Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
1500 – 1558 · Generation IX · Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519–1556) · The marriage empire · Spanish Habsburgs
Charles (1500 – 1558). Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519–1556). Married Isabella in 1526. Ruled an empire 'on which the sun never set'; abdicated 1555–56, splitting the domains between his son Philip II and brother Ferdinand I. He never settled in one capital: some forty journeys carried him through his scattered dominions, and travel consumed roughly a quarter of his reign. At the Diet of Worms in 1521 he declared Martin Luther an outlaw, and much of his life went to war: against Francis I of France, captured at Pavia in 1525; against the Ottomans, from the defence of Vienna to the taking of Tunis; and against the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League, defeated after the Council of Trent was convened. In 1527 his soldiers, in mutiny, sacked Rome. Financing it all on Netherlands wealth, American silver and bankers’ loans left debts and inflation behind him. After yielding to the religious settlement of Augsburg, he abdicated and withdrew to the monastery of Yuste in Extremadura.
One of 9 people of The marriage empire (1440–1578) in this archive. The generations in which Habsburg marriages gathered Burgundy, Spain and Bohemia-Hungary into a single inheritance.
One of 7 people of Spanish Habsburgs (1500–1700) in this archive. The Madrid line, from the division of Charles V’s inheritance to the childless Charles II.
Line of descent: Rudolf I of Germany → Albert I of Germany → Albert II, Duke of Austria → Leopold III, Duke of Austria → Ernest, Duke of Austria → Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor → Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor → Philip I of Castile → Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Parents
- Philip I of Castile (1478 – 1506)
- Joanna of Castile (1479 – 1555)
Siblings
- Eleanor of Austria (1498 – 1558)
- Isabella of Austria (1501 – 1526)
- Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503 – 1564)
- Mary of Hungary (1505 – 1558)
- Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507 – 1578)
Partners
- Married Isabella of Portugal (1503 – 1539) in 1526 — 3 children together
Children
- Philip II of Spain (1527 – 1598)
- Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528 – 1603)
- Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535 – 1573)
Life
- 1500 — Born
- 1526 — Married Isabella
- 1558 — Died