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- Charles V (born February 24, 1500, Ghent, Flanders [now in Belgium]—died September 21, 1558, San Jerónimo de Yuste, Spain) was the Holy Roman emperor (1519–56), king of Spain (as Charles I; 1516–56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I; 1519–21), who inherited a Spanish and Habsburg empire extending across Europe from Spain and the Netherlands to Austria and the Kingdom of Naples and reaching overseas to Spanish America.
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4 days ago · Charles V (born February 24, 1500, Ghent, Flanders [now in Belgium]—died September 21, 1558, San Jerónimo de Yuste, Spain) was the Holy Roman emperor (1519–56), king of Spain (as Charles I; 1516–56), and archduke of Austria (as Charles I; 1519–21), who inherited a Spanish and Habsburg empire extending across Europe from Spain and the ...
Charles V 1500–1558 King of Spain and Holy Roman EmperorCharles V became the most powerful monarch of his day, ruling over an empire that included what is now Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, parts of Italy and central Europe, and large areas in the Americas.
CHARLES V, Roman Emperor and (as Charles) King of Spain, was born at Ghent on the 24th of February 1500. His parents were Philip of Burgundy and Joanna, third child of Ferdinand. and Isabella. Philip died in 1506, and Charles succeeded to his Netherland possessions and the county of Burgundy (Franche Comte).
4 days ago · The Brussels Times. The life and death of Charles V, who ruled Europe’s greatest empire from Brussels. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World.
Oct 2, 2020 · Reign: June 28, 1519 – August 3, 1556. Born: February 24, 1500. Place of birth: Prinsenhof of Ghent, Flanders. Died: September 21, 1558. Place of death: Monastery of Yuste, Crown of Castile, Spain. Father: Philip I of Castile (also known as Philip the Handsome) Mother: Joanna of Castile (also known as Joanna of Trastámara)
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. 1550 - 1558. Born in 1500, Charles was the grandson of the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I and of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille. On the death of Ferdinand in 1516, Charles became ruler of a united Spain, to which were added the Habsburg territories when he succeeded Maximilian to the elected title of ...
May 21, 2018 · Charles V (1500–58) Holy Roman Emperor (1519–56) and King of Spain, as Charles I (1516–56). He ruled the Spanish kingdoms, s Italy, the Netherlands, and the Austrian Habsburg lands by inheritance and, when elected Emperor in succession to his grandfather, Maximilian I, headed the largest European empire since Charlemagne.
