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Afonso V: Catherine Cornaro: Kingdom of Cyprus: Queen of Cyprus: 26 February 1489 Island annexed by the Republic of Venice: Bayezid II Ottoman Empire: Ottoman Sultan: 25 April 1512 Selim I: 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Henry confirmed Charles V's 1536 transfer of the March of Montferrat to the Duchy of Mantua, ruled by Guglielmo Gonzaga (allied with Spain and part of the Holy Roman Empire). [38] (Articles 21–22) France returned the island of Corsica to the Republic of Genoa (allied with Spain and part of the Holy Roman Empire). [36]
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 ...
Charles V may refer to: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain; Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise; Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690) Infante Carlos of Spain, Count of Molina (1788–1855), first Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain (as ...
The war began in 1536 between Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France commenced upon the death of Francesco II Sforza, the duke of Milan. Sforza had no children and died of a long and painful illness in 1535. Because he had no heirs, Francesco's dynasty was brought to an end by Charles V, whose niece, Christina of Denmark, was