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16th-century Portuguese monarchs

  • Philip II of SpainOn the 21st of May 1527, a baby boy was born inside the Palacio de Pimentel in Valladolid. This child would become Philip II of Spain.
  • Manuel I of PortugalManuel I was born in Alcochete on the 31st of May 1469. He entered a world already fractured by blood and suspicion among Portuguese noble families.