FLAG OF KING CARLOS I OF SPAIN EMPEROR CARLOS V...HOLY ROLAN EMPIRE 'Tti'E 2)\iRc.\i\vo\'~ a ■. ,v:feviv'L . .	.	v	.
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^ueen Isabella died 1504, and King Ferdinand in 151C.
Carlos (Charles) of Austria, heir to the throne through the
marriage of Isabella’s daughter, became King Carlos I	.	•	■'
known in history as Carlos V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
and lord over many principalities. This began to'Hapsburg
Dynasty on the throne of Spain, to last until 1700 when a French
prince was to inaugurate the Phenol.. Bourbon Dynasty. Carlos V
reigned, 1516-1556.
Apparently (but I am not yet satisfied with the evidence) the
Castilian flar passed with the death of Ferdinand and Isabella--
+heir deaths ended the purely Spanish Dynasty, and inaugurated,
as stated, the Hapsburg Dynasty. A quotation from Preble's
History of the Flags of the United States of America, section
headed "The Symbols, Standards and Banners of Ancient and Modern
Nations," reads:
"On the accession of Charles V to the Kingdom of Spain he introduced the Burgundian flar, the red raguled saltire on a white ground, which was to some extent used for 250 years. Ships of the (Spanish) Armada, in 15P8, bore the Burgundian cross. In a series of maps of the actions, preserved in the British Museum, the Spanish fleet is^'distinetly marked (f) by the red saltire an' the English by the red cross.
This indicates that flags and their devices were still personal or dynastic; that standardized national flags had not yet become recognized. Carlos was distinctly fa.vorr.ble to and a favorite w±±h the Burgundian territory, which was a part of his dominions. Ostend, a Spanish possession until 1604, carried
The red cross of England is the St. George's Cross.