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The Italian War of 1521–1526, sometimes known as the Four Years' War, [note 3] ( French: Sixième guerre d'Italie) was a part of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Francis I of France and the Republic of Venice against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Henry VIII of England, and the Papal States. It arose from animosity over the election of Charles as Emperor in 1519–1520 and from Pope Leo X ...
Adelaide of Tours. Robert I ( c. 866 – 15 June 923) was the elected King of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his election to the throne he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He succeeded the overthrown Carolingian king Charles the Simple, who in 898 had succeeded Robert's brother, king Odo .
Charles V. Charles V may refer to: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain. Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690) Infante Carlos of Spain, Count of Molina (1788–1855), first Carlist pretender to the throne of ...
Philip transformed France into the most prosperous and powerful country in Europe. [5] He checked the power of the nobles and helped the towns free themselves from seigneurial authority, granting privileges and liberties to the emergent bourgeoisie. He built a great wall around Paris ("the Wall of Philip II Augustus "), re-organized the French government, and brought financial stability to his ...
Coat of arms of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor [1] was the heir of several of Europe's leading royal houses. In 1506, he inherited the Burgundian Netherlands, which came from his paternal grandmother, Mary of Burgundy. In 1516, Charles became the king of Spain, inheriting the kingdoms first united by his maternal ...
Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France. Le dauphin Charles Orland by Jean Hey, the "Master of Moulins", 1494. Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France ( French: Charles Orland, Dauphin de France) (11 October 1492 – 16 December 1495) was the eldest son and heir of Charles VIII of France and Anne of Brittany. [1]
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