Diego Velazquez was a painter at the court of King Philip IV of Spain. Philip IV reigned from 1621 to 1665.
One portrait of Philip IV by Velazquez is Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver. Velazquez also did portraits of Queen Mariana and the Infanta Margarita.
The demise of Emperor Ferdinand I in July 1564 had meant that an alliance of the Holy Roman Empire with England against France and Scotland seemed an attractive option. The possible idea of a marital union between Elizabeth I and Archduke Charles of Austria was brought forth.
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