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Sep 2023
16m 41s

Isabel I contra Felipe II

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESPAñA
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Pese a que en el inicio de su reinado llegó a proponerle matrimonio, el rey de España terminó viendo a Isabel de Inglaterra como una hereje a la que había que destronar. 
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