His interests nevertheless remained practical rather than speculative, and though imperial propagandists at one point tried to develop a rationale for universal monarchy, Charles's goals were simpler. His tutors, including Adrian of Utrecht (the future Pope Adrian VI), instilled in him a deep, if conventional, piety and a solid understanding of politics. The beneficiary of these deaths and conquests was a pale, unprepossessing youth who developed slowly into a conscientious ruler. In the next two decades, his Spanish subjects conquered Mexico and Peru, adding much of the New World to his already enormous inheritance. By year's end, Charles was unanimously elected emperor after a campaign involving large payments to the electors and veiled threats of force. In 1519 the death of his paternal grandfather, the Emperor Maximilian I, brought him the Habsburg possessions in Austria and southwest Germany and made him a prime candidate for election as Holy Roman emperor. By this time he had assumed rulership of the Netherlands in his own right. In that year his grandfather Ferdinand died, leaving him the kingdom of Aragon and its Italian possessions. Shortly thereafter, his mother succumbed to mental illness, making him king of Castile under another regency, which lasted until 1516. Philip's death in 1506 made Charles ruler of the Netherlands under the regency of his aunt, Margaret of Austria. Charles was born 24 February 1500 at Ghent, the son of Archduke Philip of Habsburg and Joanna I, daughter of Ferdinand of Arag ón and Isabella of Castile. CHARLES V ( HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1500 –1558 Holy Roman emperor, 1519 –1556 king of Spain as Charles I, 1516 –1556)ĬHARLES V (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) (1500 –1558 Holy Roman emperor, 1519 –1556 king of Spain as Charles I, 1516 –1556).
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