Biography of Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 1478-1506
Paternal Family Tree: Habsburg
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Silesia
1501 Marriage of Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon
1506 Malus Intercursus aka Evil Treaty
1516 Ferdinand II King Aragon Dies Joanna Queen Castile Succeeds
On 05 Jan 1477 [his grandfather] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy (age 43) was killed at the Battle of Nancy. His daughter [his mother] Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy (age 19) succeeded Duchess Burgundy.
On 18 Aug 1477 [his father] Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 18) and [his mother] Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy (age 20) were married at Ghent [Map]. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy and [his grandmother] Isabella Bourbon. He the son of [his grandfather] Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 61) and [his grandmother] Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 22 Jul 1478 Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile was born to Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 19) and Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.07%.
On 27 Mar 1482 [his mother] Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy (age 25) died.
On 19 Aug 1493 [his grandfather] Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor (age 77) died. His son [his father] Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) succeeded I Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1494 [his father] Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and [his step-mother] Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress (age 22) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. He the son of [his grandfather] Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 20 Oct 1496 Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 18) and Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 44) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 45). He the son of Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 37) and Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1497 [his future son-in-law] Manuel "Fortunate" I King Portugal (age 27) and [his sister-in-law] Isabella Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 27) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. He would, three years later, marry her younger sister [his sister-in-law] Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 15); an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 44) and [his mother-in-law] Isabella Queen Castile (age 45). They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1498 [his sister-in-law] Isabella Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 28) died in childbirth.
On 15 Nov 1498 [his daughter] Eleanor of Austria Queen Consort France Queen Consort Portugal was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 20) and [his wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 19). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
In 1500 [his future son-in-law] Manuel "Fortunate" I King Portugal (age 30) and [his sister-in-law] Maria Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the younger sister of his first wife [his sister-in-law] Isabella Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 47) and [his mother-in-law] Isabella Queen Castile (age 48). They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 24 Feb 1500 [his son] Charles V Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 21) and [his wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 21) at Ghent [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 18 Jul 1501 [his daughter] Isabella of Austria Queen Consort Denmark and Norway was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 22) and [his wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 22) at Brussels [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 14 Nov 1501 Arthur Prince of Wales (age 15) and [his sister-in-law] Catherine of Aragon (age 15) were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Henry Deane assisted by William Warham Bishop of London (age 51) and a further eighteen bishops. She wore a white satin dress with a farthingale and over her head wore a veil of fine silk trimmed with gold and pearls. She would, eight years later, marry his younger brother King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 10) - see Marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 49) and [his mother-in-law] Isabella Queen Castile (age 50). He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 44) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 35). They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Prince Henry who escorted her up the aisle and gave her away.
Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 32) bore the train, Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 24) was Chief Answerer.
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 18) and Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 23) attended.
Thomas Englefield was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Immediately after their marriage Arthur Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon resided at Tickenhill Manor, Bewdley [Map] for a month. Thereafter they travelled to Ludlow, Shropshire [Map].
On 02 Apr 1502 Prince Arthur Tudor (age 15) died at Ludlow Castle [Map]. Earl Chester extinct. The cause of death unknown other than being reported as "a malign vapour which proceeded from the air". [his sister-in-law] Catherine of Aragon (age 16) had recovered.
On 10 Mar 1503 [his son] Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 24) and [his wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 24) at Alcalá de Henares. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 26 Nov 1504 [his mother-in-law] Isabella Queen Castile (age 53) died. Her daughter [his wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 25) succeeded Queen Castile. Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 26) by marriage King Castile.
On 15 Sep 1505 [his daughter] Mary Queen Hungary was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 27) and [his wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
Around 1506 Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 27) was appointed 257th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 48).
Around Feb 1506 Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 27) was blown off course whilst travelling to Castile to claim his inheritance. He landed in England where he became the guest of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 49) who negociated the Malus Intercursus Treaty as part of the conditions of his release. The Treaty include favourable commercial terms by removing all duties on English exports, and the marriage of King Henry VII of England and Ireland with Philip's sister [his sister] Margaret of Austria Princess Asturias (age 26) (which didn't take place). Most importantly it secured the return of Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 35) who was Philip's prisoner. Edmund Pole was immediately imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] and executed seven years later.
On 25 Sep 1506 Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile (age 28) died.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1485-1509. 1507. This yeare, about the latter ende of Januarye, the Kinge of Castell and his [his former wife] wife (age 28)c were driven into Englande,d and had here great cheare. The King was made Knight of the Garter at Windsore [Map].e
On 14 Jan 1507 [his daughter] Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Portugal was born to Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile and [his former wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.88%.
On 23 Jan 1516 [his former father-in-law] Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 63) died. His daughter [his former wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 37) succeeded Queen Aragon.
On 12 Jan 1519 [his father] Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 59) died. His grandson [his son] Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (age 18) succeeded V Holy Roman Emperor.
On 12 Apr 1555 [his former wife] Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile (age 76) died.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 17 Jun 1555. The xvij day of Juin was the hersse fenyssyd at Powlles a-boyffe the qwyer with ix prensepalles garnyshyd, (the) goodlest that ever was sene, and all the prensepalles covered with blake velvett, and the mageste of taffata and the frynge [gold]; and all the qwyre and a-boyffe the qwyre and the sydes and ondur [foot] and the body of the chyrche one he hangyd with blake and armes, and with xxxvj dosen of pensells of sylke welvett with gold and selver, and xvj baners-rolles of armes, and iiij baners of whyt emages wroght with fyne gold; over-nyght durge, and the morow masse; and mony mornars, the forst a stranger and the yerle of Shrusbere (age 27), and yerle of Penbroke (age 54), my lord treysorer, ser Recherd Sowthwell (age 52), and mony mo as Englys as Spaneards; and a vij skore powre men havyng nuwe blake gownes, and evere man holdyng torchys; and after messe a grett dener at the bysshope of London('s) plasse, and gret plente.
Note. P. 90. Funeral of the queen of Spain at Saint Paul's. The full ceremonial of this is preserved in the College of Arms, I. 14, ff. 111–114; and see a letter of the lord treasurer to the bishop of London respecting preparations for the solemnity in Strype, Memorials, iii. 220. The deceased was [his former wife] Jane, the grandmother of [his grandson] king Philip (age 28), and the aunt of [his granddaughter-in-law] queen Mary (age 39), being the elder sister of [his former sister-in-law] queen Katharine. She was the eldest daughter of [his former father-in-law] Ferdinand the Catholic by [his former mother-in-law] Isabel queen of Castille; and having married Philip of Austria, they succeeded to the kingdom of Castille on the death of her mother in 1504. On the death of her father in 1516, her husband having previously died in 1506, she was from insanity unfit to reign, and her son [his son] Charles (age 55) (afterwards emperor) was acknowledged sovereign of all Spain.
Wriothesley's Chronicle 1485-1509. c. Archduke Philip and his wife [his former wife] Juana, who, by the death of her mother [his former mother-in-law] lsabella, was now Queen of Castille.
Note d. For a full account of the arrival of the Archduke Philip, and his entertainment whilst in England, see MS. Harleian. Cod. 640, fol. 60-66, and Cod. 643, fol. 140.
Note e. The English monarch invested Philip with the order of the Garter at Windsor, and the latter made him and Prince Henry Knights of the Golden Fleece.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
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Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Eleanor of Austria Queen Consort France Queen Consort Portugal
Isabella of Austria Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Carinthia Duchess Austria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria
Great x 3 Grandmother: Johanna Pfirt Duchess Austria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mastino II della Scala
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala
Great x 4 Grandmother: Taddea da Carrara
GrandFather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Siemowit III Duke of Masovia
Great x 2 Grandfather: Siemowit IV Duke of Masovia
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas II Duke of Opava
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Opava
Great x 1 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gediminas Grand Duke of Lithuania
Great x 3 Grandfather: Algirdas Grand Duke of Lithuania
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jewna Lithuania
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alexandra of Lithuania
Great x 4 Grandfather: Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver
Great x 3 Grandmother: Uliana of Tver
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anastasia of Halych
Father: Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter I King Portugal 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Portugal 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pedro Fernández de Castro
Great x 3 Grandmother: Inês Castro
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England 
Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal 
Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster 
Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Duchess of Lancaster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "Fratricide" II King Castile 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John I King Castile 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juana Manuel Queen of Castile 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand I King Aragon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter IV King Aragon 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Aragon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso "Avenger" XI King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho Alfonso Ivrea 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Guzman
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor of Alberquerque Queen Consort Aragon 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter I King Portugal 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Inês Castro
Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia
GrandFather: Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso "Brave" IV King Portugal 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Peter I King Portugal 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King John I of Portugal 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pedro Fernández de Castro
Great x 3 Grandmother: Inês Castro
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Duchess Burgundy Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Duchess of Lancaster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Mother: Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Bourbon Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon II Duke Bourbon 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Valois Duchess Bourbon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Beraud II Auvergne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Auvergne Duchess Bourbon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois 1st Duke Berry 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John I Count Armagnac
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanne Armagnac Duchess Berry
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Clermont Countess Armagnac
GrandMother: Isabella Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King John "The Good" II of France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bonne Luxemburg Queen Consort France 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Dampierre III Count Nevers II Count Flanders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Brabant Countess Nevers and Flanders Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia