Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V
| Charles V | |
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| Reign | 28 June 1519 – 27 August 1556 |
| Coronation |
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| Predecessor | Maximilian I |
| Successor | Ferdinand I |
| Archduke of Austria | |
| Reign | 12 January 1519 – 28 April 1521 |
| Predecessor | Maximilian I |
| Successor | Ferdinand I |
| King of Spain | |
| Reign | 23 January 1516 – 16 January 1556 |
| Predecessor | Joanna and Ferdinand II and V |
| Successor | Philip II |
| Co-monarch | Joanna |
| Reign | 25 September 1506 – 25 October 1555 |
| Predecessor | Philip IV |
| Successor | Philip V |
| Born |
24 February 1500 Ghent, Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands |
| Died | 21 September 1558 (aged 58) Yuste, Spain |
| Burial | El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain |
| Spouse | Isabella of Portugal |
| Issue |
Illegitimate:
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| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Philip I of Castile |
| Mother | Joanna I of Castile |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Signature |  |
Charles V (Spanish: Carlos; French: Charles; German: Karl; Dutch: Karel; Italian: Carlo) (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1506. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western, central, and southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia. As a result, his domains spanned nearly four million square kilometers and were the first to be described as "the empire on which the sun never sets".
Charles was the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties: the Houses of Valois-Burgundy (Netherlands), Habsburg (Holy Roman Empire), and Trastámara (Spain). He inherited the Burgundian Netherlands and the Franche-Comté as heir of the House of Valois-Burgundy. From his own dynasty, the Habsburgs, he inherited Austria and other lands in central Europe. He was also elected to succeed his Habsburg grandfather, Maximilian I, as Holy Roman Emperor, a title held by the Habsburgs since 1440. From the Spanish House of Trastámara, he inherited the crowns of Castile, which was in the process of developing a nascent empire in the Americas and Asia, and Aragón, which included a Mediterranean empire extending to Southern Italy. Charles was the first king to rule Castile and Aragón simultaneously in his own right and as a result he is sometimes referred to as the first King of Spain. The personal union, under Charles, of the Holy Roman Empire with the Spanish Empire resulted in the closest Europe would come to a universal monarchy since the death of Louis the Pious.
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