The Resume

(May 21, 1527-September 13, 1598)
Member of the house of Hasburg
King of Spain (1556-1598)
King of Naples and Sicily (1554-1558)
King of Portugal (1580-1598)

Why he might be annoying:

He was the self-proclaimed leader of the Counter-Reformation.
He did not reside in Spain until his father's death.
He inherited Hasburg lands in Italy, all of Burgandy, and the entire Spanish empire upon his father's death.
He was married to Queen Mary I of England.
After Mary's death, he tried to marry her half-sister Queen Elizabeth I (she later became his #1 nemesis).
He was accused of ordering the imprisonment and murder of his first son.
He has been married four times.
He used the execution of Mary Queen of Scots as an excuse to invade England.
He sent an 'invincible' armada of 130 warships to destroy England, but he lost.
He failed to suppress the rebellion in the Netherlands.
He drained the Spanish treasury to pay for his wars against Protestantism and Islam.
He constantly meddled in European politics.
He was involved in the French Wars of Religion.
Pirates were always plundering his gold shipments from the New World.
He crippled Spain's economy by expelling all the Jews and the Muslims who happened to be Spain's best craftsmen and financiers.
He inherited the throne of Portugal when its King died without an heir.
He left Spain bankrupt when he died.
His reign was largely a failure.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the only son of Charles V to survive childhood.
He was freed from ruling the unruly states within the Holy Roman Empire.
He crushed the Ottoman Empire's navy at the Battle of Lepanto.
The Philippines was named after him after Spanish conquest.
The Spanish established a colony in Florida under his reign.
Spain was the largest and most powerful empire in the world under Philip II.
He was Roman Catholic Church's champion against the forces of Islam and Protestantism.
The novel 'Don Quixote' parodied and satirized Spain's misadventures in England and the Netherlands under Philip II's rule.

Credit: Jeff

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• House of Hapsburg
• Jeff's Profiles [Series 1]
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Monarchs, Royalty and Nobles
• Profiles 13001-13250 (Ranked: 13236)
• Renaissance Men (and Women)
• Spanish Royalty

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 234 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 140 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 73 Votes: 57.53% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 159 Votes: 55.97% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 206 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 120 Votes: 72.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 154 Votes: 53.25% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 387 Votes: 63.82% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 67 Votes: 74.63% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 68.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 63 Votes: 73.02% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 118 Votes: 77.97% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 110 Votes: 75.45% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 235 Votes: 68.51% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 50 Votes: 48.00% Annoying