The death of Mary of Habsburg in Cigales Historical milestone · Cigales, Campiña del Pisuerga, Valladolid Image of Cigales, not of the place itself. The sister of emperor Charles, who had governed the Low Countries, retired to this Castilian town and died there in 1558, weeks after her brother, in the same autumn that closed the imperial reign. 18 de octubre de 1558 Photo: Fundación Joaquín Díaz (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Cigales