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HISPANIC DOMINANCE - Coggle Diagram
HISPANIC DOMINANCE
THE UNIVERSAL CHRISTIAN EMPIRE OF CARLOS V
Carlos of Habsburg was the grandson of the Catholic Monarchs.
He inherited a large empire from his four grandparents:
TERRITORIES INHERITED BY CARLOS V:
From his mother, Juana I he received the kingdoms of the Catholic Monarchs (1518), this were the Crowns of Aragón and Castilla
From his father, Felipe I he inherited the kingdoms in 1506, these were Flanders and Burgundy.
From his paternal grandfather, Maximilian I of Austria, he obtained Austria, other territories in the Holy Roman Empire and the right to the title of emperor in 1519.
The wars in the empire
After he was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1520, Carlos V’s aspiration was to establish a universal Christian Empire who was based on the old medieval idea of the unity of all Christian kingdoms
The following groups were opposed to this:
The Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire.
France
The Ottoman Empire
The pope
THE HISPANIC MONARCHY UNDER FELIPE II
Inheritance and rule
Carlos V abdicated in 1556. His inheritance was divided between his brother Fernando and his son Felipe II.
Fernando inherited the Habsburg Empire and the right to the imperial title, while Felipe II inherited the kingdoms of Spain and Burgundy, between 1556 and 1598
Fight for dominance and economic problems
Felipe II was recognised as the king of Portugal by the Portuguese Courts of Tomar, in 1580
As a result of the monarchy’s dominance and staunch support of the Counter-Reformation, Felipe II gained two more enemies in addition to those he inherited from Carlos V:
England
Flanders