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HISPANIC DOMINANCE
THE HISPANIC MONARCHY UNDER FELIPE II
Inheritance and rule
When Carlos V abdicated
Inheritance was divided between his brother Fernando and his son Felipe II.
Feranando
Fernando inherited the Habsburg Empire
Felipe
Felipe II inherited the kingdoms of Spain and Burgundy
Fight for dominance and economic problems
In 1580
Felipe II was recognised as the king of Portugal
Felipe II gained an empire of global proportions
As a result of the
monarchy’s dominance
staunch support of the Counter-Reformation
Felipe II gained two more enemies in addition to those he inherited from Carlos V:
England
Protestant kingdom, which began to compete for control of the Atlantic Ocean and American territories
Flanders
1566 by William of Orange and other noblemen
The conflict
Was caused by the arrival of Calvinism and economic problems
Felipe ll
was able to maintain his international policy thanks to his powerful royal armies
The Royal Treasury went bankrupt on several occasions
Tercios
Military infantry units from the Habsburg army
Most members of the tercios were volunteers
Tercios played a key role in the military success of the Hispanic Monarchy.
THE UNIVERSAL CHRISTIAN EMPIRE OF CARLOS V
Territories inherited by Carlos V
From his mother Juana he recived
The kingdoms of the catholic monarchs
included the Crowns of Aragón and Castilla, with their extensive territories in the Mediterranean and America
The royal family was called the House of Austria.
From his father Felipe I
He inherited the kingdoms of his paternal grandmother, Mary of Burgundy, in 1506
Included flanded and burgundy
From his paternal grandfather, Maximilian I of Austria
He obtained Austria,
There was no real political unity in this vast empire
The empire included 2 areas
Flanders
Castilla
Wars in the empire
The old medieval idea of the unity of all Christian kingdoms
It was an aspiration of Carlos V to estabilish a universal Christian empire
The following groups were opposed to this:
France
Ottoman empire
Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire.
Pope
The hispanic kingdom under Carlos V and Felipe II
Rebellions during Carlos V
The revolt of the comuneros
In 1521
The monarchy and nobility defeated the comuneros at the Battle of Villalar
The revolt of the germanias
There were major revolts in the kingdoms of
Valencia
Mallorca
Rebellions during Felipe II's reign
The war of alpujarras
The revolt of aragon
