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One family was an ever-present force in European affairs from the Middle Ages to the modern era, but, as Jonny Wilkes explores, the Habsburgs’ desperate bid to keep power within the family gave them a distinctive physical callsign, as well as dynastic longevity…
Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe for 35 years. Despite this he was forced to divide his kingdoms between his Philip II|son and Ferdinand I.