He believed in marrying to expand his territory, exemplified by his statement of Tu felix Austria nube, or "you, happy Austria marry."
This ruler convinced his subjects to pay a Common Penny tax in exchange for the creation of a council of 20 Princes governing financial and foreign policy. His daughter was returned to him via the Treaty of Senlis after she was rejected in favor of Anne of Brittany. He believed in marrying to expand his territory, exemplified by his statement of Tu felix Austria nube, or "you, happy Austria marry." At the First Congress of Vienna he agreed to marry his granddaughter Mary to Louis II of Hungary. This father of Margaret of Austria had his forces destroyed at Hard, Calven, and finally Dornach, leading to the Treaty of Basel. His eldest son married a woman who once was controlled by a regency under Archbishop Cisneros. His eldest grandson forced his rival Francis I to sign the Treaty of Madrid along with sacking Rome. For 10 points, name this father of Philip the Handsome and grandfather of his successor, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
This ruler convinced his subjects to pay a Common Penny tax in exchange for the creation of a council of 20 Princes governing financial and foreign policy.
{Maximilian}