Posted 04/14/2024 03:18 am
Ferdinand II (Fernando) of Aragon and Isabella I (Isabel) of Castilla and Leon, the Catholic Kings [who also financed Columbus' exploration of the New World], largely unified Spain at the tail end of the Reconquista that drove back the Moors from the Iberian peninsula. Isabella was the ruler of a more expansive region in the Iberian peninsula than Ferdinand. When Isabella died in 1504, Johanna (Juana), Isabella's daughter, ascended to the throne instead of Ferdinand II.
Johanna became Queen of the Kingdoms that encompassed most of what is now Spain. But Johanna went insane around 1506 and her husband Philip I (Felipe) was poisoned later that year. Their son Charles I (Karolus) [named in this coin alongside Johanna] was only 6 years old at the time.
Philip I, Charles' father, was the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Because Philip was poisoned, Charles I, son of the unified Spanish monarchs and Holy Roman Emperor effectively became the first Spanish Hapsburg King with holdings throughout Europe.
But Charles I was too young to rule in 1506, so Ferdinand II became Regent for Johanna and Charles until his death in 1516. In 1516, Charles ascended to the Spanish throne and in 1519, his grandfather Maximilian I died and Charles I became Holy Roman Emperor. He ruled over Spain, the Netherlands, Eastern parts of France known as Franche-Comte, Hapsburg regions of Germany, parts of Italy and the expansive discoveries in the New World. At the time, in 1520, Charles I was the most powerful man in Christendom.
The first silver coins minted in the New World by Hernan Cortes in Mexico City around 1536 also bear the names of Karolus and Ioanna (Carlos I and Juana) just like this coin. It was Charles I's court that approved the first mint and coinage in the New World.
Johanna became Queen of the Kingdoms that encompassed most of what is now Spain. But Johanna went insane around 1506 and her husband Philip I (Felipe) was poisoned later that year. Their son Charles I (Karolus) [named in this coin alongside Johanna] was only 6 years old at the time.
Philip I, Charles' father, was the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Because Philip was poisoned, Charles I, son of the unified Spanish monarchs and Holy Roman Emperor effectively became the first Spanish Hapsburg King with holdings throughout Europe.
But Charles I was too young to rule in 1506, so Ferdinand II became Regent for Johanna and Charles until his death in 1516. In 1516, Charles ascended to the Spanish throne and in 1519, his grandfather Maximilian I died and Charles I became Holy Roman Emperor. He ruled over Spain, the Netherlands, Eastern parts of France known as Franche-Comte, Hapsburg regions of Germany, parts of Italy and the expansive discoveries in the New World. At the time, in 1520, Charles I was the most powerful man in Christendom.
The first silver coins minted in the New World by Hernan Cortes in Mexico City around 1536 also bear the names of Karolus and Ioanna (Carlos I and Juana) just like this coin. It was Charles I's court that approved the first mint and coinage in the New World.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS
THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com
Edited by numismatic student
04/14/2024 03:23 am
04/14/2024 03:23 am
