The Toledo-led Castilian municipalities, supported by the…

August 1520 CE

The Toledo-led Castilian municipalities, supported by the nobles and clergy, form a league and establish the governing Junta Santa in Ávila in July-August 1520, naming Toledan comunero leader Juan de Padilla as captain general of its forces.

The comuneros boldly assert that they are the kingdom, and that the Cortes has the right to assemble without a royal summons and to discuss all matters relating to the welfare of the realm.

There is talk of dethroning their King Carlos, now emperor Charles V, in favor of his mother, the hereditary queen Joan the Mad, who has been living in the castle of Tordesillas since she had gone insane in 1506.

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Ávila Castilla y Leon Spain View →

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor View →

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Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View →

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Brotherhoods, Revolt of the View → Castilian War of the Communities, or Revolt of the Comuneros View →

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