2022Annives., Communards and Germania - 500 Years of Popular Revolts - First Day Cover

Carlos I arrived in Castile in 1517 without knowing the Spanish language or customs, since after the death of his father in 1506 and the absence of his mother, Juana la Loca, he was left in the care of his aunt Margarita de Austria, at his court in Mechelen. Although he has the Spaniard Luis de Vaca as tutor, he is preferably educated in the Francophone cultural environment. When he was proclaimed king of Spain, moreover, he surrounded himself with Burgundian collaborators to whom he gave important positions.