Philip I of Castile
| Philip the Handsome | |
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| King of Castile | |
| Reign | 12 July – 25 September 1506 |
| Proclamation | 12 July 1506 |
| Predecessor | Joanna |
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Lord of the Netherlands Duke of Burgundy |
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| Reign | 27 March 1482 – 25 September 1506 |
| Predecessor | Mary and Maximilian I |
| Successor | Charles II |
| Regent | Maximilian I (1482–1494) |
| Born | 22 July 1478 Bruges, Flanders, Burgundian Netherlands |
| Died | 25 September 1506 (aged 28) Burgos, Castile |
| Burial | Royal Chapel of Granada |
| Spouse | Joanna of Castile |
| Issue |
Eleanor, Queen of France Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Isabella, Queen of Denmark Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor Mary, Queen of Hungary Catherine, Queen of Portugal |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Mary, Duchess of Burgundy |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Philip I (22 July 1478 – 25 September 1506) called the Handsome or the Fair, was the first member of the house of Habsburg to be King of Castile. The son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, at the age of three Philip inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands (as Philip IV) from his mother, Mary, and at 27 briefly succeeded to the Crown of Castile as the husband of Queen Joanna, who was also heir presumptive to the Crown of Aragon. He was the first Habsburg monarch in Spain. He never inherited his father's territories or became Holy Roman Emperor because he predeceased his father, but his son Emperor Charles V eventually united the Habsburg, Burgundian, Castilian, and Aragonese inheritances.
The future King Henry VIII of England met Philip the Handsome on a visit Philip made to Henry's father's court in London and regarded him as providing a model of leadership towards which he aspired. The two would become brothers-in-law since Philip married Joanna of Castile, and Henry married Joanna's youngest sister, Catherine of Aragon.
Philip was born in Bruges to Mary, Duchess of Burgundy and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, during the reign of his grandfather Frederick III in the County of Flanders (today in Belgium) and was named after his great-grandfather, Philip the Good, grandfather of his mother Mary. In 1482, upon the death of his mother, he succeeded to her Burgundian possessions under the guardianship of his father. A period of turmoil ensued which witnessed sporadic hostilities between, principally, the large towns of Flanders (especially Ghent and Bruges) and the supporters of Maximilian.
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