The difficulty of Charles's reign consists in the complexity of interests caused by the unnatural aggregate of distinct territories and races. Charles hurriedly left Spain, and after a visit to Henry VIII and his aunt Catherine, was crowned at Aix on the 23rd of October 1520. In spite of the formidable rivalry of Francis I and the opposition of Pope Leo X, pecuniary corruption and national feeling combined to secure his election in 1519. Maximilian had also intended that he should succeed as emperor. During this Spanish visit Maximilian died, and Charles succeeded to the inheritance of the Habsburgs, to which was shortly added the duchy of Wurttemberg. Joanna lived to the very eve of her son's abdication, so that he was only for some months technically sole king of Spain. Charles's visit to Spain was delayed until the autumn of 1517, and only in 1518 was he formally recognized as king conjointly with his mother, firstly by the cortes of Castile, and then by those of Aragon. On the 23rd of January 1516 Ferdinand died. In Castile, Ferdinand, king of Aragon, acted as regent for his daughter Joanna, whose intellect was already clouded. His grandfather, the Emperor Maximilian, as regent, appointed his daughter Margaret viceregent, and under her strenuous guardianship Charles lived in the Netherlands until the estates declared him of age in 1515. Philip died in 1506, and Charles succeeded to his Netherland possessions and the county of Burgundy (Franche Comte). His parents were Philip of Burgundy and Joanna, third child of Ferdinand and Isabella. Luminarium Encyclopedia: Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorĬHARLES V, Roman Emperor and (as Charles) King of Spain, was born at Ghent on the 24th of February 1500.
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