Read part two here. On 18 May 1535, the proxy wedding took place in Brussels. Dorothea set out for Heidelberg, where she arrived on 8 September. Frederick rode out to meet her and escorted her to Heidelberg Castle. On 9 September, the Bishop of Spires celebrated a nuptial mass. Afterwards, Frederick and Dorothea made their [read more]
Read part one here. On 5 March 1526, Margaret returned to Mechelen with John, Dorothea and Christina. Margaret wrote to Charles, “Henceforth, Monseigneur, you will have to be both father and mother to these poor children, and must treat them as your own.” For the next four and half years, Margaret made sure that the [read more]
Dorothea of Denmark was born on 10 November 1520, the daughter of Isabella of Austria and King Christian II of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Her mother was the second daughter of Joanna, Queen of Castile, and thus a sister of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Dorothea was their fourth child, but twin boys had died [read more]
On 30 June 1478, Queen Isabella I of Castile finally got her wish after a daughter and a miscarriage – a healthy son was born. He was named John or Juan. He would later be joined by another three sisters. Nine days after his birth, John was carried by a governess in a procession with [read more]
On 19 March 1497, Queen Isabella’s only son, John, married Margaret of Austria in person. They had to wait two weeks to consummate the marriage as it was Lent. They took to each other immediately, and physicians began to worry about the time the couple spent in bed together. Margaret wrote home to her father [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601-1634 by Martha K. Hoffman focuses on the children of King Philip III of Spain and his wife, Margaret of Austria. They had five children who survived to adulthood and three children who died young. Their eldest daughter, [read more]
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