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The most famous – and only public – abdication took place a year later, on 25 October 1555, when Charles announced to the States General of the Netherlands (reunited in the great hall where he was emancipated forty years before by Emperor Maximilian) his abdication of those territories in favour of his son Philip as well as his intention to ...
The most famous—and only public—abdication took place a year later, on 25 October 1555, when Charles announced to the States General of the Netherlands (reunited in the great hall where he was emancipated exactly forty years earlier) his abdication in favour of his son of those territories as well as his intention to step down from all of ...
Charles I [a] Kingdom of Spain: King of Spain: 16 January 1556 Philip II: Charles V [a] Holy Roman Empire: Holy Roman Emperor: 27 August 1556 Ferdinand I: Mary I Kingdom of Scotland: Queen of Scots: 24 July 1567 James VI: Ōgimachi: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 17 December 1586 Go-Yōzei: Go-Yōzei: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 9 May 1611 Go-Mizunoo ...
Holy Roman Emperors had abdicated before—the most notable example being the abdication of Charles V in 1556—but Francis II's abdication was unique. While previous abdications had returned the Imperial crown to the electors so that they might proclaim a new emperor, Francis II's abdication simultaneously dissolved the empire itself so that ...
Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies. While some cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societies (such as pre- Meiji Restoration Japan ), abdication was a regular event and helped maintain ...
King Charles IV (Emperor Charles I of Austria) was deposed in 1918 when a republic was established. Following the restoration of the Hungarian monarchy in 1920, he was refused permission to "assume residency and constitutional functions" in the Kingdom by the Regent Miklós Horthy. Charles IV died in exile in 1922.
Charles II, Duke of Parma; Charles III of Spain; Charles IV of Spain; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Karl Knutsson; Charles X of France; Charles Albert of Sardinia; Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Charles Emmanuel IV; Charlotte Sophie of Aldenburg; Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg; Chey Chettha IV; Christian VIII of Denmark ...
5 February 1556: Truce of Vaucelles signed between Charles V and Henry II of France. [3] Abdication of Charles V: Philip II had succeeded him as king of Spain and Lord of the Netherlands on 16 January 1556 and 25 October 1555, respectively; Ferdinand I had succeeded him as Holy Roman Emperor on 27 August 1556, although it would take some years ...