Is being in control so important that you're willing to sacrifice the happiness of your only son?
Dean's mother had raised her only son alone after her husband's death, relying on life insurance proceeds and a series of part-time jobs.
Before the accession of Charles, the only son of Philip, two steps had been taken of great importance in the direction of unification.
In 1548 Charles laid before the states a scheme for making the Netherlands an integral part of the empire under the name of the Circle of Burgundy; but the refusal of the German Electors to make his only son Philip king of the Romans led him to abandon the project, which was never renewed.
