Philip I of Castile

Philip I of Castile was a historical figure associated with King of Castile and Duke of Burgundy. The record associates Philip I of Castile with Habsburg Netherlands / Castile. Philip I of Castile belonged to the Habsburg.

The son of Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, Philip inherited the Burgundian Netherlands and married Juana of Castile in 1496. Their marriage connected the Habsburg and Spanish dynasties. After Isabella I’s death, Philip challenged Ferdinand II for control of Castile and was recognised as king alongside Juana, but his sudden death in 1506 intensified the struggle over government and succession.

In C. W. Gortner’s The Last Queen, Juana of Castile expects to remain a dynastic princess when she is sent to marry Philip of Habsburg, but a sequence of deaths makes her heir to her mother Isabella’s crown.