Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
1500 – 1558 · Generation IX · Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519–1556)
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.
Parents
- Philip I of Castile (1478 – 1506)
- Joanna of Castile (1479 – 1555)
Partners
- Isabella of Portugal (1503 – 1539)
Children
- Philip II of Spain (1527 – 1598)
- Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528 – 1603)
- Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535 – 1573)