Habsburg Spain
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Habsburg Spain, also known as the Catholic Monarchy, was the period of Spanish history and Spanish Empire from 1516 to 1700 when it was ruled by kings from the House of Habsburg. In this period the Sp
Detail of a tapestry depicting the Battle of Pavia with heavy cavalry and Landsknecht mercenaries armed with arquebuses.
Europa regina, associated with a Habsburg-dominated Europe under Charles V
Turkish attack on the post of the Castilian knights during the Great Siege of Malta on 21 August 1565. Don García de Toledo played a decisive role as the commander of the Spanish relief forces.
The Spanish Fury at Maastricht in 1579
History of Spain (1700–1808)
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Spain entered a new era with the death of Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg monarch, who died childless in 1700. This resulted in the War of the Spanish Succession, which was a European war fought
Habsburg Spain
…Vitoria. The death of Charles II, the last Habsburg king of Spain, in 1700, led to the War of the Spanish Succession and the ascension of Philip V of the Bourbon dynasty. In 1504, Queen Isabella I of Castile died. Though her widower, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, tried to maintain rule over Castile, the crown passed to…
Philip V of Spain
Elisabeth Farnese, queen of Spain and second wife of Philip V of Spain
The Spanish ship of the line Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad. Philip V and Charles III made the navy a high priority
King Ferdinand VI of Spain (r. 1746–1759)