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Philip the Handsome

Type Figure Region Castile Time 1478–1506 Also known as Philip I

An important Habsburg heir, born in Bruges, Flanders in summer 1478 to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy;…

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  1. 1478–1496Bruges · FlandersRaised in the Low Countries under his father Maximilian's arrangements, he inherited the political traditions of the remaining Burgundian lands. In 1496 he married Joanna of Castile, a marriage that brought the Spanish succession into the Habsburg family.
  2. 1504–1506Burgos · CastileAfter Isabella I died in 1504, Joanna became Queen of Castile. Philip was recognized as co-ruling king on 12 July 1506 and effectively directed affairs of state, clashing with his father-in-law Ferdinand II of Aragon over regency and succession rights; he died suddenly at Burgos on 25 September 1506, aged only twenty-eight.

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