Charles V:Can’t Handle The Pressure?

By: Brittney Esquilin & Nicholas Ramos

Charles V

Bibliography

Born at Ghent, 1500; died at Yuste, in Spain, 1558; was a descendant of the house of Hapsburg

Charles was the son of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, by Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, and Burgundy was the first heritage to which he at his led, on his fathers death in 1506.

Bibliography cont.As he

was a minor at that time, his aunt, Margaret of Austria, undertook the regency for him.

His fathers chief was in charge of the princes household.

Growing upLike many princes of his house, Charles V developed slowly, showing no signs of a strong will. But he grew up to be a man of power ruling two countries.

Charles V did not just rule one country,

but an entire empire. He ruled over Spain

and the Austrian Hapsburg; which includes the Holy Roman Empire

and the Netherlands.

Spain:

The Austrian Hapsburg:

Charles V:2/24/1500 - 9/21/1558

He was completely against the Protestant religion movement.

Charles V’s greatest foe or enemy was the Ottoman Empire.

The ending of his royal titlesIn 1553 the accession of Mary Tudor to the throne of England suddenly excited his hope that he might extend his influence in that kingdom. Mary Tudor was ready to marry his son Philip, and in 1554 this alliance became a fact.

The marriage

When their marriage proved childless, the emperor gave up the fight and decided to turn over the conclusion of peace to Philip and Ferdinand. Ferdinand insisted that the authority of princes in the empire, as settled be the agreement of Passan, should belegally recognized by a decree of the Diet, and the equality of the Catholic and Lutheran religions accepted.

-This was done at Augsburg in 1555.

After the decree Shortly after the final decree of the Diet of Augsburg, in 1555, Charles convened the Estates of the Netherlands, and in their presence transferred the government to Philip.

In 1556, Charles V gave up all of his royal titles and then he entered the monastery.

Spain was given to his son, Philip II.The Austrian Hapsburg was

given to his brother, Ferdinand.

Last Contributions

Charles V’s greatest achievement was

The fact that he ruled two empires at one time.

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