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CHARLES V

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CHARLES V

<b>297. CHARLES V</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1500-1558). Holy Roman emperor (1519-1558), and, as <b><font size=-1>Charles I</font></b>,<b><font size=-1> King of Spain</font></b> (1516-1556). Upon the deaths of his father and both grandfathers, his territory included the Spanish kingdoms of Aragón and Castile; the Netherlands; the Italian states of Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia; Spanish conquests in America and Africa; and the Habsburg lands. DS in Spanish as “<i>Carolus</i>,” Holy Roman Emperor, 1p on rag laid paper, small folio, Nov 1549. Untranslated. An imperial order authorizing the payment of a pension to the widow of Doctor Laredo. Boldly signed. Light toning at edges; show through of paper seal on verso at left margin; o/w in excellent condition. As secular head of the Catholic Church, the protector of the Pope, his reign was marked by religious conflict as Martin Luther initiated the Protestant Reformation in Germany. He summoned the Diet of Worms (1521) and the Council of Trent (1545-1563). He also was often at war with France and the Ottomans. Tiring of constant struggle, in 1558 Charles abdicated in favor of his brother Ferdinand I, retiring to a Spanish monastery.

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