Philip I of Castile
Philip I of Habsburg, called the Fair, Spanish: Felipe el Hermoso I de Austria ( born July 22, 1478 Bruges, † September 25, 1506 in Burgos), Duke of Burgundy. He was the first Habsburg King was in Spain and ruled Castile and León.
Life
Philip was the oldest and only surviving son of the marriage of the future King and Emperor Maximilian I to Mary of Burgundy, heiress of the countries complex the House of Burgundy.
After his birth, interspersed agents of the French king Louis XI. Rumors that it is in fact a girl. His godmother Margaret of York rebutted this by exposing him to the market square of Bruges front of a crowd. When Philip was three years old, his mother died on March 27, 1482 as the result of a riding accident. Previously, she had Philip and his sister Margaret testamentary heirs and used as intended until the coming of age of two children, Maximilian to their guardian.
While Margaret was planned as a future Queen of France in the following year because of the Peace of Arras and was taken to France to be educated, Philip remained in the Burgundian Netherlands. Already in September 1494, he was prematurely declared at the age of 16 years of age and discharged from the guardianship of Maximilian I.. On October 20, 1496 Philip was officially in Lier married the Infanta Joanna, half a year before the marriage of his sister Margaret with Johanna's brother, the Spanish heir John ( Juan ), son of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. This double wedding was - unlike the Burgundian Marriage Maximilians - has not been closed from the outset because of the succession. The policy of the Habsburgs was rather aimed to strengthen relations with Spain by marriage and thus the arch-rival France to isolate further. Due to the sudden death of the Infante John in 1497, however, the question of succession in the Castilian king.
The succession occurred on November 26, 1504, the death of Isabella, a. Isabella had both her daughter Johanna, Philip's wife, and her own husband Ferdinand of Aragon bequeathed the crown. Achieved only by Queen Johanna tactically motivated concession of a division rule also Philip I power over Castile, León and Granada. Even in a document dated January 18, 1505 in Brussels, Philip, known as " Philippe par la grace de Dieu Roy de Castille, de Leon, de Grenade, archiduc d'Autriche, etc. " ( Philip, by God's grace King of Castile, Leon and Granada, Archduke of Austria, etc.). Between Ferdinand and Philip now burst open hostility. But Philip was able to prevail, as the grandees of Castile favored him as king. But the situation was quite open, especially as Ferdinand married again and had to be expected that this marriage could possibly emerge a legacy, which was not utilized in the further course of events.
Philip died suddenly after a brief fever infection on September 25, 1506 at the Casa del Cordón in Burgos. His remains lie beside his wife and their parents in the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of Granada. Johanna survived Philipp 48 years and never remarried.
Coat of arms
Coat of arms as Philip I of Castile
Royal Coat of Arms as Philip I of Castile
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Philip left six minor children, including two sons, Charles and Ferdinand. While Ferdinand grew up with his grandfather Ferdinand of Aragon in Spain, Charles of Philip twice widowed sister Margaret was educated in the Burgundian Netherlands. After the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1516, Charles was with his mother Johanna King of Spain in 1519 and elected Roman - German king. At his coronation in October 1520 he took the title of "choice " Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Only with the resignations of Charles as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and as King of Spain, the House of Habsburg divided into two parts: Charles 'son Philip became the founder of the Spanish line and Charles' brother Ferdinand became the progenitor of the Austrian Habsburgs.
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Progeny
From the marriage of Philip the Fair (1478-1506) with Joanna the Mad (1479-1555), out of the house Trastámara come six children.