Charles V
1500 AD – 1558 AD
Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516 to 1554, and also Lord of the Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy (as Charles II) from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and Burgundian Low Countries, and Spain with its possessions of the southern Italian kingdoms of Sicily, Naples, and Sardinia.
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Born · 1500 AD
1517 ADCharles V Arrives in Spain Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
1521 ADLuther at the Diet of Worms Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
1527 ADSwiss Guard Stand During the Sack of Rome Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
11 January 1531Ferdinand I — the Last Coronation at Aachen Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
1555 ADPeace of Augsburg Proclaimed Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
Died · 1558 AD
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