Holy roman emperor charles v biography books
Holy roman emperor charles v biography books
Emperor - Yale University Press.
Empire of Charles V
Territory ruled by Charles V of Habsburg from 1519 to 1556
Left: Portrait of Charles V wearing armour by Juan Pantoja de la Cruz.
Right: The empire of Charles V at its peak after the Peace of Crépy in 1544.
The Empire of Charles V, also known as the Habsburg Empire, included the Habsburg hereditary lands in central Europe, the kingdoms of Spain, the colonial Spanish Empire, the kingdom of Naples, the Habsburg Netherlands and other territories and principalities across Europe.
It is sometimes considered to include, in addition, the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary which were held by Charles's brother Ferdinand during his reign. Charles was also Holy Roman Emperor and, as such, was suzerain of the states of the Holy Roman Empire.
The empire was the first to be labelled as "the empire on which the sun never sets", a term used to describe several global empires throughout history. The lands of the empire had in common only the monarch, Charles