!!!Karl V

Karl V, b. Ghent (Belgium), Feb. 24, 1500, d. San 
Jerónimo de Yuste (Spain), Sept. 21, 1558, from 1515 ruler of 
the Netherlands, from 1516 King of Spain, from 1519 Holy Roman 
Emperor, grandson of Emperor  Maximilian I, whom he succeeded as 
Prince of the Austrian territories. In the Edicts of Worms and 
Brussels he handed these territories over to his brother  
Ferdinand I in 1521/22.; K. kept Spain, the possessions in Italy, 
the Netherlands and America. At the time of his reign the Spanish 
Empire covered Central and South America. In 1556 he abdicated his 
imperial status, which passed over to the Austrian line of the House 
of Habsburg in 1558.

!Literature
K. Brandi, Kaiser K. V., 2 vols., 1937/1941; H. 
Lutz, Das roemisch-deutsche Reich im System K. V., 1982; A. 
Kohler, K. 1500-1558, 1999; W. Seipel (ed.), Kaiser K., exhibition 
catalogue, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 2000.


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