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Following the death and suspected assassination of her son Charles, Joanna of Castile sided with her father and younger brother John, Prince of Girona against the encroaching Hapsburgs. Thanks to them it would be well over a century before another Hapsburg would be in line for the Spanish crown. Assuming Charles lives and John dies, how does Spain fit into this new Hapsburg mega-state and does the North African reconquista still stall at Tunis now that they have all the Hapsburg resources at their disposal? It seems to me that by adding Spain's wealth and role as "Defender of the Faith" to their growing power the Hapsburgs would be able to start pushing back the Ottomans in the Balkans, possibly with an eventual eye on retaking Constantinople.
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