Philip II of Spain - Titles, Honours, and Styles

Titles, Honours, and Styles

• Heir titles
  • Prince of Girona: 21 May 1527 – 16 January 1556
  • Prince of Asturias 1528–1556

• King of Castile as Philip II: 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
  • King of Castile, of León, of Granada, of Toledo, of Galicia, of Seville, of Cordoba, of Murcia, of Jaen, of the Algarves, of Algeciras, of Gibraltar, of the Canary Islands, of the Indias, the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea. Lord of Molina.
  • King of Navarre.
  • Lord of Biscay.

• King of Aragon as Philip I: 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
  • King of Aragón.
  • King of the Two Sicilies.
    • King of Naples, of Jerusalem: Since 25 July 1554.
    • King of Sicily. Duke of Athens, of Neopatria.
  • King of Valencia.
  • King of Majorca.
  • King of Sardinia, of Corsica. Margrave of Oristano. Count of Goceano.
  • Count of Barcelona, of Roussillon, of Cerdanya.

• King of Portugal as Philip I: 12 September 1580 – 13 September 1598
  • King of Portugal and the Algarves of either side of the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea and of Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India, etc.

• King of England de jure uxoris as Philip I: 25 July 1554 – 17 November 1558
  • King of England, France. Defender of the Faith.
  • King of Ireland

• Imperial and Habsburg patrimonial titles:
  • Duke of Milan: 11 October 1540 (secret donation)/25 July 1554 (public investiture) – 13 September 1598
  • Imperial vicar of Siena: since 30 May 1554
  • Archduke of Austria.
  • Count of Hapsburg, of Tyrol
  • King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia
  • Prince of Swabia

• Burgundian titles
  • Lord of the Netherlands: 25 October 1555 – 13 September 1598
    • Duke of Lothier, of Brabant, of Limburg, of Luxemburg, of Guelders. Count of Flanders, of Artois, of Hainaut, of Holland, of Zeeland, of Namur, of Zutphen. Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire. Lord of Frisia, Salins, Mechelen, the cities, towns & lands of Utrecht, Overyssel, Groningen.
  • Count Palatine of Burgundy, since 10 June 1556. Count of Charolais since 21 September 1558.
  • Duke of Burgundy.
  • Dominator in Asia, Africa

• Honours
  • Knight of the Golden Fleece: 1531 – 13 September 1598
  • Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece: 23 October 1555 – 13 September 1598
  • Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava: 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
  • Grand Master of the Order of Alcantara: 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
  • Grand Master of the Order of Santiago: 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
  • Grand Master of the Order of Montesa: 8 December 1587 – 13 September 1598

Philip continued his father's style of "Majesty" (Latin: Maiestas; Spanish: Majestad) in preference to that of "Highness" (Celsitudo; Alteza). In diplomatic texts, he continued the use of the title "Most Catholic" (Rex Catholicismus; Rey Católico) first bestowed by Pope Alexander VI on Ferdinand and Isabella in 1496.

Following the Act of Parliament sanctioning his marriage with Mary, the couple was styled "Philip and Mary, by the grace of God King and Queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Princes of Spain and Sicily, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Milan, Burgundy and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol". Upon his inheritance of Spain in 1556, they became "Philip and Mary, by the grace of God King and Queen of England, Spain, France, both the Sicilies, Jerusalem and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundy, Milan and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tyrol".

In the 1584 Treaty of Joinville, he was styled "Philip, by the grace of God second of his name, king of Castille, Leon, Aragon, Portugal, Navarre, Naples, Sicily, Jerusalem, Majorca, Sardinia, and the islands, Indies, and terra firma of the Ocean Sea; archduke of Austria; duke of Burgundy, Lothier, Brabant, Limbourg, Luxembourg, Guelders, and Milan; Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Artois, and Burgundy; Count Palatine of Hainault, Holland and Zeeland, Namur, Drenthe, Zutphen; prince of "Zvuanem"; marquis of the Holy Roman Empire; lord of Frisia, Salland, Mechelen, and of the cities, towns, and lands of Utrecht, Overissel, and Groningen; master of Asia and Africa".

His coinage typically bore the obverse inscription "" (Latin: "Philip, by the grace of God King of Spain et cetera"), followed by the local title of the mint ("" for Duke of Brabant, "" for Count of Holland, "" for Lord of Overissel, &c.). The reverse would then bear a motto such as "" ("For Peace and Justice") or "" ("The Lord is my helper"). A medal struck in 1583 bore the inscriptions "" ("Philip II, King of Spain and the New World") and "" ("The world is not enough").