Charles V life He was born in Ghent, He became king of Spain in 1516. He ruled with his mother Joanna the mad. Charles didn´t have absolute power and he travelled to the places which have problems. 3 Ghent in 1500
Charles I-V Pedigree 4
His Grandparents The maternal grandparents were the Catholic Monarchs who were: Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. The paternal grandparents were Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire and Mary of Burgundy. 5
His Parents 6 Joanna of Castile Phillip of Burgundy Joanna was the daughter of the Catholic Monarchs (Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon) Phillip was the son of Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire and Mary of Burgundy .
7 Isabel of Portugal (The wife of Charles I) Charles married with Isabel of Portugal. They had five children.
The Empire of Charles contain territories in: 8 The Hispanic Empire The Empire of Charles was called the Hispanic Empire The House of Burgundy (Low Countries, The Franche –Comté and Flanders) The Crown of Castile (included American possesions) The Crown of Aragon (Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia)
The power increased since the Catholic Monarchs The territories in Europe 0f the Catholic Monarchs 9
Europe of Charles I-V 10
Charles V abdicated his possesions to : His brother :Ferdinand His son: Philiip II 11
The Holy Roman Empire went to his brother: Ferdinand 12
The Spanish posessions, the territories in Spain, America, Italy and Flanders went to his son Phillip II. 13
14 Europe of Phillip II Phillip II’s empire was the most powerful the world had never known.
Charles moved to Yuste. A year later he abdicated his territories. He died in Yuste in 1558. 15