Isabella married her first cousin, Charles V, who as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, Archduke of the Habsburg dominions, titular Duke of Burgundy, and ruler of the Netherlands and the Spanish empire in the Americas and the Mediterranean and Italy was one of the most powerful men of his time.
Although it was a political union, the marriage proved to be a love-match. Records say that during their honeymoon “when theyare together, although there are many people around, they do not notice anyone else; they talk and laugh, and nothing else distracts them.”