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Governance born active died
1500, Feb 24 1506-1556 1558, Sep 21
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".
Timeline 05/19/1515 - George of Saxony sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles V 06/28/1519 - King Carlos I elected as Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V 07/10/1520 - King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais 10/26/1520 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, coronated in Germany 04/28/1521 - Diet of Worms: Emperor Charles V names his brother Ferdinand I Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria 05/28/1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V 10/25/1521 - Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam 11/19/1521 - Battle of Milan: Emperor Charles V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 04/29/1522 - Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands 07/15/1524 - Emperor Charles V bans German national synode 08/19/1524 - Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille 09/29/1524 - Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille 02/24/1525 - Battle of Pavia: Emperor Charles V's Imperial troops beat French king 01/14/1526 - Charles V and Francis I of France sign Treaty of Madrid -- Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 03/10/1526 - Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal 06/07/1527 - Sack of Rome: Pope Clement VII. Charles V surrenders to emperor 's armies 01/22/1528 - England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 10/20/1528 - Treaty of Gorinchem between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Duke Charles II of Guelders 06/29/1529 - Emperor Charles V and Pope Clement VII sign Treaty of Barcelona 08/05/1529 - The Treaty of Cambrai -- aka the "Ladies' Peace" -- signed by emperor Charles V and King Francis I of France 02/24/1530 - First imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement VII 06/09/1531 - Pope Clement VII and Francis I of France sign secret treaty against Charles V 06/23/1532 - Henry VIII and Francis I of France signs secret treaty against emperor Charles V07/23/1532 - Charles V and evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Nuremberg 02/26/1534 - Pope Charles V appoints George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht (confirmed in 1535 by Pope Paul III ) 10/26/1534 - Charles V names George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht 06/14/1535 - Charles V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis 07/14/1535 - Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis 02/18/1536 - France and Turkey sign miltitary/trade agreement against King Charles V 06/18/1538 - Truce of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King Francis I of France 07/15/1538 - Peace talks between Charles V and King Francis I of France 02/01/1539 - Emperor Charles V and King Francis I of France sign anti-English treaty 02/15/1539 - Emperor Charles V receives Cardinal Reginald Pole in Toledo 04/19/1539 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V signs Treaty of Frankfurt 02/14/1540 - Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels 04/29/1540 - After a revolt, emperor Charles V revokes all historical privileges in Ghent with the Caroline Concession 08/29/1540 - Emperor Charles V deprives city of Ghent definitive rights/privileges 02/11/1543 - Charles V and Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant 08/22/1543 - Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren 09/07/1543 - Treaty of Venlo: Duke William of Julich-Cleves-Berg surrenders to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V 05/23/1544 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark 09/18/1544 - HRE Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy 04/24/1547 - Battle of Mühlberg: Emperor Charles V vs John Frederick I , Elector of Saxony 05/16/1547 - Protestant German monarch surrenders to Charles V in Wittenberg 05/19/1547 - Duke John Frederick I surrenders to Charles V 09/01/1547 - Charles V demands creation of Imperial League (German state) 06/30/1548 - Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans 04/29/1550 - Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority 03/09/1551 - Emperor Charles V appoints son Philip II as heir to the throne 04/19/1552 - Maurice of Saxony captures Charles V 08/02/1552 - Peace of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 10/31/1552 - Emperor Charles V and Albert, Duke of Prussia, strike siege for Metz 10/21/1555 - Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg 10/25/1555 - Emperor Charles V puts his son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan 01/16/1556 - Emperor Charles V appoints his son Philip II as king of Spain 03/28/1556 - Charles V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain 09/12/1556 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V resigns, his brother Ferdinand I takes over 09/13/1556 - Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain 09/15/1556 - Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain 10/17/1556 - Ex-emperor Charles V departs Netherland for Spain 12/29/1558 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V buried
Mentions Hernando de Acuna ...of the Spanish Golden Age. He was admired by Emperor Charles V Fernando Alvarez de Toledo ***** no match in text Anna of Bohemia and Hungary ...Habsburg hereditary lands on behalf of his older brother Charles V Peter Ashton ...Paulus Jovius, byshop of Nucenie, and dedicated to Charles V Lancelot Blondeel ...founded in 1549 two triumphal arches, commissioned by Charles V Joao de Castro ...refusing knighthood and reward at the hands of the emperor Charles V Charles III of Bourbon ...commanded the Imperial troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Pieter Coecke van Aelst ...Antwerp and Brussels and was appointed court painter to Charles V Richard Devereux ...Wallop when he led a small force to help the Emperor Charles V George van Egmond ***** no match in text Thomas Elyot ...he received instructions to proceed to the court of Charles V Francisco de Enzinas ...Spanish origin. Following an interview with the Emperor Charles V HRE Ferdinand I ***** no match in text Isabella I ...unification of Spain under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Isabella of Portugal ...Duchess of Burgundy by her marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Pedro de la Gasca ...Emperor Henry VIII in discussions with the pope and King Charles V Pompeo Leoni ...bronze effigy portraits of the Holy Roman emperors Charles V Louis of Bourbon ...Montpensier. He took part in a number of wars against Charles V Louis de Bourbon [1] ...successfully defended the city from the forces of Emperor Charles V Martin Luther ...demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Margaret of Parma ...daughter of the then 22-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Mary of Hungary ...1530, Mary was asked by her eldest brother, Emperor Charles V Juan Pantoja de la Cruz ...Royal Portraits, initiated with the famous portrait of Charles V Emmanuel Philibert ...to reach adulthood. His mother was sister-in-law to Charles V Philibert of Chalon ...to John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Philibert served Emperor Charles V Philip I of Castile ...because he predeceased his father, but his son Emperor Charles V Francisco Pizarro ...Pizarro returned to Spain to appeal directly to King Charles V Salih Reis ...where the Ottoman forces defeated the Holy League of Charles V Domingo de Soto ...positions including Confessor of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Niccolo Tribolo ...the tableaux and triumphal arches Tribolo created for Charles V Maarten van Rossum ...serving Charles of Guelders in his Guelders Wars against Charles V ...defeated, he simply switched sides, and started working for Charles V
Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen ...regent of the Netherlands, aunt of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ...at Mechelen and in 1535 he accompanied the Emperor Charles V
Andreas Vesalius ...later became Imperial physician at the court of Emperor Charles V William of Julich-Cleves-Berg ...of his distant relatives, the Egmond dukes. Emperor Charles V ...Guelders and the County of Zutphen were transferred to Charles V
William V of Cleves ...of his distant relatives, the Egmond dukes. Emperor Charles V
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HRE Charles V 1500, Feb 24 1506
1556 1558, Sep 21
Cesare Borgia 1475, Sep 13 1490 1507 1507, Mar 12 an Italian condottiero, nobleman, politician, and cardinal, whose fight for power was a major ins... Henry VII 1457, Jan 28 1485 1509 1509, Apr 21 King of England from seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, and t... John I 1455, Feb 2 1483 1513 1513, Feb 20 a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was King of Denmark (1481–1513), Norway (1483... King James IV 1473, Mar 17 1488 1513 1513, Sep 9 the King of Scots from 11 June 1488 to his death. He assumed the throne following the death of hi... Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 ca 1471 1515 1515, Dec 16 a Portuguese general, a "great conqueror," a statesman, and an empire builder. He is generally co... King Louis XII 1462, Jun 27 1498 1515 1515, Jan 1 a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples... Patrick Paniter 1470 ca 1500 1517 1519 Scottish churchman and principal secretary to James V. Paniter was born around 1470 at the villag... Aruj Barbarossa 1473/74 1495 1518 1518 Ottoman Bey (governor) of Algiers and Beylerbey (chief governor) of the West Mediterranean and th... Diego Velasquez de Cuellar 1465 1490 1519 1524, Jun 12 a Spanish conquistador. He first visited the New World with the crew of Christopher Columbus' sec... Selim I 1465/66/70, Oct 10 1512 1520 1520, Sep 22 the Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate from 1512 to 1520. His reign ... Gavin Douglas 1474 ca 1496 1521 1522, Sep a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for... Christian II 1481, Jul 1 1513 1523 1559, Jan 25 a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1513... Philip of Burgundy 1464 1498 1524 1524 Admiral of the Netherlands from 1498 to 1517 and bishop of Utrecht from 1517 to 1524. In the year... Emperor Go-Kashiwabara 1464, Nov 19 1500 1526 1526, May 19 the 104th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from Nov... Ramathibodi II 1473 1491 1529 1529 the King of Sukhothai from 1485 and King of Ayutthaya from 1491 to 1529. His reign was marked by ... Catherine of Aragon 1485, Dec 16 1509 1533 1536, Jan 7 Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was prev... Frederick I 1471, Oct 7 1523 1533 1533, Apr 10 the King of Denmark and Norway. His name is also spelled Friedrich in German, Frederik in Danish ... Borommarachathira IV unknown 1529 1533 1533 the short-reigning king of Ayutthaya from 1529 to 1533. Prince Athittayawong was the son of Ramat... Ratsadathirat 1528/29 1533/34 1533/34 1534/35 the twelfth king of Ayutthaya, an ancient kingdom in Thailand. He was a son of Borommarachathirat... Anne Boleyn 1501 ca 1513 1536 1536, May 19 Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII, and Marquess of Pembro... Olav Engelbrektsson 1480 ca 1533 1537 1538, Feb 7 the 28th Archbishop of Norway from 1523 to 1537, the Regent of Norway from 1533 to 1537, a member... Pedro de Alvarado 1485 ca 1510 1541 1541, Jul 4 a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Jua... Chairachathirat unknown 1534 1546 1546 King of the Ayutthaya kingdom of Siam. His reign was remarkable for the influx of Portuguese trad... King Henry VIII 1491, Jun 28 1509 1547 1547, Jan 28 King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to... Francis I of France 1494, Sep 12 1515 1547 1547, Mar 31 the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 u... Worawongsathirat unknown 1548 1548 1548, Nov 11 a usurper in the Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling for only 42 days in 1548 before being assassinated. Si... John Hubrechtsz unknown 1530 1549 unknown a sheriff of Amsterdam, later declared a heretic Pedro de Valdivia 1497, Apr 17 1520 1553 1553, Dec 25 a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army... John Dudley [1] 1504 1537 1553 1553, Aug 22 an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI f... Edward VI 1537, Oct 12 1547 1553 1553, Jul 6 King of England and Ireland (and Supreme Head of the Church of England) from 28 January 1547 unt... Anne of Cleves 1515, Sep 22 1539 1554 1557, Jul 16 Queen of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. The marria... Thomas Wyatt the Younger 1521 1542 1554 1554, Apr 11 a rebel leader during the reign of Mary I of England; his rising is traditionally called "Wyatt's... Lady Jane Grey 1536/37 1553 1554 1554, Feb 12 an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553... Pedro Mascarenhas 1470 1512 1555 1555, Jun 16 a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the islan... Emperor Go-Nara 1495, Jan 26 1526 1557 1557, Sep 27 the 105th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from Jun... Isabella Jagiellon 1519, Jan 18 1530 1557 1559, Sep 15 the oldest child of Polish King Sigismund I the Old and his Italian wife Bona Sforza. In 1539, sh... Mary of Hungary 1505, Sep 15 1514 1558 1558, Oct 18 queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of King Louis II, and was later Governor of the ... Queen Mary I 1516, Feb 18 1553 1558 1558, Nov 17 the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants le... Christian III 1503, Aug 12 1537 1559 1559, Jan 1 reigned as king of Denmark from 1534 until his death and Norway from 1537 until his death. During... King Henry II 1519, Mar 31 1547 1559 1559, Jul 10 a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death i... HRE Ferdinand I 1503, Mar 10 1521 1564 1564, Jul 25 Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 15... Turgut Reis 1485 1500 1565 1565, Jun 23 an Ottoman Greek Admiral and privateer who also served as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Medite... Miguel Lopez de Legazpi 1502 ca 1528 1565 1572, Aug 20 a Basque Spanish navigator and governor who established the first Spanish settlement in the East ... Chan I unknown 1516 1566 1566 one of the most illustrious Cambodian kings (reigned 1516–66) of the post-Angkor era. He succes... Suleiman I 1494, Nov 6 1520 1566 1566, Sep 7 the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate, ... Pedro de la Gasca 1485, Jun 1542 1567 1567, Nov 13 a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second (acting) viceroy of Peru, from April 10, 1547 to Januar... Sunan Gunungjati 1448 1479 1568 1568, Sep 19 one of the Wali Songo, or nine saints of Islam revered in Indonesia. He founded the Sultanate of... Lamoral of Egmont 1522, Nov 18 1542 1568 1568, Jun 5 a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War... Takanobu Matsura 1529 1540 1569 1599, Apr 1 a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was on... Maha Chakkraphat 1509 1548 1569 1569 king of the Ayutthaya kingdom from 1548 to 1564 and 1568 to 1569. Originally called Prince Thianr... Matsura Takanobu 1529 1550 1569 1599, Apr 1 a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was o... Ivan the Terrible 1530, Aug 25 1533 1575 1584, Mar 18 the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then "Tsar of All the Russias" until his death in 1... Fernando Alvarez de Toledo 1507, Oct 29 1524 1582 1582, Dec 11 a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes, 4th Marquis... William the Silent 1533, Apr 24 1555 1584 1584, Jul 10 the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' ... King Philip II 1527, May 21 1540 1598 1598, Sep 13 King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples a... Opchanacanough 1554 ca 1500 1609 1646 a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its ...
