Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Philip sent a fleet of ships to reconquer the city of Tunis (in present-day Tunisia) and succeeded. However, the Ottomans rebuilt their fleet and recaptured Tunis in 1574 with a force of 250 galleys and a siege that lasted 40 days. This battle ended the threat of Ottoman control of Spain and Europe and in 1585 the Ottoman Empire signed a peace treaty and ended the war. MarriagePhillip's father, Charles V, arranged the Phillip's marriage to Queen Mary I of England. In order to bring Philip to Mary's level, Charles made Philip king of Naples and Jerusalem. They were married on July 25, 1554 at Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England. With their marriage, Phillip gained all of Mary's titles and honors, and all Acts of Parliament also had to bear both Mary and her name, coins had to show both Mary's face and her face. The only thing was that England did not have to provide military support to Phillip which had spawned a war. They never had children, and Mary died in 1558, two years after Philip became king of Spain. After Mary's death, the throne was given to Elizabeth I. Phillip did not want to sever his ties with England and so he offered to marry Elizabeth. She didn't answer. Phillip tried to keep peace with England and even defended Elizabeth against the Pope and his threat of excommunication. Eventually, England allied itself with the Protestant rebels of Philip's reign in the Netherlands and stopped trading with Spain. Additionally, Elizabeth threatened to rob Spanish treasure ships returning from Spanish colonies in America. Elizabeth signed a treaty with the rebels to provide goods and troops to aid their cause, prompting Phillip to consider going to war with England. Phill...... middle of paper......ish two of its main objectives; to stop Protestantism and stop the rebellion in the Netherlands. It cannot be said that Phillip's reign was all failures, he also achieved some of the most astonishing victories, such as the one against the Ottoman Empire, preventing them from expanding into Europe. He also established the first transpacific trade route between the Americas and Asia, connecting the Spanish colonies in the Philippines (named after him) to what is now Mexico and Central and South America. Finally, his contribution slowed the spread of Protestantism in Europe. -http://www.pbs.org/kcet/when-worlds-collide/people/philip-ii.html-http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/king-philip-ii-spain.htm -http://www.nndb.com/people/229/000092950/