Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: muawiyah
The Germans got cut out forever.

I doubt that's how the German Hapsburgs saw it.

The normal procedure was for the son to inherit all his father's possessions. Which would have meant Charles V handing over his German lands as well as Spanish lands to Felipe.

However, in this case Charles' brother managed to abscond with half the loot. Half a loaf being a great deal better than none.

So it would be more accurate to say the Spanish branch was unfairly deprived of their German rights than the other way around.

24 posted on 10/05/2012 4:14:30 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies ]


To: Sherman Logan

A minor technicality at the time, I am sure but just another reason the Hapsburg’s got a bad rep for being elementally stupid. Spain’s possessions were worth a war ~ if only for access to the vast silver resources that turned the Spanish trade dollar into a world currency ~ which, btw, is supposed to still be acceptable in the US as $1.00


25 posted on 10/05/2012 4:29:39 PM PDT by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson