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Marriage and Children (Excerpt)
December 7, 2011 | | Comments Off on Marriage and Children (Excerpt)
“On 10 March 1526, Charles married his first cousin Isabella of Portugal, sister of John III of Portugal, in Seville.
Their children included:
- Philip II of Spain (1527–1598), the only son to reach adulthood.
- Maria of Spain (1528–1603), who married her first cousin Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- Joan of Spain (1535–1573), who married her first cousin Infante John of Portugal, who was the heir of Portugal.
Isabella often administered Spain while Charles was in other lands. Due to Philip II being a grandson of Manuel I of Portugal through his mother Isabella, Philip was in the line of succession to the throne of Portugal, and claimed it after Sebastian of Portugal was killed in theBattle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578, thus establishing the Iberian Union.
Charles also had several mistresses. Two of them gave birth to two future Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands:
- Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, a servant of Charles I de Lalaing, Seigneur de Montigny, daughter of Gilles Johann van der Gheynst and wife Johanna van der Caye van Cocamby, bore Margaret of Parma
- Barbara Blomberg bore John of Austria.”
citation
Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. web. December 7th, 2011.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
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