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Comuneros Revolt
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Comuneros Revolt

On the later part of 1510’s since there is no one who would propose and want for funding for an expedition in the east, Charles V’s only problem would be the comuneros revolt in Castile who challenge his own rule, since there are two attempts in the mid 1510’s to have a route to the east and funding a further one that would be the problem for him and he would have more money to use to pay the dowry for his sister, he would marry his sister, Eleanor to John of Portugal in 1517 and he would provide her with a huge dowry, this would lessen the support to the commoners revolt in Castile and he is elected as Emperor in 1519, the late King of Portugal, Manuel I would instead marry Princess Anne of Navarre in 1517, a marriage which would produce a son named Alfonso of Viseu on May 5, 1518 since Charles V would not allow a marriage between Manuel and Eleanor and Charles V insisted a marriage between Archduchess Eleanor and John of Portugal so Archduchess Eleanor is married to John of Portugal and in exchange, Infanta Isabella of Portugal is married to Charles V as well in 1520.

On 1519, Charles is elected Holy Roman Emperor, he departed for Germany in 1520 with his fiance, Isabella of Portugal, leaving the Dutch cardinal Adrian of Utrecht to rule Castile while he was away. Soon a series of Anti-Government riots broke out in the cities and local city councils took power. The rebels choose the mother of Charles as the alternative ruler, hoping they could control her madness. The rebel movement took on a radical anti-feudal dimension, supporting the peasant rebellions against the landed nobility. On April 23, 1521, after nearly a year of rebellion, the reorganized supporters of the emperor struck a crippling blow to the comuneros on the Battle of Villalar. The following day, the rebel leaders Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonaldo were beheaded. The Army of the comuneros fell apart. Only the city of Toledo kept alive the rebellion until its surrender in October 1521.





Eleanor of Austria would have these children with John III of Portugal;

Maria of Portugal b. June 18, 1519

Alfonso of Portugal b. October 18, 1520

Eleanor of Portugal b. April 28, 1523

Manuel of Portugal b. November 1, 1528

Philip of Portugal b. March 25, 1531



Charles V would have these children with Isabella of Portugal;

Isabella b. May 21, 1523

Philip b. May 21, 1525

Maria June 21, 1527

Ferdinand b. November 22, 1529

Joanna b. June 26, 1535

John b. October 19, 1537

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