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Charles, therefore, claimed the crowns for himself jure matris, thus becoming co-monarch with Joanna with the title of Charles I of Castile and Aragon or Charles I of Spain. Castile and Aragon together formed the largest of Charles's personal possessions, and they also provided a great number of generals and tercios (the formidable Spanish ...
After a long reign Charles abdicated in 1556, dividing his lands between his son Philip II (who inherited the lands of the Crown of Castile (including the Americas), the Crown of Aragon, his Italian territories, and the Netherlands) and his younger brother Ferdinand, who inherited the rest. Charles died in 1564. Philip II: The Prudent 16 ...
On Ferdinand II's death in 1516, Charles I was proclaimed as king of Castile and of Aragon (in authority) jointly with his mother Joanna I as the Queen of Castile (in name). [18] As the first monarch to reign over Castile and Aragon, Charles I may be considered as the first operational King of Spain.
Charles II [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) [b] was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without children, leading to a European conflict over his successor. For reasons that are still debated, Charles experienced lengthy periods of ill health throughout ...
The following is the family tree of the Spanish monarchs starting from Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon till the present day. The former kingdoms of Aragon (see family tree), Castile (see family tree) and Navarre (see family tree) were independent kingdoms that unified in 1469 as personal union, with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs, to become the Kingdom of Spain (de ...
Charles was the youngest child of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. [1] The date of his birth has not survived, but he was probably born posthumously in early 1227. [ note 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Charles was Louis' only surviving son to be " born in the purple " (after his father's coronation), a fact he often emphasised in his youth ...
King of Castile 1155–1214 r. 1158–1214: Sancho I King of Portugal 1154–1212: Sancho 1181: Henry 1184: Ferdinand 1189–1211: Mafalda 1191–1211: Constance c. 1202 –1243: Eleanor 1200–1244: James I the Conqueror King of Aragon 1208–1276: Henry I King of Castile 1204–1217 r. 1214–1217: Berengaria Queen of Castile 1179–1246 r ...
Ferdinand had been born in Castile and was a popular candidate for king, but Charles ordered him to abandon Spain. Charles then entered into negotiations with the Cortes of Castile and of Aragon to be proclaimed king of the Spanish crowns jointly with his mother. [citation needed] The city of Toledo was the main residence of Charles V in Spain ...