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The Bindenschild impaling Castile was first adopted as the arms of w:Philip I of Castile ("Philip the Handsome/Fair") (1478-1506), of the House of Habsburg, ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506, as well as the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I) for a brief time in 1506. In 1496 he married w:Joanna of Castile, the second daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. He was the son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by his wife Mary of Burgundy. These impaled arms were also displayed by his successors including Rudolf II Ferdinand I and Maximilian II.

Also shown is the Order of the Golden Fleece, of which the Habsburg emperors were members since Charles V. It is crowned by an early version of the imperial Crown of Austria. The eagle is circumscribed by the coats-of-arms the major territories held by the Habsburg emperors at the time. These are the Kingdoms of Hungary (both coats of arms are shown, see en:Coat of arms of Hungary), Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia (i.e. Bosnia), the Archduchy of Austria, the Duchies of Burgundy Styria and Carniola (i.e. Slovenia),