La casa de las infantas de España en el reinado de Felipe II: Ciertos aspectos sobre su origen, formación y difusión

Abstract

During the sixteenth century there were many attempts to regulate and establish a conduct code for space management and the staff serving the monarchs and their children, creating the structure of the Infanta of Spain's House. Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, daughters of Philip II and Isabel of valois were the first to own staff governed by their own ordinances, creating a very useful pattern, from 1579 to the House of the princesses later in their lineage. Accordingly, and throughout the documents found at the National library of Madrid and in the General Archives of Simancas Palace, this article discusses the origin, the formation and the structure of the House of the daughters of Philip II and his influence on the princesses of the dynasty of Habsburg.