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Philip the Handsome (22 July 1478 – 25 September 1506), also called the Fair, was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506, as well as the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I) for a brief time in 1506.
Apr 2, 2024 · son Ferdinand I. sister Margaret of Austria. Philip I (born July 22, 1478, Bruges—died Sept. 25, 1506, Burgos, Spain) was the king of Castile for less than a month before his death and the founder of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain. Philip was the son of the future Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg and Mary of Burgundy.
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Aug 24, 2016 · Philip I (Philip the Handsome), 1478–1506, Spanish king of Castile (1506), archduke of Austria, titular duke of Burgundy, son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy. Heir to his mother's Burgundian dominions (which included the Low Countries ), he was held prisoner after her death (1482) by the city of Ghent, which objected ...
Nov 8, 2017 · Quick Facts. Also Known As: Philip I The Handsome, Fair. Died At Age: 28. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Joanna of Castile (m. 1496–1506) father: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. mother: Mary of Burgundy. children: Catherine of Austria, Charles V, Eleanor of Austria, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Isabella of Austria, Mary of Hungary, Queen of Portugal.
Philip I, 'the Fair'. Archduke of Austria; sovereign ruler of the Netherlandish-Burgundian Lands (from 1493/94); as consort at the side of his wife Joan, joint ruler of Castile (from 1506) Born in Bruges (Belgium) on 22 June 1478. Died in Burgos (Spain) on 26 September 1506.
For some time Maximilian I had been engaged in negotiations for a double wedding between his children, Philip and Margaret, and the heirs to the crowns of Castile and Aragon, John and Joan, the offspring of the Catholic Kings, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. The political background to these proposed dynastic unions was an alliance between the Habsburgs and the
In 1507 Maximilian appointed Margaret regent of the Netherlands for the infant Charles, the successor to her brother Philip I the Handsome, who had died in 1506. Her foreign policy was strongly pro-English, and she fought against France only when allied with Maximilian, England , and Spain.
