Editing Philip III of Spain (section)

==Visit to the kingdom of Portugal and death==
[[File:Velazquez-felipeIII.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Philip on horseback, by ''[[Diego Velázquez|Diego Velásquez]].''|alt=]]
To improve the relationship with Portugal, he undertook a trip to Portugal in 1619, applauded by the new minister and valid, the Duke of Uzeda, the son of the Duke of Lerma.

He was received with enthusiasm, councils and corporations spent enormous sums on reception. He was suggested to make [[Lisbon]] the capital of the Spanish monarchy. Noblemen and jurisconsults complained that they neither received favors nor were employed in courts, embassies or Spanish universities. The Duke of Uzeda treated [[Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza]], a potential leader of opposition to Spanish rule, who had come to pay homage, harshly.

After months in Lisbon, Philip left in October, leaving the country dissatisfied, especially after the reappointment of the Marquis of Alenquer as Viceroy. His son, the future [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip III of Portugal]], was sworn as the legitimate heir by the Portuguese. In the rest of Portugal's domains, the Dutch had tried to take the [[Portuguese Empire in the Indonesian Archipelago|Moluccas]], [[Portuguese Malacca|Malacca]] and [[Portuguese Mozambique|Mozambique]], being defeated by [[André Furtado de Mendonça]] and Estêvão de Ataíde.

The reform of the kingdom's Ordinances was published in Portugal in 1603, which the King addressed at the beginning of his reign. These are the well-known ordinations called Philippine Ordinances, which were preceded by those entitled Alfonsine and [[Manueline Ordinances|Manueline]].

This King became known in Portugal by the nickname ''The Pious''. Upon leaving Portugal in 1619, he fell seriously ill in [[Covarrubias, Province of Burgos|Covarrubias]], and never recovered, dying within a year. For 53 days he was bedridden, covered in sores and abscesses. He died at the age of 42 due to pulmonary thromboembolism due to prolonged immobilization.<ref>Magazine Sábado n.º 547 (23 to 29 October 2014). How could an orange kill a king?, Vanda Marques.</ref>

It is said that his last words were: "Oh! If at that time I had been in a desert to become a saint! Now I would appear with more confidence at the judgment seat of Jesus Christ!"<ref>Afonso de Ligório, ''Santuário'', p. 122.</ref>