Charles I of Spain

Charles I was born

Feb 24, 1500

This was born in Ghent (Flanders)

Charles I grandfather died

Jan 23, 1516

When Fernado el Católico died, according to his will, his grandson Carlos I under the regency of Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros had to take charge of the government of said Crowns, until he came from Flanders.

Reign of Charles I

Period: Mar 14, 1516 to Jan 16, 1556

Charles I is proclaimed at the Court of Brussels

Mar 14, 1517

Once appointed, he associated his former teacher Adriano with the Cisneros regency and sent him to Spain.

Visit of Carlos I to his mother

Sep 17, 1517

After being appointed a member of the Court of Brussels, he moved to Asturias, and later went to Tordesillas to visit his mother.

Carlos V becomes the most powerful monarch in Europe.

1520

Thanks to a series of dynastic alliances and premature deaths, he turned a twenty-year-old named Charles V into the most powerful monarch in Europe.

The defeat of the commoners

Apr 23, 1521

After the uprising of the communities, the comuneros, led by Padilla, Bravo and Maldonado, were defeated in Villalar by the royalist forces in favor of King Carlos I of Spain, led by Íñigo Fernández de Velasco and Mendozar.

Carlos marries Isabel from Portugal

Mar 19, 1526

Carlos married Isabel of Portugal. With whom he has 5 children: Felipe II of Spain, Juan of Austria, Margarita of Parma, Maria of Austria and Portugal and Juana of Austria. Of which only Felipe, María and Juana reached adulthood.

The Cognac League is created

May 2, 1526

It was an alliance between the Papacy, France, Milan, Venice and Florence that was in force until 1529. Against this alliance Charles V fought in the sack of Rome.

The sack of Rome

May 6, 1527

This battle was an important victory for the imperial army of Charles I in the framework of the confrontations between his Holy Roman Empire and the so-called League of Cognac. Soon the imperial troops achieved victories over the French army and established their control over northern Italy.

Charles I is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Feb 24, 1530

Precisely on his birthday, in the Italian city of Bologna. Carlos was crowned as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope of Rome Clement VII.

Carlos's wife, Isabel de Portugal, dies

May 1, 1539

Isabel dies from pneumonia in Toledo.

Battle of Girolata

Jan 15, 1540

The Battle of Girolata was a naval combat that pitted a Hispano-Genoese fleet against another Ottoman in the Gulf of Girolata, located on the west coast of the island of Corsica. The confrontation took place to dispute for the control of the Mediterranean Sea between the emperor Carlos V and the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. In this battle the fleet of Carlos V. was victorious.

Carlos converts his son Felipe Duke of Milan

Oct 11, 1540

Felipe was named Duke of Milan. The ceremony was secret and prince electors were not consulted to avoid international problems. This may not have anything to do with Carlos, but in reality it does, since at first he thought of appointing himself a duke, but this could be considered a casus belli in France, and furthermore, it would damage his image as a liberator. So he granted the title to Felipe.

The Battle of Mülberg

Apr 24, 1547

This was a battle that took place in Mühlberg between the troops of Carlos I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire and those of the Schmalkalden League, with the triumph of those of Carlos I of Spain. It came about because the Lutheran Reformation was creating a split not only religious, but also political within the Holy Roman Empire and they challenged Charles V. He met with his brother and joined the League.

Signature of the Treaty of Crépy.

Sep 18, 1554

It was signed between Francisco I of France and Carlos I of Spain (and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire), it marked the departure of Carlos from the Italian war of 1542-1546. Peace would be short-lived, since in 1551 hostilities would break out again between the two signatory powers.

Peace of Augsburg

Sep 25, 1555

The Peace of Augsburg, also called "Peace of religions", was a deal signed by Ferdinand I of Habsburg, brother and representative of Emperor Charles V, and the forces of the Schmalkalden League in the city of Augsburg in Germany, by the which resolved the religious conflict of the Protestant reform.

Carlos V abdicates

Jan 16, 1556

Emperor Charles retires to the monastery of Yuste, renouncing to all of his titles (except those associated with German territories) in favor of his son Felipe, who became, in particular, King Felipe II of Spain.

Carlos gives the Holy Empire to his brother Fernando I

Mar 12, 1558

Once Charles retires, he gives the Holy Empire to his brother Ferdinand I and on the date that it was set, he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Death of Charles V

Sep 21, 1558

Carlos dies in the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, which is near Cáceres. He died of malaria.