Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

**Charles V** (24 February 1500  21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1519, King of Castile and Aragon from 1516, and Lord of the Low Countries as Duke of Burgundy from 1506.

Philip the Handsome (son of Maximilian I of Austria and Mary of Burgundy) and Joanna the Mad  (daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile) were his parents. He ruled Austria, Spain, Two Sicilies, Sardinia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.

_His Majesty_ or _His Imperial Majesty_ was first used when he was king. His Empire became large and was known as "in which the sun does not set". He was also known as "The Emperor of Universal Dominion."

He divided his empire between his brother Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and his son Philip II of Spain.

## Issue

Charles and Isabella had seven legitimate children, but only three of them survived to adulthood. Charles also had natural children before he married and after he was widowed.
|Name|Portrait|Lifespan|Notes||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Philip II of Spain**||||21 May 1527 – 13 September 1598||Only surviving son, successor of his father in the Spanish crowns and became king of Portugal.|
|**Maria**||||21 June 1528 – 26 February 1603||Married her first cousin Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor.|
|**Ferdinand**||||22 November 1529 – 13 July 1530||Died in infancy.|
|**Son**||||29 June 1534||Stillborn.|
|**Joanna**||||24 June 1535 – 7 September 1573||Married her first cousin João Manuel, Prince of Portugal.|
|**John**||||19 October 1537 – 20 March 1538||Died in infancy.|
|**Son**||||21 April 1539||Stillborn.|

Due to Philip II being a grandson of Manuel I of Portugal through his mother he was in the line of succession to the throne of Portugal, and claimed it after his uncle's death (Henry, the Cardinal-King, in 1580), thus establishing the personal union between Spain and Portugal.

Charles also had six children out of wedlock:

- Infanta Isabella of Castile (20 August 1518 – 1537), perhaps daughter of Charles's maternal step-grandmother, Germaine of Foix, but strongly disputed by biographer Geoffrey Parker; Isabella died at the age of 19, never married, and had no issue.
- Margaret of Austria (1522–1586), daughter of Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, who Charles recognized a servant of Charles I de Lalaing, Seigneur de Montigny, daughter of Gilles Johann van der Gheynst and wife Johanna van der Caye van Cocamby. Married firstly with Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, and secondly with Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma.
- Joanna of Austria (1522–1530), daughter of Catalina de Rebolledo (or de Xériga), lady-in-waiting of Queen Joanna I of Castile and Aragon or attached to the household of Henry of Nassau. She was brought up in an Augustinian convent in Madrigal de las Altas Torres.
- Tadea of Austria (1523? – ), daughter of Orsolina della Penna. Married to Sinibaldo di Copeschi.
- Cornelis de Hooghe (1541-1583), Dutch cartographer
- John of Austria (1547–1578), victor of the Battle of Lepanto, son of Barbara Blomberg.

## Regnal titles of Charles V

|Title|From|To|Regnal name||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Titular Duke of Burgundy|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Duke of Brabant|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Duke of Limburg|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Duke of Lothier|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Duke of Luxemburg|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles III|
||Margrave of Namur|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Count Palatine of Burgundy|25 September 1506|5 February 1556|Charles II|
||Count of Artois|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Count of Charolais|25 September 1506|21 September 1558|Charles II|
||Count of Flanders|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles III|
||Count of Hainault|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Count of Holland|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Count of Zeeland|25 September 1506|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||King of Castile and León|14 March 1516|16 January 1556|Charles I|
||King of Aragon|14 March 1516|16 January 1556|Charles I|
||King of Sicily|14 March 1516|16 January 1556|Charles I (II)|
||Count of Barcelona|14 March 1516|16 January 1556|Charles I|
||King of Naples|14 March 1516|25 July 1554|Charles IV|
||Archduke of Austria|12 January 1519|12 January 1521|Charles I|
||Holy Roman Emperor|28 June 1519|27 August 1556|Charles V|
||King of the Romans|23 October 1520|24 February 1530|Charles V|
||Count of Zutphen|12 September 1543|25 October 1555|Charles II|
||Duke of Guelders|12 September 1543|25 October 1555|Charles III|

## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Charles V
- **title**: Holy Roman Emperor, Imperator Romanorum (#Regnal titles of Charles V, more...)
- **image**:
- **succession**: Holy Roman Emperor (#Regnal titles of Charles V, more...)
- **reign**: 28 June 1519 –
24 February 1558
- **cor-type**: Coronation of Charles V, Coronation
- **predecessor**: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I
- **successor**: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I
- **succession1**: King of Spain
**as Charles I**
- **reign1**: 14 March 1516 –
- **predecessor1**: Joanna of Castile, Joanna
- **successor1**: Philip II of Spain, Philip II
- **regent1**: Joanna (until 1555)
- **reg-type1**: Co-monarch
- **reg-type2**: Regents
- **succession3**: Archduke of Austria
as Charles I
- **reign3**: 12 January 1519 –
21 April 1521
- **predecessor3**: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I
- **successor3**: Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I
- **succession4**: as Charles II
- **reign4**: 25 September 1506 –
25 October 1555
- **predecessor4**: Philip the Handsome
- **successor4**: Philip II of Spain
- **reg-type4**: Governors
- **birth date**: 24 February 1500
- **birth place**: Prinsenhof (Ghent), Prinsenhof of Ghent, County of Flanders, Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
- **death place**: Monastery of Yuste, Crown of Castile, Habsburg Spain, Spain
- **burial place**: El Escorial, Spain
- **issue-link**: #Issue
- **issue-pipe**: more...
- **house**: Habsburg
- **father**: Philip the Handsome
- **mother**: Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon
- **religion**: Catholic Church
- **signature**: Firma Emperador Carlos V.svg