Felipe II cua Tay Ban Nha (21 thang 5, 1527 – 13 thang 9, 1598), cung goi Felipe Can Trong (Felipe el Prudente), la vua Tay Ban Nha tu nam 1556 đen nam 1598, đong thoi la Quoc vuong cua Vuong quoc Napoli va Sicilia (tu nam 1554), Quoc vuong Anh va Ireland (Jure uxoris) voi tu cach la chong cua Nu vuong cua Anh Quoc la Mary I tu nam 1554 đen 1558. Ong con la Cong tuoc cua Milano va vuong chu cua 17 tinh Ha Lan thuoc Habsburg tu nam 1556 đen 1581. Tu nam 1581, ong la Quoc vuong cua Bo Đao Nha va Algarve voi tu cach la Filipe I.
Ong cung la nguoi tri vi tren nhung lanh tho o chau My cua Tay Ban Nha nhu Tan Tay Ban Nha va Peru. Đong thoi, ong kiem soat đuoc ca Vuong quoc Sicilia, Cong quoc Milan, va Franche-Comte, mot vung đat chien luoc quan trong o bien gioi phia đong voi vuong quoc Phap.
Trong thoi ki tri vi cua minh, ong đoi mat voi van đe tai chinh lon khi lien tuc vo no, phan nhieu la do Su the bo dien ra nam 1581 tao nen Cong hoa Ha Lan. Voi tu cach la mot tin huu Cong giao sung đao, Felipe II đa phat đong chien tranh chong lai Elizabeth I cua Anh, mot nguoi bien nuoc Anh thanh Anh giao voi giao ly cua Tin Lanh, mot giao ly xuc pham manh đen Felipe II. Đo la nguyen nhan hinh thanh Ham đoi Tay Ban Nha, va that bai tham hai.


Than the Felipe la con truong cua Carlos I cua Tay Ban Nha va Isabel cua Bo Đao Nha. Felipe sinh ra o Valladolid, tai Palacio de Pimentel. Cuoc song va tin nguong o trieu đinh Tay Ban Nha co anh huong đen ong rat lon, khi tu nho ong đa đuoc giao duc boi Juan Martinez Siliceo, ve sau thanh Tong giam muc Toledo, Tay Ban Nha. Sau đo, ong đuoc theo hoc mot nha nghien cuu khoa hoc xa hoi noi tieng Juan Cristobal Calvete de Estrella.
Mac du thong thao Latinh, Tay Ban Nha va Bo Đao Nha, song Felipe chua bao gio co y đinh tro thanh mot quan vuong thong thao đa ngon ngu nhu cha minh, Hoang đe Carlos. Mac du la mot Đai cong tuoc nguoi Đuc cua nha Habsburg, ong lai bi nhin nhan nhu mot nguoi nuoc ngoai o trieu đinh Thanh che La Ma. Ve phuong dien nay rat phuc tap, ong sinh ra o Tay Ban Nha, lon len tai trieu đinh o đay, ngon ngu chinh cua ong cung la Tay Ban Nha va ong co ve thich song o Tay Ban Nha hon. Đieu nay cuoi cung khien ong khong the ke vi hoang vi cua Thanh che La Ma.
Vao thang 4 nam 1528, khi Felipe moi đuoc 11 thang tuoi, ong đa nhan đuoc loi tuyen the trung thanh tu Cortes cua Castilla voi tu cach la tru quan. Ke tu đo cho toi luc me ong Isabel qua qua đoi vao nam 1539, ong đa đuoc nuoi day tai trieu đinh Castilla duoi su cham soc cua me va mot trong nhung nguoi hau gai nguoi Bo Đao Nha – Dona Leonor de Mascarenhas – ma Felipe cuc ky gan bo. Felipe cung than thiet voi hai nguoi em gai cua minh, Maria va Juana cung nhu hai tieu đong cua ong, hai quy toc nguoi Bo Đao Nha, Rui Gomes da Silva va Luis de Requesens, con trai cua thong đoc Juan de Zuniga. Hai nguoi nay se phuc vu Felipe trong suot cuoc đoi cua ho, cung giong nhu Antonio Perez, thu ky rieng cua Felipe ke tu nam 1541.


Xem them Chien tranh 8 nam
Danh sach quan chu Tay Ban Nha
Danh sach quan chu Bo Đao Nha
Cac hau due cua Isabel I cua Castilla va Ferrando II cua Aragon
Nguoi Phillipines


Tham khao Pettegree, Andrew (2002), Europe in the Sixteenth Century, Oxfor:Blackwell, ISBN 0-631-20704-X.
Henry Kamen, Philip of Spain (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1999) – the standard modern biographical source.
Glyn Redworth, "Philip (1527–1598)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edition, May 2011 Retrieved 25 Aug 2011
Pettegree, Andrew (2002). Europe in the Sixteenth Century. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-20704-X..
Benton Rain Patterson, With the Heart of a King: Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain & the Fight for a Nation's Soul & Crown (2007)
Rodriguez-Salgado, M.J. "The Court of Philip II of Spain". In Princes Patronage and the Nobility: The Court at the Beginning of the Modern Age, cc. 1450–1650. Edited by Ronald G. Asch and Adolf M. Birke. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-19-920502-7.
Geoffrey Parker, Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II (2014).
Geoffrey Parker, The Grand Strategy of Philip II (New Haven, 1998).
Markus Reinbold, Jenseits der Konfession. Die fruhe Frankreichpolitik Philipps II. von Spanien 1559–1571 (Stuttgart, Thorbecke, 2005) (Beihefte der Francia, 61).
Harry Kelsey, Philip of Spain, King of England: the forgotten sovereign (London, I.B. Tauris, 2011).


Lien ket ngoai The Grand Strategy of Philip II" Luu tru ngay 10 thang 3 nam 2007 tai Wayback Machine
Letters of Philip II, King of Spain 1592–1597
Philip II of Spain (King of England)
Herbermann, Charles, bien tap (1913). "Philip II" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Philip II Letter, 1578 Dec. 2. From the Collections at the Library of Congress
King Philip II Grant of Arms, 1566 Nov. 25. From the Collections at the Library of Congress
Letters of Philip II, King of Spain, 1592–1597 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
Paul IV letter to Philip II, MSS 8489 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University