58 - Kill Phil Volume 2

History of the Netherlands by Republic of Amsterdam Radio

Apr 28, 202660:24Society & Culture

When Joanna of Castile wed Philip the Handsome aka Habsburg Phil in 1496, few people would have foreseen that this marriage would result in the Habsburg prince wearing the Castilian crown 10 years later. Yet due to a ser...

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