After decades of warfare, Charles I’s last years were marked by retirement and distance from all political matters. Thus, during the process of the Brussels Abdications, Charles I left the imperial government to his brother Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Empire) and that of Spain and the Indies to his son Philip, who became Philip II in 1556 after the death of the monarch.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVI

Scope: Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/3965651

Resource type: Historical source

Format: Unknown

Source: Archivo Histórico de la Nobleza. 2. Archivo de los Duques de Frías. 2.9. Marquesado de Frómista. PERSONAL. Correspondencia con la Casa Real

Language: Spanish

Date: 16/01/1556

Owner: Álvaro Chaparro Sainz (Modernalia)

Identifier: ES.45168.AHNOB//FRIAS,C.24,D.1

Copyright: © MECD. Archivos Estatales (España)

Abstract: Letter from Emperor Charles V to the Marquis of Frómista in which he announces his decision to renounce in his son Philip, the future Philip II.

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