in the sack which point to him, are the keys to manacles, silver coins, and potatoes. The keys to a manacles are made from metal, which a silvermine owner would have, even if he ran a strictly silver mining business, he would still have access to the metal in different parts of the mine or through his connections. Another clue which points to him is the silver coins, which are made from silver coming from the mines, which he runs. Potatoes, which were also in the burlap sack, have been planted in Peru, since the beginning of the civilization. Due to the growing of potatoes in Peru, the Silvermine Owner might have stored extras in the sack, in an effort to poison the