Habsburg Spain

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Habsburg Spain was the powerful early modern Spanish monarchy ruled by the Habsburg dynasty, which dominated European politics and global empire-building from the early 16th to the early 18th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic monarchy
European great power
historical state
monarchy
alliedWith Catholic League
Holy Roman Empire
alsoKnownAs Habsburg Spain
surface form: Monarquía Hispánica

Habsburg Spain
surface form: Spanish Empire under the Habsburgs

Habsburg Spain
surface form: Spanish Habsburg Monarchy
capital Madrid
Valladolid
continent Europe
country Spain
culturalPeriod Spanish Golden Age
currency Spanish real
escudo
declinePeriod 17th century
dominantPowerIn 16th century Europe
early 17th century Europe
dynasty House of Habsburg
economicBase American silver
colonial trade
endTime 1700
firstRuler Charles I of Spain
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
followedBy Bourbon Spain
governmentType composite monarchy
hereditary monarchy
hasPart Canary Islands
Crown of Aragon
Crown of Castile
Duchy of Milan
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Portugal
surface form: Kingdom of Portugal (1580–1640)

Philippines
Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Spanish Netherlands

Spanish West Indies
Viceroyalty of New Spain
Viceroyalty of Peru
involvedIn Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Eighty Years' War
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)
Italian Wars
Thirty Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
lastRuler Charles II of Spain
notableEvent Spanish Armada
surface form: Spanish Armada (1588)

Iberian Union
surface form: Union of the Crowns of Spain and Portugal (Iberian Union)

expulsion of the Moriscos
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Spanish Empire
precededBy Trastámara
surface form: Trastámara Spain
reasonForDecline dynastic inbreeding
fiscal crisis
military overextension
religion Roman Catholicism
rival Dutch Republic
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
Ottoman Empire
ruler Charles II of Spain
Philip II of Spain
Philip III of Spain
Philip IV of Spain
Philip V of Spain
signed Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
Treaty of Utrecht
Peace of Westphalia
surface form: Treaty of Westphalia

Treaty of the Pyrenees
startTime 1516
succeededBy Bourbon Spain
surface form: Bourbon dynasty in Spain

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Francis Vere opposedTo Habsburg Spain
battle of the Sesia (1524) belligerent Habsburg Spain
subject surface form: Battle of the Sesia (1524)
battle of the Sesia (1524) opponentOf Habsburg Spain
subject surface form: Battle of the Sesia (1524)
Siege of Saint-Dizier hasBelligerent Habsburg Spain
Carlos, Prince of Asturias nobleFamily Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburgs
County of Burgundy ruledBy Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburgs
Captain General of Valencia timePeriod Habsburg Spain
Captain General of the Army of Flanders country Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburg Monarchy
Conquest of Tunis (1535) participant Habsburg Spain
Hendrik van den Bergh employer Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburgs
Sardinian heraldry historicalPeriod Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburg period
Capture of Charleroi opponent Habsburg Spain
Siege of Naples (1528) belligerent Habsburg Spain
Battle of Landriano belligerent Habsburg Spain
Francisco Verdugo allegiance Habsburg Spain
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva servedUnder Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburg monarchy
Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s opponent Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburg monarchy
Aragonese kings of Naples successorDynasty Habsburg Spain
this entity surface form: Spanish Habsburgs