ABSTRACT
The vicissitudes of dynastic succession forced Philip I of Burgundy to travel to Castile and Aragon in 1501-02, and to return to Castile in 1505-06. These voyages threatened the prince's political and gender identities, upset his health, and, ultimately, claimed his life. This chapter presents case study traces the interdependence of love and war for young people with destinies tied to specific territories that forced beyond them. Contemporary chronicles and archival documents suggest that cultural conflict and resistance numbered among the obstacles to Philip's and, subsequently, his son Charles's accession to the throne of Castile. The chapter examining the process in the case of Philip I, then it discusses to the impact of Philip's inheritance and succession on his equally, if not more, mobile descendants, whose multicultural inheritance and servants may have facilitated a shift from cultural conflict to cultural exchange. A perspective spanning voyages through Castile examined from 1502 through 1550 displaces princes' growing cultural initiative and adaptability.
