1. Childhood residence at Mechelen

    · Mechelen, Belgium

    Childhood residence at Mechelen
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    After his parents left for Spain, Charles was brought up at the court in Mechelen, where his aunt Margaret of Austria and his tutors shaped his early education. The source establishes a childhood-and-adolescence residence but not a precise arrival day; 1501 is the year his parents left him in Mechelen.

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