On October 25, 1555, the grandees of the Habsburg ... As Charles’s empire grew, he reluctantly embraced the lifestyle of a wandering monarch. After the death of his grandfather Ferdinand II of Aragon ...

James I is often overlooked in discussions of British Monarchs, his reign overshadowed by the Tudors before him and the ...

Van Veen had been the court painter for several leaders of Habsburg Netherlands ... had been knighted by both England’s King Charles I and Spain’s King Philip IV; and had been given an ...

The investigation highlights that the last Habsburg monarch, Charles II of Spain, was plagued by various health issues including infertility - which may have stemmed from centuries of the dynasty ...

The Habsburgs, once a powerful Royal dynasty ruling vast Spanish ... his nephew Charles I, Charles' great-grandson Philip IV, and Charles II. Charles II, the last Habsburg, was born to his father ...

The Empress is back on Netflix for Season 2 and has history buffs sniffing ... Burgundy (Maximilian I), Spain, Austria, Europe, and parts of America (Emperor Charles V). The Habsburg Dynasty's rule ...

He was the first and only King of Spain ... Charles’s reign was beset by looming Ottoman invasions, costly battles with France, and widespread religious reformation threatening the Habsburg ...

Clothes have rarely mattered more than they did at the Spanish court in the 17th century. Portraits were already key to the game of sartorial diplomacy and one-upmanship. When the itinerant Charles V ...

King Charles II of Spain suffered from numerous physical and cognitive disabilities due to generations of inbreeding, and since his genetics rendered him infertile as well, the Spanish Habsburg ...

The discovery of America is seen both directly and indirectly, through the magnificent wealth accumulated by the Habsburg ... of Spain in 1700. The last of the Habsburgs, Charles II, died without ...