2021-07-22 Thu

Philip-I was king of Castile for less than a month before his death and the founder of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain. The son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burgundy, Philip was less than four years old when his mother died, and upon her death, he inherited the Burgundian Netherlands.

Philip's wife Joanna was an elder sister to Catherine of Aragon, who married both Arthur, Prince of Wales and King Henry VIII of England. Philip did once visit England, and the young Prince Henry was much impressed with him. Indeed, Henry is said to have regarded Philip as providing a model of leadership towards which he aspired.

Depicted here in Holland, gold florin 'Philippus Goudgulden', struck in Dordrecht under the reign of Philip the Fair.

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