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Philip the Handsome [b] (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.
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.
Philip I was the king of France (1059–1108) who came to the throne at a time when the Capetian monarchy was extremely weak but who succeeded in enlarging the royal estates and treasury by a policy of devious alliances, the sale of his neutrality in the quarrels of powerful vassals, and the practice.
Apr 9, 2021 · Philip I of Castile had a brief, yet impactful reign. His establishment of a new Spanish dynasty gave rise to Hapsburg power in Europe.
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.
King of Castile (1504–06). The son of Maximilian I, Philip I inherited Burgundy in 1482 and took over from his father's regency in 1494. His marriage to Joanna (the Mad) of Spain in 1496 brought the Habsburgs a dynastic link with Spain. When Queen Isabella I died in 1504, the pair inherited Castile.
Thanks to a series of strokes of Habsburg luck, Philip, who was given the epithet of ‘the Fair’, became King of Castile. Spain and its associated territories passed to the Habsburgs, and his son Charles V became the ruler of a worldwide empire. Read biography.
Through marriage, Philip became king consort of Castile and the first member of the House of Habsburg to rule over Spanish territories. His jousting armors were key to shaping his public image of a capable leader.
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.
In Castile, Philip, backed by the nobility, raised a strong army. Ferdinand was forced to recognize Philip’s claims. Joan was mentally unfit to rule, so Philip took sole control of the kingdom. Soon, however, he fell ill with a fever, and he died on Sept. 25, 1506.
