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  2. List of monarchs who abdicated - Wikipedia

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    Charles II: Kōkaku: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 7 May 1817 Ninkō: Victor Emmanuel I Kingdom of Sardinia: King of Sardinia: 13 March 1821 Charles Felix: Pedro IV Kingdom of Portugal: King of Portugal [b] 28 May 1826 Maria II: Charles X Kingdom of France: King of France: 2 August 1830 Louis Philippe I: Louis XIX [c] Kingdom of France: King of ...

  3. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia

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    Charles V is portrayed by Sebastian Armesto in one episode of the Showtime series The Tudors. Charles V is the main subject of the TVE series Carlos, Rey Emperador and is portrayed by Álvaro Cervantes. Charles V is played by Adrien Brody in the upcoming movie Emperor. [225] Charles V is portrayed by Rupert Everett in The Serpent Queen.

  4. Louis Gallait - Wikipedia

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    Louis Gallait (9 or 10 May 1810 – 20 November 1887) was a Belgian painter. He lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium. He earned his reputation especially with the large painting of Charles V's abdication.

  5. Italian War of 1551–1559 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Empire of Charles V - Wikipedia

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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 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 ...

  7. Category:Monarchs who abdicated - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Peace of Augsburg - Wikipedia

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    Charles V had made an interim ruling, the Augsburg Interim of 1548, on the legitimacy of two religious creeds in the empire, and this was codified in law on 30 June 1548 upon the insistence of the emperor, who wanted to work out religious differences under the auspices of a general council of the Catholic Church. The Interim largely reflected ...