![]() King since 1495, his reign had seen the successful exploration and establishment of overseas settlements from Brazil to the East Indies. With an eye to Charles’ imminent departure to Spain, it was agreed that she would marry Manuel I of Portugal. ![]() Frederick was banished from court, although he was later to regain favour with Charles.ĭefinite plans were now made for Eleanor. This was not the marriage that was intended for Charles’ sister there was to be no ‘love-match’. When love letters written by him to Eleanor were discovered, the family acted immediately. The concern was considerable when it was discovered that she had apparently received and encouraged the attentions of Frederick II Elector Palatine, a well-established figure at court and someone that Charles admired. That she was still unmarried in 1517, while two of her younger sisters had been betrothed for years, suggests that Maximilian regarded her as a valuable asset to the dynasty and was reserving her for a match worthy of her status. On the latter’s death in 1547, she joined her brother, and sister Mary, in the Low Countries and on Charles’ abdication travelled with them to Spain, where she died in February 1558.Įleanor was brought up with Charles in Mechelen and seemed to accept the situation whereby her life would be determined by the political needs of her family. Receiving respect for her position but not love, Eleanor had little influence on policy, though was able to facilitate negotiations between the great rivals, Charles and Francis. Her second marriage was to Francis I in 1530. They were never to be properly reconciled. When Manuel died in 1521, she returned to Spain, leaving her infant daughter in Portugal. Brought up in the Low Countries, she travelled to Spain with Charles in 1517 and was married to King Manuel I of Portugal the following year. EleanorĮleanor of Austria (1498–1558), Queen of Portugal and Queen of France, was Charles’ eldest sister, the first child of Philip and Juana. In many royal families such a situation caused major rifts, but for most of his long reign Charles was able to rely on the support of his family. As such, he had the power to make decisions that had an impact on the lives of his siblings and later their children. Although too young when his father died in 1506, as the eldest son he became the head of the family on the death of his Spanish grandfather, Ferdinand (1516), and his Habsburg grandfather, Maximilian (1519). ![]() Charles’ siblings provided loyal and effective supportĬharles was the second of six children – two boys and four girls.
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