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NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS 287 GENEALOGICAL TABLE SHOWING THE ACCUMULATION OF DOMINIONS IN THE HANDS OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG. SPAIN. Isabella of Castile, m. Ferdinand of Aragon. I Joanna, heiress of Spain, M. Archduke Philip. BURGUNDY. Charles the Bold (Burgundy and Netherlands). Mary, m. Maximilian. Charles V. (Spain and Burgundy), m. Isabella of Portugal. Philip II. . (Spain and Burgundy ; Portugal, 1580), tn. I Elizabeth of France. I Infanta Isabella (claimed French succession). AUSTRIA. Frederick III. (Austria). Maximilian, m. Mary of Burgundy. I Archduke Philip, m. Joanna of Spain. Ferdinand I. (Austria) (Hungary and Bohemia). I Maximilian II. Ferdinand. Charles. I Ferdinand II. Ferdinand III. I I Anne of Hapsburg. Anne, I m. Philip III. Philip II. (Spain and Portugal). Rudolf. Matthias. Kings of Spain printed in italics Emperors printed in capitals. India. The powerful dynasty of the ' Moguls ' was established in the north of India by Babar, a bold invader from Afghanistan, between 1525 and 1529. The Mogul dominion, however, was not secured until his grandson Akbar was placed on the throne in 1556. No serious attempt to conquer the south of India was made till a hundred years later, but this century during which Akbar and his two sons reigned is the time of India's greatest magnificence and prosperity. Till the seventeenth century the Portuguese were still the only Europeans who established themselves in the east ; but they did not try to seize territory, being satisfied to exercise supreme control over the seas. In the first half of the seventeenth century