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Philip I of Castile

1478 – 1506 · Generation VIII · King of Castile (r. 1506) · The marriage empire

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Philip (1478 – 1506). King of Castile (r. 1506). Married Joanna in 1496. 'Philip the Handsome'; his marriage to Joanna fused the Habsburg and Spanish inheritances; died suddenly aged 28. Left heir to the Burgundian lands as a small boy when his mother died in a riding accident, he grew up amid revolts in Flanders and took over the government himself at fifteen. In the Low Countries he proved an effective and well-loved ruler, favouring peace and economic development, and his pursuit of good terms with France frustrated his warlike father Maximilian. His time in Spain went to consolidating his position, in repeated conflict with his wife and her father, Ferdinand of Aragon. Dying before Maximilian, he never inherited Austria or the imperial title — yet by joining the Burgundian inheritance to the Spanish crowns he set his descendants over vast European territories for five centuries.

Place in the family

  • Philip I of Castile was the father of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Philip I of Castile was the elder of 2 children of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burgundy recorded in this archive.
  • The archive records 55 of his descendants, across 16 generations.

One of 10 people of The marriage empire (1440–1578) in this archive. The generations in which Habsburg marriages gathered Burgundy, Spain and Bohemia-Hungary into a single inheritance.

Line of descent: Rudolf I of Germany → Albert I of Germany → Albert II, Duke of Austria → Leopold III, Duke of Austria → Ernest, Duke of Austria → Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor → Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor → Philip I of Castile.

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  • 1478 — Born
  • 1496 — Married Joanna
  • 1506 — Died

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