Charles V, Duke of Burgundy

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Charles V, Duke of Burgundy was the Habsburg ruler who became Holy Roman Emperor and one of the most powerful monarchs of 16th-century Europe, overseeing a vast empire that included Spain, the Low Countries, and territories in Italy and the Americas.

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instanceOf 16th-century monarch
Duke of Burgundy
Habsburg monarch
Holy Roman Emperor
King of Spain
human
alsoKnownAs Carlos I de España
linked to: Charles I of Spain

Charles Quint
Charles V
birthName Charles of Habsburg
burialPlace El Escorial
child Joanna of Austria
Maria of Austria
Philip II of Spain
countryRuled Burgundian Netherlands
Duchy of Burgundy
Duchy of Milan
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Spain
Spanish Americas
linked to: Spanish America
dateOfBirth 1500-02-24
dateOfDeath 1558-09-21
father Philip I of Castile
memberOf House of Habsburg
mother Joanna of Castile
notableFor abdication and division of Habsburg lands between Spanish and Austrian branches
conflicts with Francis I of France
conflicts with the Ottoman Empire
involvement in the Protestant Reformation
ruling a vast trans-European and overseas empire
placeOfBirth County of Flanders
Ghent
placeOfDeath Extremadura
Monastery of Yuste
positionHeld Archduke of Austria
Count of Flanders
Duke of Brabant
Duke of Burgundy
Holy Roman Emperor
King of Naples
King of Sicily
King of Spain
King of the Romans
Lord of the Netherlands
reignEnd 1556 (abdication of imperial and Spanish thrones)
reignStart 1519 (as Holy Roman Emperor)
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Isabella of Portugal

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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy regentFor Charles V, Duke of Burgundy