Crowds cheered them on their way to the Coudenberg Palace, for great expectations were placed on the newlywed couple. For almost half a century, Philip II of Spain, Isabella’s father, had ruled the ...

Habsburg rule over Spain ended in 1700, only two centuries after it began, with the death of Charles II. He was a sickly, disabled and mentally retarded man, whose poor health and childlessness ...

Surgeons assessed each Habsburg for these physical characteristics and discovered the least expression in Mary of Burgundy, who joined the family through matrimony in 1477.

The surgeons rated each Habsburg for these physical traits and found the least expression in Mary of Burgundy, who became part of the family through marriage in 1477, while it was most noticeable ...

The surgeons scored each Habsburg for these physical traits and found the least expression in Mary of Burgundy, who joined the family by marriage in 1477, while it was most evident in Philip IV ...

The Habsburgs, a once-mighty royal dynasty that ruled over vast Spanish and Austrian empires, are now notorious for their distinctive "Habsburg jaw", a striking facial deformity. Research suggests ...

Spanish observers described Southampton favourably, noting the ample provisions made for Philip's large retinue. On Monday, July 23, Philip began the final leg of his journey to Winchester.

The Habsburg talent for successful marriages made it possible for their greatest son; the Emperor Charles V (1500-58 j to rule what is nowr Hungary, Austria, most of Germany, most of France, most ...

Madrid’s Prado Museum has loaned a monumental 1653 Diego Velázquez painting to the Norton Simon Museum. At 14, Mariana married her uncle, Spain’s King Philip IV, then 44. The theatrical ...