Treaty of Villafáfila
The Treaty of Villafáfila is a treaty signed by Ferdinand the Catholic in Villafáfila on 27 June 1506 and by Philip the Handsome in Benavente, Zamora, on 28 June.
Terms
The treaty recognised the incapacity of Ferdinand's daughter and Philip's wife,
The Treaty of Villafáfila followed the
Return of Ferdinand to power
The treaty was made moot very soon, since King Philip I died on 25 September. After a brief regency of Cardinal Cisneros, Ferdinand assumed the government of Castile in August 1507, returning to the regency of the crown and recovering the title of lordship of the Indies, both of which he held until his death in 1516, with Joanna confined at Tordesillas.[1]
The Indies remained in an ambiguous state from the death of Philip in 1506 to the death of Ferdinand in 1516, being half a personal property of the kings (a "lordship" with absolute power for its lord), and half a kingdom of the Crown (ruled under the laws of the Crown of Castile).[1] The thrones of Aragon and Castile passed to Joanna and her son Charles I, the later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, as co-monarchs, but with Joanna kept under confinement, Charles was the sole effective ruler. From 1516 to 1520 the Indies were extraofficially part of the Crown of Castile.[2] On July 9, 1520 Emperor Charles V incorporated them explicitly into the Crown of Castile and he forbid any future separation.[2][3]
References
- Sánchez Prieto, Ana Belén (2004), "La intitulación diplomática de los Reyes Católicos: un programa político y una lección de historia" (PDF), III Jornadas Científicas Sobre Documentación en época de los Reyes Católicos, Dpto.de Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, pp. 294–296
- ^ a b c d e Sánchez Prieto 2004, pp. 294–296
- ^ ISBN 9789972511424
- ISBN 9788432126307,
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